The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

THE JOURNAL OF THE COMMONSHOUSE OF ASSEMBLYOctober 6, 1757–January 24, 1761

THE JOURNAL OF THE COMMONSHOUSE OF ASSEMBLYOctober 6, 1757–January 24, 1761

3Session Beginning October 6, 1757and Ending October 22, 1757Thursday the 6th day of October 1757.[A General Assembly, begun and holden at Charles-Town, on Thursday,the Sixth Day of October in the Thirty First Year of the Reign of our SovereignLord, George the Second, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France& Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c, and in the Year of our Lord 1757.On which Day, being the First Day of the Meeting of this present GeneralAssembly, pursuant to the Writs which had issued for that purpose; andChildermas Croft, Gentleman, Clerk of the Assembly, attending, accordingto his Duty; the following Gentlemen met in the Room in the State-House,appropriated to the Use of the General-Assembly,] 1 Vidt., Benja. Smith, JohnGuerard, Daniel Crawford, Christopher Gadsden, Henry Laurens, JohnMcQueen, Egerton Leigh, Peter Manigault, Robert Pringle, John Rattray,John Murray, & William Drayton, Esqrs.Who not being a Sufficient Number to make an house made Choice ofRobt. Pringle Esqr. to be their Chairman to adjourn the meeting of theHouse pursuant to the directions of the Election Law in that Case made &provided & he by the desire of the Rest of the Gentlemen adjourn’d themeeting of the House till tomorrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 7th day of October 1757.The following Gentlemen Met, Vizt., Benjamin Smith, Henry Laurens,Christr. Gadsden, Peter Manigault, Chars. Pinckney, Joseph Elliott, WilliamDrayton, Egerton Leigh, Chars. Faucheraud, Elijah Postell, John McQueen,Daniel Horrey, Robert Pringle, Isaac Mazyck, John Guerrard, John Murray,Willm. Roper, Rawlins Lowndes & John Rattray, Esqrs.Mr. Manigault & Mr. Laurens were directed by the rest of the Gentlemen,to wait upon the Governor & acquaint him that there are a Sufficient1This opening passage from the British copy does not appear in the South Carolina manuscript,where the first sentence simply reads, “The following Gentlemen met, according to the Governors Proclamation.”The governor had dissolved the previous General Assembly by proclamation, but both theBritish text and the manuscript election returns (Council Journal, October 6, 1757, SC Archives) indicatethat the house members met pursuant to the writs of election, which were returnable on October 6.

4 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757Number of the Members returnd upon the Writs of Election to make anhouse now met at the usual Place & humbly desire to know when his Excellencywill please to be attended by the said Gentlemen in order to take theOaths & make & Subscribe the declaration & take & Subscribe the Oath ofAbjuration before his Excellency, pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.Mr. Manigault reported to the rest of the Gentlemen, that his Excellency,having been waited upon pursuant to their desire had been pleasedto Say that he wou’d receive the Members immediatly in the Council Chamber.And accordingly the said Gentlemen went up to wait upon the Governorin the Council Chamber, and being return’d Mr. Smith reported thatthe said Gentlemen had Severally taken the Oaths before his Excellency.Then John Rattray Esqr., one of His Majestys Justices of the Peace,administred the Oath appointed by the Election Law to be taken by all Personswho Shall be return’d duly Elected & Serve as Members of the GeneralAssembly of this Province to the rest of the Said Gentlemen.And the same Oath was administered to the said Mr. Rattray by BenjaminSmith Esqr., One of his Majestys Justices of the Peace.And then the said Gentlemen severally took their Seats as Members ofthe House.Peter Manigault Esqr., member for the Parish of St. Thomas & St. Dennis,said that the House having received his Excellency’s Commands to return& immediatly choose a speaker & That as Mr. Smith had Acquittedhimself in that Office to the General Sattisfaction of the late Assembly hetook the Liberty of moving that the Honorable Benjamin Smith Esqr. mighttake the Chair as Speaker.And Mr. Smith said, that there were several Members in the House whohad, had longer Experience in the Buisiness of the Assembly than he had &therefore desired the Gentlemen would Consider of Some other Person forthis Important Trust. 2But the House unanimously approving of Mr. Smith he was taken outof his Place by Mr. Manigault & Mr. Lowndes who Led him up to the Chairwhere he sat down.The House being informed That Mr. James Ravenel, Church Wardenof the Parish of St. John in Berkly County, & Mr. David Maybank, ChurchWarden of St. Bartholomew’s Parish, attended at the Door, They were SeverallyCalled in & made return of the Writs of Election for the said Parisheswhich Returns being read,2Smith’s “excusatory speech” was part of the parliamentary ritual of speaker election.

OCTOBER 7, 17575Ordered that the said Church Wardens be dismissed from any furtherattendance in the service of this House.Then Mr. Speaker Elect Acquainted the House that the Governor hadbeen pleased to Appoint Four of the Clock this afternoon for the Presentmentof their Speaker to his Excellency in the Council Chamber for his Approbation.And then the House Adjourned till half an Hour after 3 o’Clock.P.M.Mr. Rattray Acquainted the Members present that Walter Izard Esqr.,who was duly return’d duly Elected as a member to Serve in this presentGeneral Assembly for the Parish of St. George Dorchester & also for the Parishof St. James Goose Creek, had taken the Oaths before his Excellency theGovernor & made & Subscribed the Declaration & taken & Subscribed theOath of Abjuration pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.And Collo. Izard made his Election to serve for the Parish of St. GeorgeDorchester.Then the Oath appointed by the Election Law to be taken by all personswho Shall be return’d duly Elected & serve as Members of the GeneralAssembly of this Province was administred to the said Collo. Izard by JohnRattray Esqr., a member of this House & one of his Majesty’s Justices of thePeace. And Collo. Izard took his Seat as a Member of the House.And it being then Four of the Clock Mr. Speaker Elect with the Housewent up to attend his Excellency in the Council Chamber.And being returnd Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attendedthe Governor, in the Council Chamber, where his Excellency had beenpleas’d to Approve the Choice they had made of him to be their Speaker &upon the Petition & Claim of the House by him for that purpose his Excellencyhad been pleased to Grant & allow to the House all their Ancient Rights& Privileges in as ample a manner as any of their Predecessors ever Enjoyedthem; particularly that they, their Servants & Estates shou’d be free fromArrests & all Molestation. That they Shou’d have freedom of Speech & haveAccess to his person on all proper Occasions.After which his Excellency was pleas’d to make a Speech to the Council& this House, of which Mr. Speaker said, to prevent Mistakes, he hadObtained a Copy. Which he read to the House and is as follows, Vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,The Circumstances of Public affairs are Such as have rendered it

OCTOBER 12, 175711the first Battallion of the Royal Americans in Philadelphia & Regulationsproposed by Lieut. Collo. Bouquet as necessary to be made for Carrying onthe Service in this Province. 3Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I herewith transmit to you two Papers I have received from Lieut. Collo.Bouquet in which are Express’d the Accomodations provided for the RoyalAmericans at Philadelphia, & the Orders he has had to ask the same in thisTown. There is also an Exposition of such Matters as have appeared to Collo.Bouquet absolutely necessary for Carrying on the Service of the Province atLarge; all these things I earnestly recommend to your most serious Consideration.And with respect to one point thereof, viz., The Accommodationof Troops in this Town, whatever method shall seem to you most Advisablefor that End. I must particularly desire you will pay a due attention to theimportant Article of Bedding with other proper Furniture & Utensils & I trustyou will in every respect endeavour to fall upon Such Ways & Means that theProvision for the Troops may be as commodious here as it was in Philadelphia.I must Observe further that in the provision to be made & regulationsto be formed Care must be taken to include our own Provincial Regimentas well as the other Forces.I am Sensible that a Large Expence must be incurred in order to Carrythe Services I recommend into Execution, but I make no doubt that you willchearfully undergo it from the persuasion I have that you are willing to behavein all Instances as good & faithful Subjects, & also when I reflect howmuch your own property & that of every Individual you represent is renderedmore valuable by the Security derived to it from such a Body of Troops beingposted in this Province, which I am Confident will be a most powerfullArgument with every thinking Man to induce him to Contribute with alacrityto the Charge which is incidental thereto.Willm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.A Petition of David Greame of Charles Town Esqr. was presented to theHouse & read setting forth, Vizt.That he was a Canditate in a Late Election of two Members to representThe Inhabitants of the Parish of Christ Church in Assembly. ThatCharles Pinckney Esqr. was the only Member Elected & return’d for the said3A copy of the Philadelphia “state of the quarters” appears in the William Henry Lyttelton Papers,William L. Clements Library (microfilm at SC Archives, reel 2); it is filed with miscellaneous 1757 papersbetween December 1757 and January 1758.

12 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757Parish and That the Petitioner and Daniel Legaré of the said Parish, Planter,and one Samuel Carne had an Equality of votes; that the Election was notManaged & Conducted agreable to the direction of an Act of Assembly ofthis Province, first that altho his Majestys Writ for Electing Members for saidParish was directed to the Church wardens of the Same which are in Numbertwo, that is to Say George Padon Bond and Thomas Phillips, yet only Oneof them, to wit, the said Thomas Phillips did receive the Votes of the Electorsand make return of the said Writt. Secondly that altho in Obedienceto the said Act the Church Wardens ought to have Taken an Oath before aJustice of the Peace for the said County That they would faithfully Executethe said writt, yet no Such Oath was administred to him at any time beforethe said Election, and Thirdly that he the said Thos. Phillips did not attendthe Poll for the said Election or open or adjourn the same at & after the regulartimes & in the manner appointed in the said Act; wherefore upon proofof the Premisses he Prays that the said Election of the said Charles PinckneyEsqr. may be Sett aside & Deem’d void and of none Effect.Ordered That the Petition be referred to the Consideration of the Committeeof Priviledges & Elections, And that they do Examine the matterthereof & report the same with their Opinion thereupon to the House.Ordered that the said Committee have Power to send for Persons, Papers& Records for their better Information.Ordered That Mr. Leigh & Mr. Rattray be added to the Said Committee.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to take into ConsiderationThe Several Matters recommended in his Excellency the Governor’s Speech& also his Excellencys Message & the other Papers brought down therewiththis Morning. And it is referred to Mr. Rattray, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Trapier, Mr.Guerard, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Leigh, Mr. McQueen.Mr. Mazyck reported to the House, that Mr. Lamboll had taken theOaths before his Excellency the Governor.Ordered that Thomas Lynch Esqr., a member of this House & one ofhis Majestys Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed by theElection Law to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members of theGeneral Assembly of this Province to the said Mr. Lamboll.And Mr. Lynch administred the said Oath accordingly.And then Mr. Lamboll took his Seat as a Member of the House.Motion being made that as several Gentlemen had Qualified themselves& taken their Seats as Members of this House altho’ the Writs of Election forthe Parishes wherein they were said to be Elected are not return’d, the Housemight take that Matter into Consideration.Resolv’d that this House will this afternoon take the matter of the saidMotion into Consideration.

OCTOBER 14, 175713And then the House adjournd till 3 o’Clock in the afternoon.P.M.Orderd That the Consideration of the Motion made this morning bepostponed.And then the House adjourn’d till to morrow morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 13th day of October 1757.The House adjourn’d till to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 14th day of October 1757.The Journal of Wednesdays Proceedings was read.Mr. Rattray reported from the Committee to whom the GovernorsSpeech together with his Excellencys Message & the State of the Quartersprovided in Philadelphia for the first Battallion of the Royal Americans &the Regulations proposed by Collo. Bouquett as necessary to be made forCarrying on the service of this Province were referred, That the Committeehad Considered the Matter which they had in Charge & had directed himto report their Opinion thereupon to the House & he read the report in hisPlace & afterwards delivered it in at the Clerks Table: Where the same wasread & is as follows, Vizt.1st. That it is the Opinion of the Committee that a Sufficient numberof Rooms in the Brick Barracks in Charles Town be with all convenient Speedrepaired, for the reception of the Subaltern Officers of the Troops now inthis Province & recommend it to the House to make a Suitable provissionfor the same.2d. Also that Additional Barracks be built at the Public Charge for themore convenient Lodging of all the said Troops who are not yet Accommodatedin the Public Barracks or Armory, & also for the Carolina Forces nowLevying; This, in their Opinion, being a far Less Expensive & Likewise a morecommodious way of Lodging the Soldiery than by hiring Tenements & privateHouses in different & distant Parts of the Town, the Rents whereof theyfind, upon inquiry, will amount to about £3000 Currency per Annum.3d. The Committee have Carefully Examined the State of the Quartersprovided in Philadelphia for the first Battalion of Royal Americans & altho’they Conceive that many Articles therein Contain’d are not necessary in thisProvince yet they proceeded to make a Calculation of the several Chargesand Expences which the Public would incur supposing such a provission

14 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757really necessary: And upon that Calculation wherein they Estimated the severalArticles at the most moderate Rates, they found that the total Expencewould Amount to One hundred Thousand Pounds Currency or thereabouts.4th. That the Committee doubting how farr the granting so great a sumin addition to the other Large Charges of Government wou’d be suitable tothe present Circumstances of the People. And Calling in Remembrance thatthe three Independant Companys now here have, for a Long time past, beenallowed certain additional Pay in Lieu of all quartering Charges, wherewithas the Committee are informed, they have generally been well Satisfied, proceededfurther & Computed additional Pay, of One Shilling Sterling to Eachof the Royall American, Highland & Virginia Subaltern Officers; four PenceSterling to each of the Serjeants, Three pence to the Corporals, Three Penceto each of the Drummers, And two pence to each of the men of the saidCorps per diem, in Number Seventeen Hundred Men: and, upon that Computationhaving found that the Expence of the whole will amount to aboutFifty Thousand pounds per Annum, the Committee are induced to recommendit to the House, to Grant to His Majesty an Aid of £50,000, for the betterSupport of the said Last mentioned Forces for one Year, if they so longcontinue in this Province, in lieu of all Quartering & Barrack Necessaryswhatever; to be raised, apportioned & paid in such way and manner as theHouse, by a Bill to be brought in for that purpose, shall be pleased to Limit& appoint. And with respect to the said Independant Companys & the saidTroops now Leveying, the Committee think it reasonable that they do remainupon the footing they have been heretofore put, by any of the Laws of thisProvince. And the Committee beg leave to Observe that they have Confinedthe said Additional Allowance to the subaltern Officers only in Considerationof the smallness of their Pay: For they have not been able to Learn that it isgenerally Customary in all His Majesty’s Dominions to make the sameProvission for Officers as in Philadelphia was made for the Royal Americans;neither do they Conceive that the Practice of Philadelphia ought to be a Rulefor this Province, their respective Circumstances being in many particularsExtremely Different.5th. And further the Committee proceeded to peruse the several Regulationsproposed by Collo. Bouquett, for the better Carrying on his Majestysservice in this Province, & they are of Opinion that these Regulations are inGeneral Calculated to answer the good Ends proposed by them. And so farras the Laws now in force in this Province do not extend to the several Matterstherein Specified, the Committee recommend that a Bill be introducedto the House with proper Clauses for enacting the Subject Matter of suchRegulations.6th. And the Committee, upon due Consideration had of the other

OCTOBER 14, 175715parts of his Excellencys the Governor’s Speech not herein before reportedupon, recommend to the House that they make provision for ContingentExpences for the Ensuing Year by raising the Sum of Four thousand Poundsin the next Tax.7th. And finally, that provision be also made by the house for the purchase& importation from Philadelphia for necessary Artillery Stores for theuse & service of the Fortifications & Cannon, a List whereof wanting for Fort-Johnson & Charles Town is in the Hands of the Commissioners for the Fortifications& ready to be delivered into this House.The first Paragraph of the report being read a 2d Time was unanimouslyagreed to by the House.The 2d paragraph being read a Second time,Resolv’d that this House will make provission for defraying the Expenceof building Barracks upon the Public Land near the old Free School Housesufficient to Contain one thousand men.The 3d, 4th, 5th & 6th Paragraphs, being severally read a 2d time.Ordered that the Consideration of the said Paragraphs be postponedtill there is a fuller House.The Last Paragraph being read a Second time was agreed to by theHouse.Ordered that it be referred to the Same Committee to Enquire whatQuantity of Artillery Stores will be necessary, as also of the Expence thereof& the most Expeditious Method of importing the same.And the following Address was drawn to his Excellency the Governor,Viz.May it please your Excellency,This House, Considering the necessity there is to Come to a SpeedyResolution to provide Barracks for the Accomodation of the subaltern Officers& private Men belonging the the several Corps which his Majesty hathbeen most graciously pleased to order for the defence of this Province, hathresolv’d to make Provision for defraying the Expence of filling up the BrickBarracks in Charles Town for the reception of the said Subaltern Offices &of building Barracks Sufficient to Contain 1000 Men upon the Land belongingto the Public whereon the old Free school House Stands & we humblydesire that your Excellency will please to Give directions to the CommissionersFor the Fortifications to Cause the same to be done without Loss of Time.And as many of the Gentlemen returnd to Serve in this Present GeneralAssembly have not yet attended to take their Seats in this House; we thinkourselves under a necessity of deferring the other important Matters whichYour Excellency was pleased to recommend to our Consideration till we havea fuller House.

16 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757Ordered that the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Drayton & Mr. Roper.The House being informed that Daniel Blake Esqr., returnd for St.Bartholomew, & Mr. Samuel Wainwright, returnd for St. Paul, attended atthe Door, they were severally called in, and being askd by Mr. Speaker if theywere Willing to qualify themselves as Members of this House, they answer’din the affirmative.Ordered That Mr. Murray & Mr. Glover do attend the Governor withMr. Blake & Mr. Wainwright & humbly desire that they may be permitted totake the Oaths before his Excellency & make & Subscribe the declaration &take & Subscribe the oath of abjuration pursuant to the Laws made for thosepurposes.The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew & being returnd,Mr. Murray reported to the House that Mr. Blake & Mr. Wainwright hadtaken the Oaths before his Excellency.Order’d that Peter Manigault Esqr., a Member of this House and Oneof his Majestys Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed bythe Election Law to be taken by all Persons who Shall serve as Members ofthe General Assembly of this Province to Mr. Blake & Mr. Wainwright.And Mr. Manigault administred the said Oath Accordingly.And then the said Gentlemen severally took their Seats as Members ofthe House.And Then the House adjourn’d till to-morrow afternoon Four of theClock.Saturday the 15th day of October 1757. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjournd the House till monday morning 9 of the Clock.Monday the 17th day of October 1757.Mr. Speaker adjourn’d the House till to morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 18th day of October 1757.The Journal of Last Fridays Proceedings was read.Mr. Leigh reported from the Committee of Priviledges & Elections towhom the Petition of David Greame of Charles Town Esqr. complaining ofan undue Election & return for the Parish of Christ Church. That they hadExamined the matter of the said Petition and had directed him to report the

OCTOBER 18, 175717same, as it appeared to them to the House & he read the Report in his place& afterwards deliver’d it in at the Clerk’s Table w[h]ere the same was read& is as follows, Vizt.That having heard David Greame Esqr. upon the Allegations of his Petition& what the Sitting Member had to offer concerning the same, theyproceeded to Examine Thomas Phillips, one of the Church Wardens of thesaid Parish, who inform’d the Committee that upon the 17th day of SeptemberLast he received the Writ of Election from his Co-church Warden CaptainPaddon Bond, that upon the morning of the 21st he went to the Parishchurch, and from thence, about Nine of the Clock waited upon CaptainBond (in order to procure the Law for his direction) who was sick in Bed &had a high Fever upon him at that Time & as the said Mr. Phillips beleivedunable to attend the Poll.That being informed by Mr. Bond that he must be Sworn to the Executionof the Writt, he proceeded to Captn. Williams’s, a neighbouring Magistraterecommended by him for that purpose, & did [not] return to theChurch till a Quarter before Three in the afternoon, the day being very rainy,where he found Mr. Legaré, who acquainted him that no one had been thereto Vote.That Captn. Williams could not furnish him with the Act of Assemblybut assured him that he had served as a Church Warden for Port Royal twoYears, & had return’d Writs of Election for that Parish but was never previouslysworn to the Execution of the same.The said Mr. Phillips further acquainted the Committee that heremain’d at the Church till past Four in the afternoon, & that no Personvoted the first day.That upon the 22d of September, being the last day for holding the Election,the Poll was regularly opened, adjourned & Closed, & upon being ask’dif there was any Menaces or Threats in Disturbance of the said Election, Hemade for Answer that some Words arose between Mr. Vanderhorst & Mr.Tookerman, the Cause whereof he was wholy ignorant, & at his desire theydeparted out of the Church. And being Specially interrogated with respectto his Qualification as a Church Warden he Answer’d that he had taken theOath of a Church Warden upon his Election into the Office all which Factsthe Committee thought proper to State for the better Information of theHouse and thereupon are of Opinion that the said Election for the Parishof Christ Church is void for the Reasons alledged in the Petition.The said Report being read a second time.A Report from the Committee of Priviledges & Elections of the 8th dayof January 1755 Concerning an Election & Return for the Parish of St. Andrewwas read.

18 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757Then the Question being put that the House do agree with the Committeein the said Report.It passed in the Negative.Resolv’d That Charles Pinckney Esqr. is duly Elected for the said Parishof Christ Church.Mr. Roper acquainted the House that Thomas Middleton Esqr., who wasreturnd to Serve for the Parish of Prince William, had taken the Oaths beforehis Excellency the Governor & made & Subscribed the declaration &taken & Subscribed the oath of abjuration pursuant to the Laws made forthose purposes.Ordered that John Rattray Esqr., a Member of this House & one of HisMajesty’s Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed by the ElectionLaw to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members of the GeneralAssembly of this province to Mr. Middleton.And Mr. Rattray administred the said Oath Accordingly.And then Mr. Middleton took his Seat as a Member of the House.Order’d That a Message be prepared to be sent to desire the Governor& Council to issue a New Writt for Electing two Members for the Parish ofSt. Mark & a new Writ for Electing one member for St. Stephen, the formerwrits not having been Executed, a new Writ for Electing one Member forChrist Church, three Persons having been return’d with Equal votes, & a newwrit for Electing One Member for St. James Goose Creek in the room ofWalter Izard Esqr., who made his Election to Serve for St. George Dorchester.And then the House adjourn’d till tomorrow Morning 9 of the Clock.Wednesday the 19th day of October 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The House being informed that William Moultrie Esqr., who wasreturnd duly Elected as a member to Serve in this present General Assemblyfor the Parish of St. John in Berkley County, attended at the door, he wascalled in & Mr. Speaker asked him if he was willing to qualify himself as amember of this House, to which he answerd in the affirmative.Ordered That Mr. Broughton do wait upon the Governor with Mr.Moultrie & humbly desire that his Excellency will please to permit Mr.Moultrie to take the Oaths before his Excellency & make & Subscribe thedeclaration & take & Subscribe the Oath of abjuration, pursuant to the Lawsmade for those purposes.Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter which he received fromRobert Brown Esqr., who was returnd duly Elected as a member to serve inthis present General Assembly for the Parish of St. James Goose Creek, & the

OCTOBER 20, 175719same was read importing that he was prevented attending the House by Sickness& desiring that the House would please to indulge him in declining toserve in that Way.Ordered that in the Message Yesterday ordered to be prepared to beSent to the Governor & Council, his Excellency & their Honors be desiredin the Writ to be Issued for St. James Goose creek to direct that a Memberbe Elected for the said Parish in the room of the said Mr. Brown.Mr. Broughton reported to the house, that Mr. Moultrie had taken theOaths before his Excellency the Governor.Ordered that Peter Manigault Esqr., a member of this house & one ofhis Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed by theElection Law to be taken by all Persons who Shall serve as Members of theGeneral Assembly of this Province to the said Mr. Moultrie.And Mr. Manigault administerd the said Oath Accordingly.And then Mr. Moultrie took his Seat as a Member of the House.According to Order the following Message was Drawn, Vizt.May it please your Excellency & Honors,The Writs issued for the late General Election, having not been Executedin two Parishes, Viz., St. Stephens & St. Marks; we desire that yourExcellency & honors will please to Issue new Writs for the Electing of Membersto serve in this present General Assembly for the said Parishes respectively:As also a new Writt for Electing two Members to Serve for the Parishof St. James Goose Creek in the room of Walter Izard, who made his Electionto serve for the Parish of St. George Dorchester, & Robert Brown Esqr.,who refus’d to Serve. And a new writt for Electing a Member to Serve forthe Parish of Christ Church, only one Member having been returnd for thatParish upon the Last Writ. And we desire that the said Writs may be madereturnable the 15th day of November next.Ordered, that Mr. Manigault & Mr. Pinckney do wait upon the Governor& Council with the Said Message.And then the House adjourn’d till tomorrow morning ten of the Clock.Thursday the 20th day of October 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays proceedings was read.The House being informed that James Stobo Esqr., who was returndduly Elected as a member to serve in this present General Assembly for theParish of St. Bartholomew, attended at the Door, he was call’d in & Mr.Speaker ask’d him if he was willing to qualify himself as a Member of thisHouse, to which he answer’d in the Affirmative.Order’d that Mr. Blake & Mr. Glover do attend the Governor with Mr.

20 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757Stobo & humbly desire his Excellency will please to permit him to take theOaths, & make & Subscribe the Declaration & take & subscribe the oath ofabjuration, pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew; & being return’d, Mr. Blakereported to the House that Mr. Stobo had taken the Oaths before his Excellency.Ordered That Thomas Lynch Esqr., a member of this House & one ofhis Majestys Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed by theElection Law to be taken by all persons who shall serve as members of theGeneral Assembly of this province to the Said Mr. Stobo.And Mr. Lynch administred the said Oath Accordingly.And then Mr. Stobo took his Seat as a member of the House.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Basnet.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I have ordered the Public Treasurer to Call in & lay before you the Accountsof all Such Persons as have any demands upon the Public which noprovision has been made for the Discharge of.Willm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Mr. Rattray reported from the Committee who had it in charge to Enquirewhat Quantity of Artillery Stores will be necessary, as also of the Expence thereof& the most Expeditious Method of importing the same as follows, viz.That the Committee have not been able to know with Certainty whatQuantity of Stores will be necessary for the Service of the Artillery in thisProvince, but if an Estimate delivered, laid before the Committee by theCommissioners of Fortifications be just, then they find that the Expence ofthe purchase & importation of the Stores therein said to be wanting willamount to above Ten Thousand pounds Sterling: But the Committee uponEnquiry finding that Ball for Eighteen & Four pounders will be most immediatelyrequisite for the Defence of this province, do recommend to thehouse to make provision of One Thousand Pounds Sterling to be appliedin purchasing, insuring & importing from Philadelphia a proportional Quantityof Eighteen & Four pounds Shott.The said Report being read a Second time.Resolv’d that this House will provide the Sum of Seven Thousandpounds, to enable his Excellency the Governor to cause to be imported, fromthe No[r]thern Collonys such Quantity of Ball for four & Eighteen Pounderswith Tin Tubes, Match, & other warlike Stores as will be most immediatlyrequisite for the Defence of this Province.

OCTOBER 20, 175721Resolv’d that the said Seven Thousand Pounds be borrowed from anyFund in the Public Treasury & that this House will replace the same by theSchedule to the next Tax law passed in this Province.Ordered that an Address be prepared to be sent to acquaint his Excellencythe Governor with the purport of the said Resolution.And then the House adjourn’d till 3 o’Clock afternoon.P.M.The Following address was drawn according to the order of this Morning.May it please Your Excellency,On Considering that part of your Excellencys Speech which relates toWarlike Stores, we beg leave to Acquaint your Excellency that we have resolvedto provide the Sum of £7000 Currency to enable your Excellency toCause to be imported from the Northern Collonies, such a Quantity of Ballfor Four & Eighteen Pounds Cannon with Tin Tubes, Match & other Warlikestores as will be most immediatly requisite for the Defence of this Province.And that the sending for these necessary Articles may not be delayd tillwe can raise the money in the usual manner, we have further resolv’d thatthe said Sum be borrow’d from any Fund in the Public Treasury & be replacedby inserting the same in the Schedule to the first Tax Law that Shallbe passed in this Province.Order’d that the said address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Murray.Ordered upon the Question, that an address be presented to the Governorhumbly to desire that his Excellency will please to give the House Leaveto adjourn till Monday the 14th day of next Month. And that Mr. Moultriedo wait upon his Excellency with the said Address. Mr. Moultrie reported tothe House, that having waited upon The Governor with their Address, hisExcellency was pleas’d to say he would send a Message to this House to morrowMorning.Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter Which he received fromJohn Lloyd Esqr., who was returnd duly Elected as a member to Serve in thisPresent General Assembly for the Parish of St. John in Colleton County, &the same was read importing that Sickness prevented his attending the House& desiring that he might be allowed to decline serving as a member in thatway.Order’d that a Message be prepared to be Sent to desire the Governor& Council to issue a new Writ of Election for the said Parish.And Accordingly the following one was drawn, Vizt.May it please your Excellency & honors.

22 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757John Lloyd Esqr., who was returnd duly Elected as a Member to servein this present General Assembly for the Parish of St. John in ColletonCounty, having refused to qualify himself as a member of this House, wedesire that Your Excellency & Honors will please to Issue a New Writ for theElecting of a New Member to Serve for the said parish in his Room whichwrit we desire may be made returnable the 15 day of November next.Ordered that Mr. Murray do attend the Governor & Council with thesaid Message.And then the House adjourned till to morrow morning Ten of theClock.Friday the 21st day of October 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,There are Several Matters now before you in which his Majestys Serviceis so Essentially concerned that it wou’d have been a great Satisfaction to meif they had undergone the Consideration of your House before you ask’dleave to adjourn: And I must desire, before I grant it, that you will appointa Committee to bring in a Bill to Establish the necessary Regulations, concerningthe Lodging of Soldiers in the Country, ascertaining the Price theyShall pay for their Diet, supplying them with Carriages at fix’d Rates & toprevent desertion together with Such other Matters as respect the service ofthe Province at Large.These are things which can but ill admit of Delay & the Business maybe much advanced if a Committee is Employ’d during Your recess in preparingsuch a Bill to be presented to you when you sit again, and I Shall dependupon your Giving a general and Chearfull Attendance, at the Time to whichyou have desired to adjourn.Willm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And the Message being read a Second time.Orderd, That a Bill be brought in to Establish certain Regulations concerningthe Soldiery in the Province of South Carolina & to prevent theirdesertion & for the better carrying on the Service in the said Province, Andthat Mr. Middleton, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Pringle, Mr.Pinckney, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Lamboll & Mr. Drayton do prepare & bring in

OCTOBER 21, 175723the same. And that they do prepare the said Bill in the recess, ready to bepresented to the House at the next Meeting.Ordered That an Address be prepared to be presented to the Governorin answer to his Excellencys Message.And accordingly the following one was drawn, Viz.May it please your Excellency,In answer to your Message just now received we beg Leave to AcquaintYour Excellency that we have orderd a Bill to be brought in Agreable to yourExcellencys desire & have appointed certain Gentlemen to prepare the sameduring the Recess, that it may be ready to be presented to the House at ournext Meeting.Ordered That the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Blake & Mr. John Waties and they do humbly desire his Excellencys Leaveto adjourn till the 14th of next Month.A Petition of The Artillery Company was Presented to the House & readSetting forth as Viz.That the Petitioners have for some time past Voluntarily associatedthemselves for the Exercise of the Artilery of this Province under the Sanctionof His Excellency the Governor, who has been pleased to appoint Officersfor that purpose. That it is the desire and intention of the Petitionersto perfect themselves in the Art of Gunnery that they may be enabled to dothat Duty to their Country which may be necessary in Case of an Invasion &praying to be Constituted into an Artillery Company by a Law under SuchFines, Forfertures and Regulations as to the House Shall Seem Meet.Ordered, that Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayerof the Petition and that Mr. Laurens, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Lowndes, Mr.Guerard, Mr. McQueen, Mr. Gadsden & Mr. Rattray do prepare & bring inthe Same.Mr. Blake reported to the House that the Governor having been waitedupon with their Address for leave to adjourn, his Excellency was pleased tosay that he woud send a Message to the House in the afternoon.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock in the afternoon.P.M.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Hugh Hughes, Late Master of theShip Clinton, addressed to the Governor Council & Assembly.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And the said Petition was read, Setting forth,

24 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757That the said Ship was Loaden with a Cargo of Thirty Thousand PoundsSterling Value, was on the 12th day of August last cast away upon no man’sLand, That Little of any Value was saved from the Wreck but Eleven Thousandfive hundred and Eighty Eight pounds of Indico, which by a Law of thisProvince is lyable to the Payment of a duty amounting To Five hundred andEighty pounds thirteen Shillings Currency; & Praying in Consideration of theGreat Loss Sustained by the Owners of, and Others Interested in the saidShip, the said Dutys may be remitted as hath been done in like Cases.Resolved That the duties upon Indico saved out of the Ship Clinton,Hugh Hughes, late Master, after deducting the Drawback which the Exportersof the said Indico are intitled to & the Treasurers Commissions on receiving& paying the said Duties, be remitted to the said Hugh Hughes.Ordered That this Resolution be sent to his Excellency the Governorfor his assent, & his Majestys Council for their Concurrence & that Mr.Speaker do Sign the same.Order’d that Mr. Laurens do attend the Governor & Council with thesaid Resolution.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Some doubt hav[ing] arisen concerning the Construction of your Messagewherein you desire that I will direct Barracks to be built Sufficient tocontain one thousand men, viz., whether such a Building should be calculatedfor private men only or for officers likewise, I desire to have a declarationof your sense upon that Matter, but I make no Question that you willsee the necessity there is that Such a Body of Soldiers Shou’d have their OfficersLodged with them to keep them in due order & Subjection.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And the said Message being read a Second time.Resolv’d that this House will provide for defraying the Expence of repairing& fitting up the Free School-House for Such of the subaltern Officersas Shall be appointed to the Command of the Men Quartered at theBarracks to be built near the said School-House.Ordered That an address be prepared in Answer to his ExcellencysMessage.And Accordingly the following one was drawn, viz.May it please your Excellency,It was the Sense of this House, in our Message to your Excellency with

OCTOBER 22, 175725respect to the Building of Barracks, that the same shoud be for the use ofthe private men only and we have resolv’d to provide for the Expence of repairing& fitting up the Free School House for the Reception of Such of thesubaltern Officers as Shall be appointed to the Command of the Men to bequarter’d in the said Barracks and if the said House shall be found insufficientfor the purpose, we Shall consider what is farther necessary to be doneto that End at our next Meeting.Ordered that the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Laurens & Mr. Glover & that they do humbly desire his Excellency’s leaveto adjourn till the 14th of next Month.The Said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew, and being return’d, Mr.Laurens reported to the House that they had delivered the Message to theGovernor & that his Excellency desired him to Acquaint the House that hewoud Give this House an Answer to their Message for Leave to adjourn tomorrow.And then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Saturday the 22d of October 1757.The Journal of Yesterday proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I do give you Leave to adjourn until the Fourteenth day of Novembernext.Willm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And the House accordingly adjourn’d till Monday the 14th of Novembernext.Return to contents ➔

26 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757Session Beginning November 14, 1757and Ending December 9, 1757Monday the 14th day of November 1757.Mr. Speaker adjourn’d the House till to morrow morning ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 15th day of November 1757.The following Gentlemen met, viz., Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Stobo, Mr.Middleton, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Murray &Mr. Waties; and the said Gentlemen made Choice of Mr. Waties to be theirChairman & he adjourned the House till to morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 16th of November 1757.The Journal of the Proceedings of Saturday the 22d of October Last wasread.The House being informd that Stephen Bull Esqr., who was returndduly Elected to serve as a Member of this present General Assembly for theParish of Prince William, attended at the door, he was called in & Mr. Speakerasked him if he was willing to Qualify himself as a member of this House, towhich he answer’d in the affirmative.Ordered That Mr. Middleton & Mr. Drayton do wait upon The Governorwith Mr. Bull & humbly desire that his Excellency will please to permithim to take the Oaths & make & Subscribe the Declaration & take & Subscribethe Oath of Abjuration pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.The following Writs of Election were returnd.A Writ for Electing of a Member to serve for the Parish of Christ Churchand the Return of the said Writ being read, it appear’d That David GraemeEsqr. was duly Elected to serve for the said Parish.A Writ for Electing of a Member to serve for the Parish of St. JohnColleton County & the Return on the said Writ being read, it appear’d ThatLuke Stoutenburgh was duly elected to serve for the said Parish.A Writ for the Electing of a Member to serve for the Parish of St.Stephen. And the Return of the Said Writ being read, it appear’d thatCharles Cantey Esqr. was duly Elected to serve for the said Parish.

NOVEMBER 16, 175727A Writ for the Electing of two Members to serve for the Parish of St.James Goose Creek. And the Return of the said Writ being read, it appearedthat Thos. Wright & Benja. Coachman, Esqrs., were duly Elected to serve forthe said Parish.The House being informed that Mr. Coachman & Mr. Greame attendedat the Door, they were severally called in & Mr. Speaker asked them if theywere willing to qualify themselves as Members of this House, to which theyseverally answered in the Affirmative.Ordered That Mr. Middleton & Mr. Drayton do wait upon the Governorwith Mr. Coachman & Mr. Graeme & humbly desire his Excellency willplease to permit them to take the Oaths & make & Subscribe the Declaration& take & Subscribe the oath of abjuration pursuant to the Laws madefor those purposes.Ordered That Leave be given to bring in an Ordinance for appointinga Controller of the Country Duties in this Province in the Room of SamuelBowman, deceas’d: And that Mr. Lamboll & Mr. Stobo do prepare and bringin the Same.Mr. Middleton reported to the House That Mr. Bull, Mr. Coachman &Mr. Graeme had Severally taken the Oaths before his Excellency the Governor.Order’d That Robert Pringle Esqr., a Member of this house, do administerthe Oath appointed by the Election Law to be taken by all Persons whoShall be return’d duly Elected & serve as Members of the General Assemblyof this Province to the said Mr. Bull, Mr. Coachman & Mr. Graeme.And Mr. Pringle administred the said Oath accordingly.And then the said Gentlemen severally took their Seats as members ofthis House.Mr. Lamboll presented to the House (according to Order) “An Ordinanceappointing ______ Controller of the Country duties in the Provinceof South-Carolina” and the same was received and read the first time.Resolv’d that the Ordinance be read a 2d time.Resolv’d that this House will to morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock, readthe said Ordinance a Second time.Ordered That a Committee to Consider of what allowance may beproper to be made for the Entertaining of Indians on the Road comeing toand returning from Charles Town be appointed of Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Guerard,Mr. Stobo, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Rattray.Motion being made, Ordered That David Graeme Esqr., attorney at Law,do pay the Monies which he recovered from Richd. Lambton & John Elliottfor goods (being part of Indian Presents) Sold by the Late Commissary intothe Hands of the Public Treasurer.

28 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757And then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 17th of November 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The House being informed that Richard Berresford & Jno. Moore, Esquires,who were duly Elected & returnd to Serve as Members in this presentGeneral Assembly for the Parish of St. Thomas & St. Dennis, & Ralph IzardEsqr., who was Return’d for St. George Dorchester, attended at the Door, theywere severally called in & being ask’d by Mr. Speaker if they were willing toQualify themselves as Members of this House, they severally answerd in theAffirmative.Ordered That Mr. Roper & Mr. Bull do wait upon the Governor withMr. Berresford, Mr. Moore & Mr. Izard & humbly desire his Excellency topermit them to take the Oaths & to make & to Subscribe the Declaration &take & Subscribe the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Laws made forthose purposes.Mr. Middleton presented to the House (according to Order) “a BillEstablishing certain Regulations concerning the Soldiery in the Province ofSouth Carolina & to prevent their Desertion & for the better carrying on HisMajestys Service in the said Province.”And the same was Received & read the first time.Resolv’d That the Bill be read a Second Time.Resolved That this house will next Tuesday morning read the said Billa Second time.Resolv’d that this House will next Wednesday Morning take into Considerationthe Residue of the Report made the 14th Day of Last Month, fromthe Committee to whom his Excellency the Governors Speech & hisExcellencys Message & the State of the Quarters provided at Philadelphia forthe first Battallion of the Royal Americans were referred, which was the sameday Ordered to be postponed till there Should be a fuller house.Mr. Roper reported that Mr. Berresford, Mr. Moore & Mr. Izard hadtaken the oaths before his Excellency.Ordered that Robert Pringle Esqr., a member of this House & one of HisMajestys Justices of the peace, do administer the Oath appointed by the ElectionLaw to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members of the GeneralAssembly of this Province to the said Mr. Berresford, Mr. Moore & Mr. Izard.And Mr. Pringle administred the Said Oath Accordingly.And then the said Gentlemen severally took their Seats as Members ofthe House.

NOVEMBER 17, 175729The House being informed that Daniel Crawford Esqr., who was returndduly Elected to serve in this present General Assembly for the Parish of St.Philip Charles Town, attended at the Door, he was Called in & Mr. Speakerask’d him if he was willing to qualify himself as a member of this House towhich he answered in the Affirmative.Ordered That Mr. Guerard & Mr. Laurens do wait upon the Governor& humbly desire that he will please to permit Mr. Crawford to take the oathsbefore his Excellency & to make & to Subscribe the Declaration & to take &Subscribe the oath of Abjuration pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.The following Petitions were presented to the House & severally read, vizt.A Petition of Edward Lightwood Setting forth, vizt.That he resided in this province fifty four years, paid Taxes and Dutysnear Thirty Years and hath executed for some months the office of Controllerof the Country Dutys of this Province, which office is now vacant by theDeath of Samuel Bowman Esqr., and praying to be appointed to the saidOffice.A Petition of James Reid Setting forth, vizt.That he hath Traded and Resided in this Province upwards of Twentyyears but during that Time has met with great Losses and Disappointments,and praying in Consideration thereof to be appointed Country Controllerin the Room of Mr. Samuel Bowman, deceas’d.A Petition of David Dott Setting forth, Vizt.That the office of Controller of the Country dutys being Vacant by theDeath of Mr. Samuel Bowman prays to be appointed to the said Office.A Petition of Peter Timothy Setting forth, Vizt.That by the Death of Samuel Bowman Esqr. the office of Controller ofthe Country Dutys for the Port of Charles Town is become vacant and thebuisiness of the said office would be Compatible with his present Vocation,and praying to be appointed to Succeed the said Mr. Bowman in the saidOffice.A Petition of Robert Williams Setting Forth, Vizt.That the Office of Controller of the Country Dutys for the Port ofCharles Town is become Vacant by the Decease of Samuel Bowman Esqr.That the Petitioner being detached from the concerns of any Particularbuisseness or Profession wou’d have it in his Power to make the Dutys of thatOffice the object of his Singular care and Application, and Praying to beappointed to Succeed the said Samuel Bowman in the Said Office.A Petition of William Logan Setting Forth, Vizt.That the Office of Controller of the Country Duties is now vacant bythe Death of Samuel Bowman Esqr., That he has been Register of the Court

30 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757of Admiralty in this Province for many years past and now Keeps an officefor that purpose conveniently Situated for the Trading part of this Town andPraying that the said Office of Controller be granted to him.A Petition of Morton Brailsford Setting Forth, Vizt.That the office of Controller of the Country Duties being now vacantby the Death of Mr. Samuel Bowman prays he may be appointed to Succeedto that Office.A Petition of Henry Kennan Setting Forth, Vizt.That by the Death of Mr. Samuel Bowman the office of the CountryController is now become Vacant, That he has been some years a waiter, Thathe has a familly and out of all imploy and therefore prays to be appointedto that Office.Petition of William Gibbes Setting Forth, Vizt.Praying to be appointed Controller of the Country Dutys in this Province.Mr. Laurens reported to the House that Mr. Crawford had taken theOaths before his Excellency the Governor.Ordered That Robert Pringle Esqr., a member of this House & one ofHis Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed by theElection Law to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members of theGeneral Assembly of this Province to Mr. Crawford.And Mr. Pringle administerd the said Oath Accordingly.And then Mr. Crawford took his seat as a Member of the House.Resolved that Controller of the Country Duties be chosen by Ballott.And Lists of the names of the several Candidates being divers times putinto a hat by the several Members, it appeared upon taking the said Lists out,that Morton Brailsford had the majority of votes.Then the House According to order proceeded to read the “Ordinanceappointing ______ Controller of the Country duties in the province of SouthCarolina” a Second time.An Amendment was proposed to the Title of the Ordinance, viz., Leaveout “in the Province of South Carolina,” & insert “for the Port & Harbourof Charles Town.” And the said Amendment was upon the Question beingput thereupon disagreed with by the House.Another Amendment was proposed, viz., add to the Title the Words “thePorts of George Town Winyaw & Beauford Port Royal Excepted.” And thesaid Amendment was agreed to by the House.And the Ordinance was read a Second time with Blanks which werefilled up & the Ordinance amended.Then a Clause was offerd to be added to the Ordinance appointing theController to be first Sworn well & faithfully to Execute the said Office. Andto enter into a bond for that purpose.

NOVEMBER 18, 175731And the said Clause was twice read with a Blank which was filled up &the Clause amended.Then the said Clause was agreed to by the House to be made Part ofthe Ordinance.And the Title was made “an Ordinance appointing Morton BrailsfordEsqr. Controller of the Country Dutys in the Province of South Carolina, thePorts of George Town Winyaw & Beauford Port Royall Excepted.”Order’d That Mr. Middleton do carry the Ordinance to the Council.And then the House adjourn’d till tomorrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 18th of November 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays proceedings was read.The Writ which was issued for the Electing of two members to serve inthis Present General Assembly for the Parish of St. Mark being return’d; thesaid return was read, by which it appeared that Joseph Poole and JohnCrawford, Esqrs., were duly Elected to serve for the said Parish.The House being inform’d that Thomas Wright Esqr., who was return’dduly elected to serve as a Member in this present General Assembly for theParish of St. James Goose Creek, attended at the Door, he was Called in &Mr. Speaker asked him if he was willing to qualify himself as a member ofthis house to which he answerd in the Affirmative.Order’d That Mr. Faucheraud & Mr. Coachman do wait upon the Governor& humbly desire that he will please to permit Mr. Wright to take Oathsbefore his Excellency & to make & Subscribe the Declaration & to take & Subscribethe oath of Abjuration pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.Mr. Laurens presented to the House (according to order) “a Bill forforming & Establishing an Artillery Company of the Militia in Charles Town.”And the same was received and read, the first time.Resolv’d that the Bill be read a Second time.A Memorial of the Vestry & Church-Wardens of St. Philip Charles Townwas presented to the House & read Setting Forth, Viz. 4That the charges of the said Parish maintaining and relieving poor &distressed persons dayly increase & the office of Church Warden becomesArduous and burdensome. [That the poor persons residents in the said Parish,and those who stroll here from different parts of the Province, as wellas transient poor brought here by Sea are of late so considerably increased;that the Parochial Business is alone sufficient to be properly attended to; andthat the common and necessary Dutys of the respective Officers of the said4The SC Archives manuscript contains only an abstract of this memorial. The version printed hereincludes missing passages from the British copy.

32 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757Parish are so Intermixed and Involved with concerns of a new nature, thatthey judge it highly proper to represent the same.] That great number[s]of Accadians have returnd to Town from Different parts of the Province,most of whom are Sick & infirm & without the interposition of theChurch Wardens, [who provided them a Doctor and furnished them withVictuals,] must have unavoidably perish’d for want [of necessary support.]That the Burden & Charge upon the said Parish is rendered themore Intolerable on Account of many wives and Children of the Soldiersthat was sent to Virginia in the year 1754, from the Widows & orphans ofSoldiers belonging to the Independant Companys, the Wives & Childrenof the Soldiers ordered to Fort Loudoun and other Garrisons, [who haveleft their Familys behind in a deplorable and destitute condition,] andthe Invalids discharged from the Independant Companys by Lieut. Collo.Bouquett. [That these poor and distressed Persons added to the Poorthat naturally fall under the care of the Church Wardens render it impossiblefor them to administer Equal and timely relief or to transact otherParochial Business in such a way and manner as the Law directs.] Thatthe Memorialists apprehend from the perplexity of the Buisiness and theLabour and fatigue of the Office of Church Warden in its present Situation,it may in future prove difficult to get proper persons to Execute theSaid office and therefore praying the Premisses may be considered andrelief given according to the Wisdom of this House.Order’d That the Memorial be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee & that they do Examine the Matter thereof and report thesame with their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Guerard, Mr.Rattray, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Lowndes.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee appointed to Considerwhat allowance may be proper to be made for the Entertainment of Indianson the Road coming to & returning from Charles Town. That theCommittee having Considered that matter accordingly, had directed himto report their Opinion thereupon to the House & he read the report inhis Place & afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table where the samewas read & is as follows, Viz.That upon Considering the State of our Circumstances with the Indiansin Amity with this Government, it will not be proper, at this Juncture,to make any Reduction in the present Allowance to such personsLiving on the Roads Leading from the several Nations of Friendly IndiansTo & from Charles Town as Shall Supply the said Indians with Provisions& Liquor on their Journeys.The said Report being read a Second time, was agreed to by the House.

NOVEMBER 22, 175733Mr. Faucheraud reported to the House that Mr. Wright had taken theOaths before his Excellency the Governor.Ordered That Robert Pringle Esqr., a Member of this House & oneof his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, do Administer the Oath appointedby the Election Law to be taken by all persons who shall Serve as Membersof the General Assembly of this Province to Mr. Wright.And Mr. Pringle administred the said Oath accordingly.And then Mr. Wright took his seat as a member of the House.And then the House adjourn’d till tomorrow morning ten of theClock.Saturday the 19th of November 1757.The Following Gentlemen Mett, viz.Mr. Guerard, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Gadsden,Mr. Manigault, Mr. Leigh, who made Choice of Mr. Gadsden to be theirChairman, who adjourned the House till Monday Twelve of the Clock.Monday the 21st of November 1757.The following Gentlemen met, Viz.Mr. Trapier, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Gadsden,Mr. Waties & Mr. Drayton, who made Choice of Mr. Drayton to be theirChairman, & he adjourn’d the House till to morrow morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 22d of November 1757.The Journal of Last Fridays Proceedings was read.The House being informed that Luke Stoutenburgh Esqr., who wasreturn’d duly Elected as a member to serve in this Present General Assemblyfor the Parish of St. John in Colleton County, attended at theDoor, he was called in & Mr. Speaker ask’d him if he was willing to qualifyhimself as a member of this House to which he answered in the Affirmative.Ordered that Mr. Gadsden & Mr. Drayton do wait upon the Governor& humbly desire that he will please to permit Mr. Stoutenburgh totake the Oaths, before his Excellency, & to make & Subscribe the Declaration& to take & Subscribe the oath of abjuration pursuant to the Lawsmade for those purposes.The House being informed that John Crawford Esqr., who was

34 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757returnd duly Elected as a member to serve in this present General Assemblyfor the Parish of St. Mark, attended at the Door, he was Called in &Mr. Speaker asked him if he was willing to qualify himself as a Memberof this House to which he answered in the affirmative.Ordered that Mr. John Waties & Mr. Trapier do wait upon the Governor& humbly Desire that he will please to permit Mr. Crawford to take theOaths, before his Excellency, & to make & Subscribe the Declaration & take &Subscribe the Oath of Abjuration pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.“A Bill for forming & Establishing an Artillery Company of the Militiain Charles Town” was read a Second time.An Amendment was proposed to the Bill, viz., after the word “Company”in the tenth Line from the Bottom add “of which the Captain of the saidCompany shall forthwith give notice to one of the Field Officers of theCharles Town Regiment.”And the said Amendment, was upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed unto by the House. And the Question being put that Defaulterswrongfully sued be allowed double Costs of Suit, It passed in the Negative.And the Bill was read a Second time throughout with Blanks which werefilled up & Several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered That Mr. Laurens do carry the Bill to the Council.Mr. Drayton reported to the House that Mr. Stoutenburgh had takenthe Oaths before his Excellency the Governor. Mr. Trapier reported to theHouse that Mr. Crawford had taken the Oaths before his Excellency.Ordered That Paul Trapier Esqr., a Member of this House & One [of]his Majestys Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed by theElection Law to be taken by all Persons who shall Serve as Members of theGeneral Assembly of this Province to the said Mr. Stoutenburgh & Mr.Crawford.And Mr. Trapier administred the said Oath accordingly.Then Mr. Stoutenburgh & Mr. Crawford severally took their Seats asMembers of the House.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Peter Timothy of Charles Town,Printer, Addressed to the Governor, Council & Assembly, & also The Councilhave twice read “an Ordinance appointing Morton Brailsford Esqr. Controllerof the Country duties in the Province of South Carolina, the Ports ofGeorgetown Winyah & Beauford Port Royal Excepted.”And then the Messenger Withdrew.Resolv’d that the said Ordinance be read a third time at three of theClock in the afternoon.

NOVEMBER 23, 175735The Order of the day being read;Resolved that this House will, in the afternoon, read the “Bill Establishingcertain Regulations concerning the Soldiery &c” a Second time.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock in the afternoon.P.M.The House (According to Order) proceeded to read the “Ordinanceappointing Morton Brailsford Esqr. Controller of the Country Duties in theProvince of South Carolina, the Ports of George-town Winyah & BeaufordPort Royal Excepted” a third time.An Amendment was proposed to the Ordinance, Viz., Leave out “MortonBrailsford” & insert “James Reid.”And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Resolv’d that the Ordinance do pass.Order’d That Mr. Middleton do carry the Ordinance to the Council &desire their Concurrence.Then “a Bill establishing certain Regulations concerning the Soldieryin the Province of South Carolina & to prevent their Desertion & for thebetter carrying on His Majestys service in the said Province” was (accordingto Order) read a Second time with Blanks which were filled up & SeveralAmendments were made by the House to the Bill.Resolv’d That the Bill be Committed to Mr. Middleton, Mr. Rattray, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Pringle, Mr.Gadsden, Mr. Drayton, Mr. Wright, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Trapier, Mr. Izard, Mr.Lowndes, Mr. Mazyck.And then the House Adjourn’d till to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 23d of November 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The House being inform’d that Joseph Poole Esqr., who was returndduly Elected to Serve as a Member in this Present General Assembly for theParish of St. Mark, attended at the Door, he was Called in & Mr. Speakerasked him if he was willing to qualify himself as a Member of this house towhich he answered in the Affirmative.And then he withdrew.Ordered That the order of the Day for Considering the Residue of theReport, made the 14th day of October Last, from the Committee to whomthe Governor’s Speech & his Excellency’s Message of the 12th October with

36 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757Collo. Bouquets Memorandum of Regulations concerning the Forces in thisProvince & the State of the Quarters provided at Philadelphia for the FirstBatallion of Royal Americans were referred, be now read.And the said Order being read Accordingly.His Excellency’s Message of the 12th October last was read.Read also the State of the Quarters provided for the first Battallion ofthe Royall Americans at Philadelphia.Read also Colo. Bouquetts Memorandum of Regulations concerningthe Soldiery.Then the Residue of the said Report was read.And the 3d Paragraph of the said Report being read a Second time wasagreed to by the House.The House being informed that Peter Taylor Esqr., who was return’dduly Elected as a Member to serve in this present General Assembly for theParish of St. James Goose Creek, attended at the Door, he was Called in &Mr. Speaker asked him if he was willing to qualify himself as a member ofthis House to which he answered in the Affirmative.Ordered that Mr. Trapier & Mr. Stobo do wait upon the Governor &humbly desire that he will please to permit Mr. Taylor & Mr. Poole to takethe Oaths before his Excellency & to make & Subscribe the Declaration &to take & Subscribe the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Laws made forthose purposes.Then the 4th Paragraph of the Report recommending that £50,000 beGranted to his Majesty for the better support of the forces being read a Secondtime was disagreed with by the House.The 5th Paragraph recommending that £4000 be granted for ContingentServices, being read a Second time was disagreed with by the House.Ordered That the Commissary do forthwith Lay before this House anAccount of all the Expences incurred by this Government for the reception& Accomodation of the Forces in Charles Town; together with all Such Ordersas he hath received to provide Necessaries for the said Forces.A Motion was made & the Question being put that £3000 be grantedfor Defraying the Contingent Services of this Government To the 25th March1759.The House devided.The Yeas go forth.Teller for Yeas, Mr. Pinckney—18.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Manigault—16.So it was resolved in the Affirmative.Mr. Trapier reported to the House that Mr. Taylor & Mr. Poole hadtaken the Oaths before his Excellency the Governor.

NOVEMBER 24, 175737Ordered That Robert Pringle Esqr., a Member of this House & one ofhis Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed by theElection Law to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members of theGeneral Assembly of this Province to the Said Mr. Taylor & Mr. Poole.And Mr. Pringle administred the said Oath Accordingly.And then Mr. Taylor & Mr. Poole took their Seats as Members of the House.And then the House adjournd ’till Three of the Clock.P.M.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the “Ordinance appointing MortonBrailsford Esqr. Controller of the Country Duties in the Province of SouthCarolina, the Ports of George Town Winyah & Beaufort Port Royal Excepted”without any amendments.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the Ordinance be ingrossed.Ordered That Captn. Taylor be added to the Committee to whom the“Bill establishing certain Regulations concerning the Soldiery in the Provinceof South Carolina &ct.” is Committed.Ordered that the said Committee do now Sit.And then the House adjournd till to morrow Morning ten of theClock.Thursday the 24th of November 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The “Ordinance Appointing Morton Brailsford Esqr. Controller of theCountry-Duties in the Province of South Carolina, the Ports of George-TownWinyah & Beaufort Port Royal Excepted” being ingrosed was with the Originallaid upon the Table.Ordered That Mr. Middleton & Mr. Drayton do Examine the Saidingrosed Ordinance, by the Original, to see if the same is truly ingrosed.Mr. Middleton reported to the House, that they had Examined theOrdinance accordingly & that the same is truly ingrossed.Motion being made, and the Question being put, That Mr. Speaker beOrderd to sign the Ingrossed Ordinance in this House.It passed in the Negative.Ordered That Mr. Murray do Carry the ingrossed Ordinance with theOriginal to the Council-Chamber to be Examined by Such members of the

38 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757Council as Shall be appointed for that Purpose. And that he do afterward attendthe Governor & humbly desire that his Excellency will please to order theGreat Seal to be affix’d to the said ingrossed Ordinance. And That he do alsohumbly know his Excellency’s pleasure when he will be attended by the House.The House being informed that Mr. Doyley attended at the Door, hewas Called in, and, the Commissary being sick, he at the Bar presented tothe House pursuant to their Order, Abstract from the Journals of the Assemblyof What was resolv’d the 4th May 1757 to be provided for the reception& Accommodation of his Majestys Forces, then Expected to be Landed inthis Province.Copy of an Order of Council, without date, upon the Arrival of theHighland Batallion.His Excellencys the Governors Order for Supplying with Necessaries theHospital in Which the Sickmen belonging to the Highland Batallion areLodged, dated 10th September 1757.His Excellency’s Order for Supplying His Majestys Forces now in CharlesTown with wood, Candles &c., dated 11th October 1757.His Excellency’s Order for providing an Hospital for Such men of theRegiment in the Pay of this Province as are Sick, dated 14th October 1757.His Excellency’s Order to the Commissary to Supply the Hospital inwhich the Sick Men belonging to the Carolina Regiment are Lodged withNecessarys. Dated 24 October 1757.His Excellency’s Order for Supplying with Necessaries a Second Hospitalfor the Highland Batallion dated 2d November 1757.An Estimate of the Expence this Province is at for the Accomodationsof the Troops now in Charles Town.And then he withdrew.And the said Papers were severally read.Ordered that the said Papers be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee and that they do consider of and report their Opinion to theHouse what may be Necessary for the future to furnish the Said Forces with,at the Expence of this Province. And they are referred to Mr. Guerard, Mr.Lynch, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Moore, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Broughton,Mr. Blake, Mr. Glover, Mr. Roper, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Berresford, Mr. Waties,Mr. Stoutenburgh, Mr. Poole.Ordered that the said Committee have power to Send for Persons, Papers& Records for their better Information.Mr. Murray reported to the House that the Ordinance had been Examinedby such Members of the Council as were appointed for that Purpose &that the Great Seal is affixed thereto, and that his Excellency the Governorhaving been waited upon pursuant to their Order humbly to know when he

NOVEMBER 28, 175739would be pleased to be attended by this House, had been pleased to Appointthis Day at Twelve of the Clock at the Council Chamber.And Accordingly Mr. Speaker with the House went up to attend hisExcellency in the Council Chamber.And being returnd Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attendedThe Governor in the Council Chamber where his Excellency was pleased togive his assent To “An Ordinance appointing Morton Brailsford Esqr. Controllerof the Country-Duties in the Province of South Carolina, the Ports ofGeorge Town Winyah & Beaufort Port Royal Excepted.”Ordered that all Committees do sit this afternoon.And then the House adjourned till to morrow morning ten of the Clock.Friday the 25th day of November 1757.The following Gentlemen met, Viz., Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Roper, Mr.Trapier, Mr. Middleton, Colo. Izard, Mr. Bull, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Guerard,Mr. Lynch, Mr. Coachman, Mr. Izard, Mr. Berresford, Mr. Blake, Mr. Graeme,Mr. Stoutenburgh, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Jno. Crawford, & Mr. Wainwright whomade Choice of Mr. Wainwright to be their Chairman, & he adjournd theHouse till three of the Clock in the Afternoon.P.M.The following Gentlemen Met, Viz., Mr. Cole, Mr. Freer, Mr. Taylor, Mr.Wainwright, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Lowndes & Mr. Postell and thesaid Gentlemen made Choice of Mr. Postell to be their Chairman & headjourn’d the House till to morrow afternoon 4 [o’] Clock.Saturday the 26th of November 1757.The following Gentlemen met, Viz., Mr. Middleton, Mr. Wainwright, Mr.Laurens, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. John Waties, Mr. McQueen & Mr. Glover & the SaidGentlemen made Choice of Mr. Glover to be their Chairman, who adjourn’dthe House till Monday morning ten of the Clock.Monday the 28th of November 1757.The following Gentlemen Met, Viz., Mr. Guerard, Mr. Roper, Mr.Gadsden, Mr. Glover, Mr. John Waties, Mr. Broughton & Mr. Pinckney andthe said Gentlemen made Choice of Mr. Broughton to be their Chairman,who adjourned the House till to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.

40 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757Tuesday the 29th of November 1757.The Journal of Last Thursdays Proceedings was read.Mr. Middleton reported from the Committee to whom the “Bill establishingcertain Regulations concerning the Soldiery in South Carolina & toprevent their desertion & for the better carrying on His Majestys Service inthe said Province” was Committed, That the Committee had Examin’d theAllegations of the Bill & found the same to be true & had gone through theBill & made Several Amendments thereunto which they had direc[ted] himto report to the House. And he read the Report in his Place & afterwardsdelivered it in at the Clerks Table where the said Amendments were onceread throughout & then a second time One by One. And Several of the saidAmendments were agreed to by the House with amendments to some ofthem & others of them were disagreed with by the House.And several other Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered that Mr. Gadsden do Carry the Bill to the Council.And then the House adjourn’d till 3 o’Clock afternoon.P.M.Mr. Berresford reported from the Committee to whom The Governorsorders to the Commissary for Supplying the forces now in Charles Town withNecessaries & the Account of the Expence incurred thereby were referr’d. Andto Consider of & report to the House what may be necessairy for the future tofurnish the said forces with, at the Expence of this Province. That the Committeehad Examined the said Papers & had considered of the Matter which theyhad in Charge & had directed him to Report their Opinion thereupon to theHouse & he read the Report in his Place & afterwards delivered it in at theClerk’s Table where the Same was read & is as follows, Viz.That upon a carefull view & inspection of the several Accounts of thesaid Expence laid before them by the Commissary, they find the wholeamount to be £16823:19:5 Current Money to the 25th Instant November.And they are of Opinion the following may be Necessary Allowances infuture for the said Forces at the Public Expence, Viz.Seven Shillings Current Money per Day to each Subaltern Officer, thatis to say Lieutenants & Ensigns actually in Commission in Lieu of all otherallowances.Two Cords of Fire wood per Week for each Company of 100 EffectiveMen Actually in Charles Town from this Time, to the 1st day of April next,& two Cord per Month from that day to the 1st of October.One Pound of Candles per Week, to every Room of Mess of Eight Men,including the several Guard Rooms.

NOVEMBER 30, 1757411⁄2 Gallon Vinegar, 1 ⁄2 Bushel Salt, 1 ⁄2 lb. Pepper per Week to Each Companyof 100 Men.2 Iron Candle Sticks, 2 horn or Tin Lanthorns, 1 Pine Table & 2 Forms.To Each Guard Room including Johnsons Fort as One.1 Iron Pot about 8 Gallons, 1 wooden Ladle, 1 Pine Table & 2 Forms, 2Platters, 2 Bowles & 12 Trenchers of Wood, 1 Iron Candle Stick, a Rack & Pegs,1 Straw Broom, 1 Wooden Pail, 1 Wooden Piggen, 2 Tin Mugs of a Quart each,1 Axe. For Each Room containing 8 Men.1Crocus bed filled with Straw, 1 Bolster, 2 Duffel Blankett[s], to serve twomen.Which Several Articles the Committee would be under Stood to Meanfor so many of the said Forces as are at this Time unprovided.Resolv’d, upon the Question that this House will tomorrow Morningtake the said Report into Consideration.Order’d That Mr. Stobo be added to the Committee to whom the Memorialof the Vestry & Church Wardens of the Parish of St. Phillip CharlesTown is referred.And then the House adjourn’d till to morrow morning 10 [o’]Clock.Wednesday the 30th of November 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The order of the day, for Considering the Report from the Committeeto whom the Governors Orders to the Commissary for supplying the Forcesnow in Charlestown with Necessaries & the Account of the Expence incurredthereby were referred, & to Consider what may be necessary for the futureto furnish the said Forces with at the Public Expence, being read.And the first Article of the said report recommending that Seven Shillingscurrent Money per Day be allowed to Each Subaltern Officer, that is,Lieutenants & Ensigns actually in Commission, in lieu of all Other Allowances,being read a Second time.And the Question being put that the House do agree with the Committeein the said Article.It Passed in the Negative.Resolvd upon the Question that this House will provide seven ShillingsCurrent Money per Diem to be paid from this day to Each Subaltern Officerof the forces now in this Province (to Wit) Lieutenants & Ensigns Actuallyin Commission, in lieu of Quarters & all other Provission Whatsoever to bemade for the said Officers by this Government, to be Continued no Longerthan Until Barracks Shall be constructed for the Accomodation of the saidOfficers.

42 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757The 2d Article that 2 Cords of Firewood per Week for each Companyof 100 Men (Effective), Actually in Charles Town from this Time to the Firstof April, being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.The 3d Article that 2 Cords of wood per Month from 1st of April to the1st of October being read a Second time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that four Cords of Wood per Month be allowed for each Companyof 100 Effective Men from 1st April to 1st of October.The 4th Article being read a Second time.And the Question being put that One pound of Candles per week beallowed for every Room including the several Guard Rooms.It Passed in the Negative.Resolved that Ten Pounds of Candles per Week be allowed to eachCompany of one hundred Effective Men.The Articles of Vinegar, Pepper, & Salt being read a Second time wereagreed to by the House.And the Several Articles That 2 Iron Candlesticks, 2 horn or TinLanthorns, 1 Pine Table & 2 Forms be allowed to each Guard Room includingJohnsons Fort as one & that 1 Iron Pott about 8 Gallons, 1 wooden Ladle,1 pine Table, 2 forms, 2 Platters, 2 Bowles, 12 Trenchers of wood, 1 IronCandlestick, a Rack & Pegs, 1 Straw Broom, 1 wooden Pail, 1 wooden Peggin,2 Tin Quart Mugs & 1 Axe for Each Room containing Eight Men being Severallyread a Second time.Resolved that this House will Provide for such of the said Articles as arenot already purchased.The Articles that 1 Crocus Bed filled with Straw & 1 Bolster to serve twomen being Severally read a Second time were agreed to by the House.The Last Article that 2 Duffil Blanketts be allowed to Serve two Menbeing read a Second time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that this House will Provide for one Duffil Blankett to servetwo Men.Order’d that a Message be prepared to be sent humbly to Acquaint hisExcellency the Governor with the purport of the Resolution which this Housecame into on debating the said Report.Ordered that Mr. Trapier, Mr. Taylor & Mr. Manigault be added to theCommittee to whom the Memorial of the Vestry & Church Wardens of St.Philip is referred.And then the House adjourned till to morrow morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 1st of December 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.

DECEMBER 1, 175743A Member of the Committee to whom his Excellencys Orders to theCommissary for Supplying the Forces now in Charles Town with Necessaries& the Account of the Expence incurr’d thereby were referred, acquaintedthe House that in the Course of their Examining the said Papers, it appearedto the Committee that one of the Officers of the Highland Battallion hadendeavoured to defraud the Public or the Soldiers & Attempted to seducea Public Officer. And moved the House for their directions therein.Ordered That it be an Instruction to the said Committee that they doreport that Matter as it appeared to them with their Opinion thereupon tothe House.According to Order the following Message to The Governor was drawn, Viz.May it please your Excellency,This House having the most dutiful Sense of our most GraciousSovereign’s Paternal Care & Goodness in ordering such a ConsiderableNumber of Forces to be Sent for the Protection & Defence of this Province& having maturely considered that Part of your Excellencys Speech deliver’dto us at the opening of the present session of the General Assembly, whichrelates to the making a Proper Provission for the Accomodation of HisMajestys Forces here as well those in the pay of the Crown as the Provincials,& the forming such regulations as may render the Service as easy as Possiblewithin this Government, & which is a Matter propounded by your Excellencyto us as the Object of our first Consideration, We humbly beg Leave to acquaintyour Excellency that we had orderd in a Bill which has been Twiceread in this House & is now before his Majestys Council providing such Regulationsconcerning the said Forces as we conceive to be most suitable to theSituation of the Province & the Circumstances of its Inhabitants. And wehave resolved to make the following Provission for their Accomodations, Viz.That 7 Shillings Current Money per Diem be paid from the 30th ofNovember Last, to each Subaltern Officer of the said Forces (to wit) Lieutenants& Ensigns Actually in Commission, in lieu of Quarters & all otherProvission whatever to be made for the said Officers by this Government, tobe Continued no Longer than until Barracks Shall be constructed for theAccomodation of the said Officers.That two Cords of wood per Week be provided for each Company of100 Effective men Actually in Charles Town from the 30th November to the1st of April & four Cords of Wood per Month for Each of the said Companiesfrom the 1st of April to the 1st of October, Ten Pounds of Candles (GuardRooms included), half a Gallon of Vinegar, half a Pound of Pepper & half aBushell of Salt per week to each Company of 100 Men. And we have resolv’dto provide for Such of the following Articles as are not already purchased,viz.

44 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 17572 Iron Candlesticks, 2 Horn or Tin Lanthorns, 1 Pine Table & 2 Formsfor each Guard Room, Fort Johnson included, 1 Iron Pot Containing about8 Gallons, 1 Wooden Ladle, 1 Pine Table, 2 forms, 2 Platters, 2 Bowls & 12 Trenchersof wood, and Iron Candlestick, a Rack & Pegs, a Straw Broom, awooden Pail, a wooden Piggin, 2 Tin Quart Mugs and an Axe for Each Roomin the Barracks, a Crocus Bed & Bolster filled with Straw & one Blankett fortwo Men’s service.And with respect to the allotment of an Ample Sum for ContingentServices likewise recommended to us in your Excellencys Speech, we haveresolved to provide the Sum of £3000, for defraying that Service until the 25thday of March 1759.And we persuade ourselves that your Excellency will concur with us inopinion that the Provission resolv’d by us to be made for these Services is asample as the present Circumstances of our Constituents can afford, who fromthe Present Exigences of Affairs have many heavy Charges of Governmentto defray, which during the War are more Likely to increase than bediminish’d.Resolved that this House will not provide for the defraying of anyExpence whatever respecting the officers of the several Corps in this Provinceother than for such as are comprehended in the above Message to hisExcellency.Ordered That the Commissary be forthwith served with a Copy of theResolves of this House with respect to providing for the said Forces.And then the House adjourned till tomorrow morning ten of theClock.Friday the 2d of December 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Ordered That Mr. Middleton & Mr. Lynch do wait upon his Excellencythe Governor with the Message of Yesterday.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom the memorial ofthe Vestry & Church Wardens of the Parish of St. Philip Charles Town wasreferred, that the Committee had Examined the matter of the said Memorial& had directed him to report the same as it appeared to them to theHouse & he read the Report in his Place & afterwards delivered it in at theClerks Table w[h]ere the same was read & is as follows, viz.That it appeared to your Committee as well from the said Memorial andthe information of Mr. Banbury (one of the said Church Wardens who attendedthe Committee on this Occasion) as from the Observation of Someof the said Committee, That the several Matters contained in the said Me-

DECEMBER 2, 175745morial are true in fact, but your Committee having proceeded To inspectseveral Laws of this Province now in force & herein after in part recited, areof Opinion that those Laws were they duly practiced & pursued wou’d, in agreat Measure prevent if not Effectually Obviate the burden of Duty, & otherGrievances now Complained of. For your Committee find that, by an Actof Assembly of this Province intitled “an Act for the better relief of the Poorof this Province” passed 12th December 1712, it is Enacted that after Easter1714 on the First or second Meeting of the Vestry of the severall Parishes,Yearly, the said Vestries shall nominate two or more Persons to be Overseersof the Poor of that Parish who shall Continue in the said office unto theEaster following or until the Vestry of the Parish can meet & Choose otherOverseers of the Poor to succeed them. And in Case of the death or removalout of the Parish of any of the Overseers of the Poor, the vestry of the Parishshall have power to nominate a fit person to Supply the Place &c. Andthe overseers of the Poor so nominated & appointed, together with theChurch Wardens of the Parish, shall have the oversight, ordering & relievingof the Poor of the Parish &c. And that in case any person shall removefrom one Parish to another that it is feared may be Chargeable to the Parish,upon Complaint made to any of the Justices of the Peace by the ChurchWardens or overseers at any Time within three months, that Such Person islike to be chargeable to the Parish, any one Justice of the Peace, resident inthe Parish, where such Person comes to inhabit &c., may, by Warrant remove& Convey him to the Parish where he was Last Legally settl’d &c. And, wherePoor Persons that are Sick do remove to Charles Town from other parishes,in order to have the assistance of Physicians &c. provission is made for takingcare of them by the Overseers of the Poor & for recovering the Chargesthereof &c. from the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish to which such Personsbelong &c. And by “an additional Act to an Act intitled ‘an Act for thebetter relief of the Poor of this Province,’” passed 18th December 1713, it isEnacted, that “it Shall be lawfull for the Vestry of St. Philip Charles Townonce in a Year, at any Time within Two months after Easter to order SuchSum to be assessed as shall be necessary to reimburse the Church Wardens& Overseers the money they have Expended the preceding Year, for the reliefof the Poor, and also any further Sum, not exceeding Seventy pounds,to remain over, as a fund in the hands of the church Wardens and overseersof the Poor, for the relief of the Poor for the Ensuing Year.”From which it appears, to your Committee, that the disuse or neglectof Choosing or nominating, according to Law, two or more Persons Annuallyto be Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of St. Philip Charles Town, hasrendered the duty of the Church Wardens thereof very heavy & Burthensome& also that the Putting in Execution that Part of the Act of Assembly for the

46 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757better releif of the Poor, as directs the nomination of Overseers of the Pooryearly, will Greatly Lighten & make easy the Duty of the Church Wardens.And that a due enforcement of the other Paragraphs of the said Acts of Assemblywill also prevent any Impositions of other Poor becoming Chargeable to thesaid Parish of St. Philip Charles Town than those which of right belong to it.But for as much as the Charge of relieving & maintaining the poor ofthe said Parish of St. Philip Charles Town, hath, of Late Years, increased, asyour Committee are informed, to £3000 Current Money, or upwards, Yearly,Your Committee considering that the Church Wardens & Overseers of thePoor of the said Parish (in case such shall hereafter be appointed as the Actdirects) will be destitute of ready Money to enable them to relieve their Poorfrom Time to Time unless some further Provision shall be made in that behalfhumbly offer to this House, as their Opinion, that instead of the sumof £70 allowed to be assessed on the said Parish for a Fund for the Poor Yearly,it will be proper for the future to assess the sum of £1500 Current Money towardsanswering the Charges of each next coming Year.That as the Acadians which were heretofore sent to the Parishes in theCountry & have since Stroll’d & returnd to Charles Town, whether they aremaintained by one Parish or another, the Charges incurred on that Score,the Committee observe, center on the Public & are provided for in the Annualprovincial Tax, nevertheless it appears to your Committee that the Lawspassed for the dispersion of the said Accadians gives sufficient power to theseveral Justices of the Peace in this Province upon Complaint to be made tothem in that behalf to Cause all such Strollers to be carried back to theirrespective Parishes.That it is the Opinion of your Committee that all Charges which arise forthe maintenance & relief of the wives & Children of Soldiers or the Invalids dischargedfrom the Independant Companies ought to be borne by the Public.And as your Committee is credibly inform’d that there are now inCharles Town a number of helpless, naked & forlorn Acadians in danger ofperishing unless they be Imediatly releived; the Committee beg leave to recommendthem to the Compassion of this Honorable House to bestow uponthem such timely Succours as Shall be thought suitable to the Extreme Necessitiesof those miserable Persons.And Lastly your Committee offer to the House their Oppinion that theFine or Forfeiture of Ten Pounds appointed by Law about forty or fifty Yearsago when the Currency of this Province was nearly in Value to ProclamationMoney to be paid by such as shoud be chosen & nominated Church Warden& Overseers of the Poor & who shall refuse to Act in those Offices is becometoo small to answer the purpose thereof. And the Committee recommendthat the said Fine or Forfeiture be Enlarged to Fifty Pounds Current Money.

DECEMBER 2, 175747Resolv’d that this House will this afternoon take the said Report intoConsideration.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill for forming & Establishing an ArtilleryCompany of the Militia in Charles Town.”And then the Messenger withdrew.And the House proceeded to read the said Bill a third time.The Amendment made by the Council to the Preamble of the Bill beingtwice read was disagreed with by the House.And the following Amendment was proposed, viz., leave out Preamble& insert “Whereas severall well disposed Persons, Inhabitants of CharlesTown, have by their humble Petition to his Excellency the Governor voluntarilyoffered to Serve as an Artillery Company & humbly prayed to beformed into Such a Company which his Excellency having been pleased togrant & to Commission officers for that Purpose.”And the said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereupondisagreed with by the House.The Councils amendment to Leave out the first Section was disagreedwith by the House.Another Amendment of the Council, viz., Line 12 Insert “with the approbationof his Excellency the Governor” was upon the Question being putthereupon disagreed with by the House.And the Bill was read a third time throughout & Several Amendmentswere made by the House to the Bill.Resolv’d that the Bill do pass and that the Title be “an Act for forming& Establishing an Artillery Company of the Militia in Charles Town.”Ordered that Mr. Manigault do carry the Bill to the Council & desiretheir Concurrence.And then the House adjournd till Three of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Berresford reported from the Committee to whom the Governorsorders to the Commissary for Supplying the Forces now in Charles Town withNecessaries were referred, that the Committee had Enquired into the Matterwhich they had Yesterday in Charge, with respect to the Intention of oneof the Officers of [the] Highland Battallion to defraud the Public & had directedhim to report the same as it appeared to them to the House, and heread the report in his place and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerks TableW[h]ere the same was read & is as follows, Viz.

48 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757That in Obedience to the Order of the House, they had examined Mr.Doyley & Mr. Marlow in regard to the intended Imposition on the Public byan Officer in the Troops.Mr. Doyley informed the Committee that the Officers name wasAlexander Montgomery, who about three or four days after the first Arrivalof the Highland Troops told him there would be a Quantity of Wood & severalother things ordered for them (more than would be used) which hemust supply & that he & Mr. Doyley would devide the Profits arising fromthe overplus or go snacks in it. One of these two Expressions he made useof but can’t tell which, But think it was “go Snacks in it.”Mr. Marlow being told by the Committee that Mr. Doyley had Said theQuarter Master had demanded 177 Cords of wood per Week from him. Andbeing asked whether he had made such a demand from him also; AnsweredYes, he thought it was about that Quantity at first; but told him it was impossibleto be got. And then as he remembers, he said about 80 would do, whichMr. Marlow telling him was not to be got, he answered “35 or 40 or 50 at mostwill do but you & I will Settle that. You understand me, Mr. Marlow.”The Opinion of the Committee is that there was a Fraud intended uponthe Public by the said Alexander Montgomery, Quarter Master of [the] HighlandRegiment.Then the House (According to the Order of this Morning) proceededto take the Report from the Committee to whom the Memorial of the Vestry& Church Wardens of the Parish of St. Phillip Charles Town was referred,into Consideration.And the said Report was read a Second time.Then the Memorial was read a Second time.And the first, Second & third Paragraphs of the Report being read athird Time were Severally agreed to by the House.The fourth Paragraph being read a Third time was agreed to by theHouse; The 5th Paragraph in relation to the distressed Acadians, being reada third time.Resolvd that this House will Provide a Sum not Exceeding £300 CurrentMoney to be paid into the Hands of the Church Wardens of the Parish ofSt. Philip Charles Town for Purchasing Cloaths & Covering for suchsuperanuated & infirm male Acadians, & for Such Acadian Women & Childrennow in Charles Town as were not bound Apprentice pursuant to a Lawpassed Last Year for that Purpose.The Last Paragraph of the Report being read a Third time was agreedto by the House.Ordered, that Leave be given to bring in a Bill for rendering more easythe Office & Duty of Church Wardens of the Parish of St. Philip Charles Town

DECEMBER 6, 175749and that the Gentlemen of the said Committee do prepare & bring in theSame.Then the House proceeded to take the Report made this afternoonfrom the Committee to whom the Governors orders to the Commissary forSupplying the Forces now in Charles Town with Necessaries were referred,into Consideration.And the said Report being read a Second time; and the Question beingput that the House do agree with the Committee in the Report.It was resolved in the Affirmative.Order’d That an Address be prepared to be presented to the Governorhumbly to Acquaint his Excellency with the Contents of the said Report.And then the House adjourned till to morrow afternoon five of theClock.Saturday the 3d of December 1757. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday Morning Nine of the Clock.Monday the 5th of December 1757.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 6th of December 1757.The Journal of Last Fridays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have received a Message from you dated the 1 Instant by which youacquaint me with your Resolutions concerning certain Matters recommendedto you by me at the Opening of this Session. And with regard tothose respecting the Accomodation of the Troops I must Observe to you,First, that whereas you have resolv’d to provide a Sum to be paid to theSubaltern Officers, it is requisite Provission Shou’d be made for defrayingthe Charge of Lodging all the Officers according to their Rank.Secondly, That instead of one Blankett to Serve two Men, one BlanketShould be furnish’d for each Man.Thirdly, That the Quantity of Wood proposed to be given to the SoldiersShou’d be increased & that they shou’d also have small Beer, or Rum Whenthat cannot be procured.Fourthly, That a Distinck allowance of Wood, Candles & Vinegar Shou’d

50 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757be allotted for the Hospitals; & also of Wood & Candles for the Guard Rooms.I Can not admit that the Provision you have resolv’d to make is as Ampleas the Circumstances of your Constituents can afford, & I do recommend itto you in the Strongest manner to come to Such Resolutions, concerning theseveral Matters I have herein propounded to you, as may be most correspondentwith your Duty to the Crown & the Sense you Express of His Majestysgreat Goodness to you.William Henry Littleton.Also a Message from the Council.Mr. Speaker,The Council have Twice read “a Bill providing certain Regulations concerningHis Majestys forces in the Province of South Carolina & to prevent their desertion& for the better carrying on his Majestys Service in the said Province.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Resolvd that this House will to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock takethe said Message into Consideration.The House being informed that Charles Canty Esqr., duly Elected as aMember to Serve in this present General Assembly for the Parish of St.Stephens, attended at the door, he was Called in & Mr. Speaker ask’d him ifhe was willing to Qualify himself as a member of this house. To which heAnswer’d in the Affirmative.Order’d That Mr. McQueen & Mr. Murray do wait upon the Governorwith Mr. Cantey & humbly desire his Excellency to permit him to take theOaths & to make & Subscribe the Declaration & to take & Subscribe the oathof Abjuration pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.According to Order, the following Message was Drawn, vizt.May it please your Excellency,A Committee having been appointed by this House to consider whatProvission was necessary to be made by this Government for theAccomodation of the Forces now here; they had Occasion to Call beforethem Mr. Doyley (Who has transacted the Commissarys Buiseness for him,ever Since his Sickness) & Mr. Marlow, the Carter, (who Furnish’d the forceswith Firewood) to be informed of some Matters, relative to what they hadunder Consideration. And having acquainted the House, that they had receivedsome information from the said Mr. Doyley & Mr. Marlow of an Intentionof one of the Officers of the Highland Battallion to defraud thePublic, the Committee were ordered to report that Matter, as it appeared tothem, with their Opinion thereupon to the House, which they accordinglydid in the following Words, vizt.“That in Obedience to the Order of the House they had Examined Mr.

DECEMBER 6, 175751Doyley & Mr. Marlow in regard to the intended imposition on the public byan Officer in the Troops. Mr. Doyley inform’d the Committee that the officersname was Alexander Montgomery who about three or four days afterthe first arrival of the Highland Troops told him there woud be a quantityof wood & several other things ordered for them more than wou’d be usedwhich he must supply & that he & Mr. Doyley woud devide the profits arisingfrom the overplus or go snacks in it. One of these Expressions he madeuse of but Can’t tell which but thinks it was ‘go snacks in it.’ Mr. Marlowbeing told by the Committee that Mr. Doyley had said the quarter master haddemanded 177 Cords of Wood per Week from him & being askd whether hehad made Such a demand from him also? Answer’d yes, he thought it aboutthat Quantity at first, but told him it was impossible to be got; & then, as heremembers, he said about 80 wou’d do which Mr. Marlow telling him was notto be got, he Answered ‘35 or 40, or 50 at Most will do. But you & I will settlethat. You understand me, Mr. Marlow.’ The Oppinion of the Committee isthat there was a Fraud intended upon the Public by the said Alexander Montgomery,Quarter Master of the Highland Regiment.”To this report the House agreed, And we think it our Duty humbly tolay this Matter before your Excellency, that such Measures may be taken toprevent any attempts of the Like Nature, for the future, as to your ExcellencyShall Seem requisite.A Motion was made; & the Question proposed, that the Speaker do signthe said Message.And another Motion being made & the previous Question being putthat that Question be now put.It passed in the Negative.Ordered that Mr. Bull & Mr. Stoutenburgh do wait upon his Excellencywith the Message.Mr. McQueen reported to the House That Mr. Cantey had taken theOaths before his Excellency.Ordered that Robert Pringle Esqr., Member of this House and one ofhis Majestys Justices of the Peace, do administer the oath appointed by theElection Law to be taken by all Persons who shall Serve as Members of theGeneral Assembly of this Province to the said Mr. Cantey.And Mr. Pringle administred the said Oath Accordingly.And then Mr. Cantey took his seat as a member of the House.“A Bill providing certain Regulations, concerning His Majestys Forcesin the Province of South Carolina; & to prevent their Desertion & for thebetter carrying on his Majestys Service in the said Province,” was read a thirdtime. And Several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Resolv’d that the Bill do pass; and that the Title be “an Act providing

52 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757certain Regulations concerning His Majestys Forces in the Province of SouthCarolina & to prevent their Desertion & for the better carrying on HisMajestys Service In the said Province.”Ordered that Mr. Laurens do Carry the Bill to the Council and Desiretheir Concurrence.And then the House adjourn’d till Ten o’Clock to morrow morning.Wednesday the 7th day of December 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The Order of Yesterday for taking his Excellencys Message relating tothe Accomodation of the Troops being read.The said Message was read a second time.Read the resolution of this House of the 1st Instant that the house wou’dnot provide for any of the Officers of the several Corps in this Province otherthan such as are mention’d in the Message of that days date to the Governor.Read also the Message to his Excellency in the said Resolution mentioned.Then the First Article recommended by the Message being read a thirdTime.And the Question being put that Provision be made for defraying theCharges of Lodging all the officers according to their Ranks.It passed in the Negative.The Second Article being read a third time.Resolv’d that this House will provide for defraying the Expence of twoBlanketts for each Bed in the Barracks.The third Article being read a third Time.Resolv’d upon the Question, that an addition of one Cord of Wood perWeek be allowed to Each Company of the said Forces till the 1st of April next.Resolv’d that this House will not provide for defraying the Expence ofSmall Beer or for Rum for the said Forces.The fourth Article being read a Third time.Resolv’d that it is the Opinion of this House that the allowance of wood,Candles & Vinegar already agreed to be made will be sufficient for the Hospitals& Guard Rooms mentioned in the said Article & that his Excellencybe humbly desired to order the Commissary to furnish the Hospitals & GuardRooms out of the said Allowance.Resolv’d That his Excellency be humbly desired to order the Commissaryto Contract with some Person or Persons Living in the Country for SupplyingWood for the Said Forces.Order’d That a Message be prepared to be sent in Answer to hisExcellencys said Message.

DECEMBER 8, 175753And then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 8th of December 1757.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.According to order the following Message was drawn, Viz.May it Please your Excellency,We have maturely Considered the several Articles recommended to usin your Message of the 6th Instant concerning the Accomodation of theTroops.And, with respect to the First, That it is requisite Provision Should bemade for defraying the Charge of Lodging all the Officers according to theirRanks; we humbly beg Leave to acquaint Your Excellency that we cannotagree to make any such Provision.We have resolv’d to provide for defraying the Expence of two Blankettsfor each Bed in the Barracks. And that an addition of one Cord of Woodper Week be allowed to each Company till the first of April next. But we cannot agree to provide for Small Beer or Rum for them.And being of Opinion that the whole allowance of Wood, Candles &Vinegar already agreed to be made will be Sufficient also for the Hospitals& Guard Rooms; we humbly desire that your Excellency will be pleased toOrder the Commissary to furnish the Hospitals & Guard Rooms, with thoseArticl[e]s, out of the said Allowance.And as the Purchasing of the Wood at the best Hand will be a greatSaving of the Public Money, we must further humbly intreat that Your Excellencywill Please to order the Commissary to Contract for that Article withPersons who cut Wood in the Country as the most probable means of Procuringthe same upon the Easiest Terms.And we humbly beg Leave to conclude with Assuring your Excellencythat the Provision which we have resolv’d to make upon this Occasion, is, inthe Opinion of this House, as Ample as the Circumstances of our Constituentscan afford, & we hope is Correspondent with our duty to the Crown &the Grateful Sense which we have of His Majestys Great Goodness to us.Order’d, That Mr. Drayton & Mr. Manigault do wait upon his Excellencywith the Message.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,

54 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14, 1757–DECEMBER 9, 1757The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act for forming & Establishingan Artillery Company of the Militia in Charles Town” without anyAmendment. And also,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act Establishing certainRegulations concerning His Majestys Forces in the Province of SouthCarolina & to prevent their desertion & for the better carrying on HisMajestys Service in the said Province” without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.Order’d that the said Bills be ingrosed.And then the House adjourned till to morrow Afternoon three of the Clock.Friday the 9th of December 1757. P.M.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The Bill Intitled “an Act establishing certain Regulations concerningHis Majestys Forces &c.” being ingrosed, was, with the original Bill laid uponthe Table.Order’d That Mr. Gadsden & Mr. Rattray do Examine the said Bill bythe Original to see if the same is truly ingrosed.Mr. Rattray reported to the House that the Bill is truly ingrossed.The Bill intitled “an Act for forming & establishing an Artillery Company&c.” being ingrossed, was, with the Original Bill laid upon the Table.Order’d That Mr. Manigault & Mr. Murray do Examine the said Bill bythe Original to see if the same is truly ingrossed.Mr. Manigault reported to the House that the Bill is truly ingrossed.Order’d that Mr. Manigault and Mr. Murray do carry the said Bills tobe Examined by such Members of the Council as Shall be appointed for thatpurpose and that they do afterward wait upon the Governor & humbly desirethat his Excellency will please to order the Great seal to be affixed to theSaid ingrossed Bills. Mr. Manigault reported to the House that the ingrosedBills had been Examined by such Members of the Council as were appointedfor that Purpose & that the Great Seal was affixed to the said Bills.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,His Excellency the Governor commands This House to attend him,immediatly, in the Council Chamber.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And accordingly Mr. Speaker with the House, went up to attend hisExcellency in the Council-Chamber. And being return’d,Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attended his Excellency in theCouncil Chamber where Mr. Speaker presented to his Excellency for his

DECEMBER 9, 175755Assent in Council an ingrosed Bill intitled “an Act establishing certain Regulationsconcerning His Majestys Forces in the Province of South Carolina &to prevent their desertion. And for the better Carrying on his Majestys Servicein the said Province.” On which his Excellency was pleased to say “I willConsider of it.” 5And that Mr. Speaker also presented to his Excellency for his Assentanother ingrossed Bill, intitled “an Act for forming & establishing an artilleryCompany of the Militia in Charles Town.” On which his Excellency wasalso pleased to Say “I will Consider of it.” 6Order’d That a Message be sent to the Governor, humbly to desire hisExcellencys Leave to this House to adjourn till Monday the 16th of Januarynext. And that Mr. Middleton & Mr. Roper do wait upon his Excellency withthe Message.Mr. Middleton reported to the House that his Excellency having beenwaited upon pursuant to their Order had been pleased to Give the HouseLeave to adjourn according to their desire.And then the House adjournd till Monday the 16th day of January next.Return to contents ➔5Lyttelton told the Board of Trade that he vetoed this bill “because the preamble sets forth ‘Thatit is impracticable to quarter or Billet Soldiers in this province for want of Inns Taverns Victualling Housesand other such Houses as Soldiers are quartered in by the Laws of Great Britain’ which preamble I conceivedwas meant to be a kind of Parliamentary Declaration that Troops should never be quartered orBilleted here upon private Houses.” Also, the bill contained an expiration clause that kept it in force foronly one year. Lyttelton’s royal instructions forbade him to sign any short-term laws. See Records in theBritish Public Record Office relating to South Carolina, SC Archives (hereinafter cited as BPRO Transcripts;these records have been published as SC Archives Microcopy No. 1), 27: 346.6The Upper House had tried to prevent Lyttelton’s veto of the artillery bill, but it could notpersuade the Commons House to discard an obnoxious preamble: “And be it Enacted that His Excellencythe Governor or the Commander in Chief of this Province for the time being shall be and he is and theyare hereby Authorized and impowered from amongst the Inhabitants of the parishes of St. Philip and St.Michaels Charles Town who have sufficient substance to undergo the Charge and will Voluntarily enterand enlist to form an Artillery Company not exceeding the Number of 72 private Men and to appoint andCommission proper Officers to Muster train and exercise the said Company in the use of Cannon as wellas small Arms not exceeding twelve times and not less than Eight in a year at Charles Town aforesaid.”Obviously, Lyttelton would not sign a legislative act that usurped the prerogative of the Crown. See above,p. 71, and BPRO Transcripts, 27: 347.

56 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758Session Beginning January 16, 1758and Ending February 10, 1758Monday the 16th of January 1758. P.M.The following Gentlemen met, namely, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Middleton, Mr.Pringle, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Faucheraud, who choseMr. Faucheraud to be their Chairman, & he adjourned the house till tomorrow morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 17th of January 1758.The Journal of the 9th December Last was read.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to audit the Accounts ofthe Creditors of the Public, of Mr. Pringle, Mr. Trapier, Mr. Lynch, Mr.Gadsden, Mr. Roper, Mr. Moore, Mr. John Waities, Mr. Lowndes, Mr.Manigault.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to audit the Public TreasurersAccounts of Mr. Guerrard, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Faucheraud,Mr. McQueen, Mr. Glover, Mr. Graeme.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to audit the Commissarys Accountsof Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Murray, Mr.Freer.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to audit the Powder Receiversaccoun[t]s of Mr. Rattray, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Coachman, Mr. Drayton,Mr. Moultrie.And then the House adjourn’d till To morrow Morning 10 o’Clock.Wednesday the 18 January 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,His Excellency, the Earl of Loudon is willing to allow Provisions for theIndependant Companies as he does for the other Troops. But in Considerationof the saving [of] Two Pence Sterling a day on each man which the

JANUARY 18, 175857Province will make, his Lordship desires that you will take upon you to providethe Expence of Sending the Provisions to the Back Settlements.Willm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the house.And the said Message being read a Second time.Resolv’d that this House will provide to defray the Expence of sendingProvisions to such of the Independant Companies as Shall be order’d uponduty to any part of the Back Settlement of this Province in lieu of the TwoPence Sterling per Man a day hitherto provided by this Government as additionalPay to the private Men of the said Companies.And the following answer was drawn to his Excellency’s Message Viz.May it please your Excellency,Having Considered your Excellency’s Message just now recieved, wehave resolved to provide for defraying the Expence of sending Provisions toSuch of the Independant Companies as shall be ordered upon duty to anyPart of the Back Settlements in this Province in lieu of the two Pence Sterlingper Man a day hitherto provided by this Government as additional Payto the Private Men of the said Companies.Order’d that the said Answer be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Manigault.The House being inform’d that the Public Treasurer attended at thedoor he was Called in, and presented to the House pursuant to the GovernorsOrder a Bundle of Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.And then he withdrew.And the Question being put That the said Accounts be severally readArticle by Article.It was resolv’d in the Affirmative by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.Then several of the said Accounts were read, viz.An Account of Benjn. Stead for Several Services amounting to £6931:4:4.Four Certificates by John Chevillette, late Commissary at Fort Loudoun,in favor of Cornelius Dogharty & assignd to Benjn. Stead, the first amountingto £49, the second to £199:10 for the Carriage of Baggage & Stores to fortLoudoun, The 3d to £250 and the 4th to £195 for Cattle Supply’d the Garrisonat Fort Loudon.An Account of Tew & Roybold for making Indian Cloaths amounting to £99:10.An Account of Dr. Lionel Chalmer for attending Sick Indians amountingto £14:5.Two Accounts of Thomas Harrison, one Amounting to £48:16 & theother to £15 for the use of Fort Loudon.

58 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758An account of Henry Gallman for Carriage of Stores to Fort PrinceGeorge amounting to £432:18:9.Three Certificates by John Chevillette, Late Commissary at FortLoudoun, in favour of Henry Gallman, the first amounting to £458:9, the 2damounting to £1360:1, for Provisions & the Carriage of Stores to Fort PrinceGeorge, & the 3d to £10 for an Express.A Certificate by the said Jno. Chevilliette in favor of John & HenryGallman amounting to £361:13:6 for Provisions deliver’d at fort Prince George.Two Certificates by the said John Chevillette in favor of Thomas Keilerassignd to Henry Gallman, one amounting to £40 for making fascins for fortLoudoun and the other to £41 for the Hire of a Horse used on the works ofthe said Fort.An Account of Elizabeth Richardson for the Lodging of several of theofficers of the Royal American Regiment amounting to £216:5.An Account of Henry Gallman for Entertaining Indians amounting to£5:8:9.An Account of Margt. Boone for making Flags for the Forts, Lookouts,& for Indians amounting to £100:17:6.An Account of Isabella Robertson for Rent of Rooms for the HighlandBattallion amounting to £33:3:8.An Account of James Robert, coroner of Craven County, assignd toFrancis Kinloch Esqr., amounting to £80, for several Inquests returnd intothe Crown office.Two Accounts of William Osborne, Constable, for Fees on the Trials ofSlaves, one amounting to £18:2:6 & the other to £14.An Account of Downes & Nickleson for the Forts amounting to £26.Captn. Paul Demeré, Certificate in favor of Patrick Troy, amounting to£76:10 for the Carriage of Salt to Fort Loudoun.An Account of Moses Michel for the Hire of Rooms for the forcesamounting to £79:13.An Account of George Jackson for the Creek Indians amounting to £8.An Account of Joseph Palmer for Subsisting Acadians amounting to £33.An Account of William Bird for the Like Service amounting to £16.An Account of the Church Wardens & Vestry of St. Helena’s Parish forsubsisting Acadians amounting to £179:10.An Account of Joseph Norman for the Like Service amounting to£91:12:9.An Account of Several sums due for the like Service to the followingPersons, viz., Henry Gallman £53, Henry Surtrank £12, Henry Hartwell £24,Stephen Crell £54.An Account of William Bampfeild for House rent for the Soldiers £450.

JANUARY 19, 175859A Muster Roll of the Men who went as a Guard with Daniel Pepper Esqr.,Agent to the Creek nation, amounting to £225.An Account of Thomas Gordon amounting to £286:10:7 1 ⁄ 2 maintenanceof French Prisoners & repairs to the Guard House.Two Accounts of James Sawyers amounting to £610 for Entertaining Indians.Two Accounts of Sarah Nightingale, one amounting to £103 for entertainingIndians and the other to £150, for damages sustained by the RoyalAmerican Regiment being encamp’d in her Pasture.An Account of Judith Postell for French Prisoners amounting to £707:10.An Account of Mark Antho. Bessellen for French Prisoners amountingto £13:17:6.An Account of Eliza. Jones for the use of the Forces amounting to£30:18:10.An Account of Magdelen Prioleau for the Forces amounting to £98:15.An Account of Joshua Grimball amounting to £161 of which £48:10 wasfor Subsisting the Acadians & the residue for the Lookouts.An Account of Several Sums due to the following Persons for Conveyingtwo Malefactors to Goal, viz., Samuel Fry £9:7:6, Mark Hayes £15:7:6, John& Ulrick Tobler £22:17:6 & Willm. West £9:7:6.Ordered That the said Papers be Severally referred to the Considerationof the Committee who were appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditorsof the Public. And that they do Examine the Said Accounts & reporttheir Opinion thereupon to the House.And then the House adjourned till to morrow morning ten of the Clock.Thursday the 19th of January 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The Accounts of the following Persons were Severally read, Viz.James Akins for Subsisting Prisoners of Warr not Cast up.Hugh Anderson for Bed Steads & Tables for the Forces amounting to £72.Ancrum, Lance & Loocock being for orders of Hannah McGregoramounting [to] £127:12:6 for Entertaining Indians & Commissary Chevillette’sCertificates to James Moone £24 & Thos. Mills £10:10 for the use of FortLoudoun.Elias Ball, two Orders of George June, for Subsisting Acadians, oneAmounting to £63 & the other to £108.Peter Benoist for three Orders for Carriage of Stores to Fort St. George, 77Sic. The British copy has the same reading.

60 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758One in favour of John Kennett for £100, another in favour of John Cannonfor £78, & the 3d in favour of Henry Gallman for £180 & two Orders, forProvissions for the Garrison at Fort Loudoun, one in favour of Peter Crimfor £157:12:6 & the other in favor of Lewis Coleson for £25.Ulrick Backman for Carriage of Stores to Kewohee amounting to £48.Wm. Backshell’s Estate for the use of the Council Chamber amountingto £339:14:0.Anthony Bonneau’s Estate for french Prisoners amounting to £62:5.William Bissett for Lodging an Officer in the Highland Battalionamounting [to] £27:2:6.Barnard Beekman, one amounting to £445 for the use of the Fortifications,another amounting to £77:1:3 for the use of Fort Johnson & the Lookouts & a third amounting to £22:10 for the Lodgings of an Officer in theHighland Battallion.Peter Butler for Lodgings of Officers in the Royal American Regimentamounting to £32:16.Wm. Brandford for the use of the Forces amounting [to] £119.Jane Boone two Accounts for the like Service amounting to £56.William Banbury two Accounts, one amounting to £246:2:4 & the otherto £287:19:5 Service not Expressed.Daniel Burnet, one for entertaining Indians amounting to £26:5 & anotherfor Pasturage of Indians Horses amounting to £39.George Bland, Constable, for Criminals amounting to £4:10.Rebecca Bennett for the Forces amounting to £31:8.Charles Bedingfield, Constable, for Criminals amounting to £52:15.Henry Bedon for the Forces amounting to £31:8:6.Willm. Bonneau, Constable, for Criminal Slaves amounting to £10:6.Daniel Bourgett for the Forces amounting to £48.Peter Benoist on two Orders of John Kennett for Carriage of Stores toFort Prince George, one amounting to £78 & the other to £77.Sarah Baker for the Forces amounting to £21:15:8.Jonathan Badger for the use of the Assembly £61:3:9.David Brown for the Fortifications amounting to £86.John Bayle for attending the Agent to the Creek[s] amounting to £30.Patrick Butler for the Like Service amounting to £30.John Raven Bedon for the Forces amounting to £63:11:8.John Chevillette, late Commissary at Fort Loudon, for the use of the saidFort amounting to £6237:13:6 on which is a Ballance due to him of £575:13:6.Mary Cranmer for the Forces amounting to £80:10.John Coone, Constable, for Summoning Jurors on Coroners Inquestsamounting to £30.

JANUARY 23, 175861James Carnie, Constable, for the Like service amounting to £7.Isham Clayton for the use of Fort Loudoun amounting to £193:10.Daniel Cannon on James Welchs order for the like service amounting[to] £93:10.Peter Crim for the Like Service not Cast up.Jerom Courtonne for Carriage of Presents to the Creek & Chickesawsamounting to £1350.William Cartwithin for the Forces amounting to £41:15.Robert Collins for Subsisting French Prisoners amounting to £40:2:6.Paul Combé for the Like Service amounting to £34:17:6.Church Wardens of St. Philip Five accounts, the first for SubsistingWives & Children of the Independant Companie[s] Sent to Virginia amountingto £420:2:5. The 2d for invalids Soldiers discharg’d & the Wives & Childrenof Soldiers at Fort Loudoun with the Highland & other Soldiers nowin Town amounting to £142:14:3. The 3d for Supplies to Poor People fromremote Parts of the Province where no Poor rates are Collected amountingto £167:4:6. The 4th for Subsisting Acadians amounting to £514:19:1. And the5th for the Like service amounting to £26:18:7.Order’d that the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to audit the Accounts of the Creditors ofthe Public; & they are to Examine the said Accounts & report their Opinionthereupon to the House.Order’d that Mr. Thomas Waities & Mr. Berresford be added to the saidCommittee.And then the House [adjourned] till tomorrow Morning ten of the Clock.Friday the 20th of January 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Order’d that the Committee appointed to audit the Accounts of theCreditors of the Public do now Sit.And then the House adjourn’d till to morrow afternoon Five of the Clock.Saturday the 21st of January 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourn’d the House till Monday afternoon Five of the Clock.Monday the 23d of January 1758. P.M.The following Gentlemen Met, viz., Mr. Lynch, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Waties,Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Pringle & Mr. Trapier and made Choice of Mr. Waties to

62 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758be their Chairman, who adjourn’d the House till Tomorrow Morning ten ofthe Clock.Tuesday the 24th of January 1758.The Journal of Fridays Proceedings was read.An Account of John Dodd, Gun Smith, for mending Indians Gunsamount[ing] to £49 was read, and the Question being put that the said Account& all other Accounts for Goods taken up by the Commissary or forWork done by his Order be returnd to the Parties to be certified by him.It was resolved in the Affirmative.The Accounts of the following Persons were Severally read, Viz.Jane Dempsey on an Order of Captn. Raymond Demerés for Work doneat Fort Loudon by Henry Bacon amounting to £150.Willm. Dalton an Order of Justices & Freeholders for two Slaves Executedamounting to £400.Daniel Drose for Ferriage of & Entertaining Indians amounting to£47:17:1.Captn. Raymond Demeré for Sundrys Supplied for fort Loudounamounting to £611.Captn. Raymd. Demeré on four Orders assignd to him of JohnChevillette’s, Late Commissary at Fort Loudoun, the first issued to John Taylor,Robert Wright & Thomas Hales for Wages amounting to £210. The 2dissued to Robert Wall for Horse Hire amounting to £45. The 3[d] Issued toTerdor O’Neale for driven Cattle to Fort Loudoun amounting to £126. Andthe 4th issued to George Nicholson for the Like Service amounting [to]£47:10.John & Thomas Ellis two Orders assignd to them which were issued byCaptn. Paul Demeré for the use of Fort Loudoun; one to John Stephens for£60, and the other to Wm. Shorey for £75.William Edings for the Lookouts amounting to £25.John Treuk for Entertaining Indians amounting to £6:15.John Paul Grimkie, three Orders, assignd to him, which were issued byCaptn. Paul Demeré for the use of Fort Loudoun; the first to AbrahamWalker for £22:10, the 2d to Thomas Smith for £45 & the 3d to Benjn.Mathison for £45.John Paul Grimkie two orders assignd to him which were Issued by JohnChevillette, late Commissary at Fort Loudon, for the Use of the said Fort,One to Ephraim Ellis for £27 & the other to William Gibbes for £40.John Gibbes, Constable, for fees on Tryals of Slaves amounting to £23:15.Gordon & Elliott for the scout Boats & Lookouts amounting to £77:6:10.

JANUARY 24, 175863John Giessendanner, an Order for a Slave Executed amounting to £200.John Gallman, for Entertaining Indians, not Cast up.John Glover for Subsisting Accadians amounting to £180.Glen, Cooper & Company, four Orders Assign’d to them for the use ofFort Loudoun, the 1st & 2d issued by Captn. Raymond Demeré, one to Collo.John Chevillette for £200, & the other to Samuel Ben for £65:2:6, the 3d issuedby Captn. Paul Demeré to Barnaby McMullen for £49 & the 4th issuedby John Chevillette, Late Commissary at the said Fort to Richard Smith for£105.Margaret Gloster An Order of Captn. Paul Demeré for the use of FortLoudoun amounting to £200 assignd to Benjn. Smith & Company.Probart Howard, an Order assignd to him issued by Jno. Chevillette toWillm. Bateman for Work done at Fort Loudoun amounting to £100.Fredk. Holzendorf for French Prisoners amounting to £60:15.Willm. Heatley for Subsisting Acadians amounting to £171:10.Henry Hartly for the Like Service not Cast up.William Henderson an order assignd to him Issued by Captn. PaulDemeré to Josiah Horton for the use of Fort Loudoun amounting to £75.Christr. Holson, Warden of the Work House, for Criminal Slavesamounting [to] £3:6:3.John Hayes for Subsisting Acadians amounting to £14:10.Ordered that the said Accounts be severally referred to the Considerationof the Committee appointed to audit the Public Accounts & that theydo Examine the same & report their Opinion thereupon to the House.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I Send you herewith a Plan of Barracks calculated to Lodge forty Officerswith an Estimate of the Expence thereof which have been preparedin Consequence of Orders given by me to the Commissioners of Fortifications;& also an Estimate of the Expence that woud be incur’d by fitting upthe old Free School House, which, when done woud Accomodate but a verySmall Number, and I doubt not but it will appear to you upon Consideration,of the Matter, that the Least Chargeable way in which you can provide forthe Lodging of those Gentlemen will be, by enabling me to Cause Barracksto be constructed as described in the plan above mentioned.Willm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered that the same be considered next Thursday Morning.

64 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758And then the House adjournd till to Morrow morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 25th of January 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The Accounts of the following Persons were severally read, Viz.Samuel Jeanes for Subsisting Accadians amounting to £107:18:8.Henry Kennan for the use of the Forts amounting to £13:17:6.John Ladson an order for a slave Executed amounting to £200.Mary Langley for French Prisoners amounting to £361:7:6.Charles Lowndes Esqr., Provost Marshall, for Criminals amounting to£1366:17:6.James Marion for French Prisoners amounting to £39:15.Martin Miller, John Chevillettes Order for fort Loudoun amounting [to]£25.Michael McInfoot, John Chevillettes order for fort Loudoun £30.McCartan & Campbell for Indian Presents amounting to £2467:15:11.Samuel Moore for bringing a Madman to the work House amountingto £6:10 Proclamation Money.William Matthews for Provissions for the Militia rais’d on alarm £6.Hugh McKutchins Estate an Order for a Slave Executed amounting to£200.John McCall for the Forts amounting to £74:18:1.Robert Pringle Esqr., Christian Minnicks Order for Cattle Sent to fortLoudoun amounting to £700.McIntosh & Johnson for Entertaining Indians £33.John McQueen & Company for Sundry Orders of the following Persons.John Spencer for Goods paid Indians for takingMr. Bonnar from the French amounting to £ 84:06:00Robert Gowdey for Entertaining Indians 52:00:00Daniel Pepper Esqr., Late Agent to the Creeks,Orders issued for that Service toLachlan McIntosh for 100:00:00To Nicholas Black for £10, To Willm. Hall for£75 85:00:00Lieutn. Shaws order to Charles McLean forfort Loudoun 23:12:00John Chevillette, late Commissary at FortLoudoun, Order issued for that Service,

JANUARY 26, 175865viz., to Chars. Butler for £42, to JohnButtler for £115 167:00:00To Patrick Calleham for £13:10, To CorneliusCorkley for £12 25:10:00To the said Cornelieus Corkley for 255:01:06To Thomas Hawkins for £310; To Willm. Gibbesfor £20 330:00:00To Frederick Ulmer for £25; To James Beamerfor £39:11:6 64:11:06To Robert Gowdey for £149, To John Elliottfor £1300 1449:00:00To the said John Elliott £600; To the saidJohn Elliott for £147:10 747:10:00To Daniel Benn for £777:7:6; To the saidDaniel Benn for £221:18 999:05:06To William Shourey for £150; To JohnStevens for £60 210:00:00£4592:16:06Order’d That the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.And that they do Examine the same & report their Opinion thereupon tothe House.And then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 26th Day of January 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered That the order of the day for considering his ExcellencysMessage of the 24th Instant, in relation to Constructing new Barracks toLodge forty Officers be now read.And the said Order being read Accordingly.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to Enquire what will be theamount of the Expence of the new Barracks Lately constructed, as also whathas been done by the Commissioners for the Fortifications toward fitting upthe Brick Barracks in Charles Town for the Accomodation of the SubalternOfficers of the respective Corps that Shall be quartered in or near CharlesTown & how many of the said Officers will Still want to be accomodated, ofMr. Mazyck, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Glover, Mr.Stobo, Mr. Stoutenburgh & Mr. Cantey.

66 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758Ordered, That the farther Consideration of the said Message be postponedtill the Said Committee shall have made their Report.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants of St. Andrews Parishaddressed to the Governor, Council & this House.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Petition was read Setting forth as Viz.That no Person hath yet undertaken to build a bridge over Ashley riveraccording to the Act of Assembly for that purpose provided; that the ferrynow remains the Property of the Public and not being Occupied by any personhaving authority, it becomes intirely neglected and the Causeway almostde[s]troyed which Occasions great difficulty and inconviniencies to Passengers;that your Petitioners being Actuated by the Laudable motives of encouragingLearning & promoting Religion are desirous of Erecting a Free Schoolin their Parish towards which there have been already many Charitable Donations.And That in Consideration of their repairing and keeping in ConstantOrder the Causey & Giving due Attendance to the Ferry, and likewisetowards a Promotion of their said pious design, They Pray that the Proffitsarising from the said Ferry may be vested in their hands till a bridge Shallbe built over the River according to the Act of Assembly.Ordered that the said Petition be refferred to the Consideration of aCommittee. And that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the Samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Blake,Mr. Drayton, Mr. Glover, Mr. Middleton.Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee appointed to audit the Accountsof the Creditors of the Public, that the Committee had Examinedseveral of the Accounts which were referred to them; & had directed himto report the Same as they appear’d to them to the House. And he read theReport in his Place & afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table. Wherethe same was read & is as follows, Viz., Report No. 1 Containing from No. 1to No. 100.No. 1. On An Account of Sarah Nightingale Amounting [to] £103 for Entertainingof Indians which your Committee Recommend to be provided for.No. 2. An Account of Willm. Osborne, Constable, Amounting [to] £14for Criminal Slaves in which we find an overcharge in Mileage of £1:17:6, theBallance being £12:2:6 we Recommend to be allowed.No. 3. A Second Account of Willm. Osborne, Constable, Amounting[to] £18:2:6 for a Criminal Slave in which we find an Overcharge of £1:2:6 inMileage, the Ballance being £17 to be allowed.

JANUARY 26, 175867No. 4. An Account of James Sawyers Amounting [to] £5:12:6 for EntertainingIndians in which we find Overcharg’d £3:17:6, the Ballance being £1:15we recommend to be allowed.No. 5. A Second Account of James Sawyers Amounting [to] £0:17:6 tobe allowed.No. 6. An Account of Downes & Nicholson Amounting [to] £26, forFlags for the Forts which we Recommend to be allowed out of the Fortificationfund.No. 7. An Account of Joseph Palmer for Accadians £33 allowed.No. 8. An Account of Lionel Chalmers for Indians £14:5 allowed.No. 9. An Account of Tew & Roybold for Indians £99:10 allowed.No. 10. An Account of Henry Gallman for Carriage of Goods to FortPrince George £432:18 Allowed.No. 11. An Account of Margaret Boone £50:17:6, Part thereof for flagsfor the Forts to be paid out of the Fortification Fund £30 for the Lookouts& £20 for the Indians We recommend to be allowed.No. 12. An Account of James Roberts, Coroner for Berkly & CravenCounty, Amounting [to] £80, £60 allowed.No. 13. An Account of Benja. Stead Amounting [to] £6931:4:4, £6:2:6 forFortifications to be provided out of the Fortification Fund, for Indians £67:10& for Fort Loudoun £114:6:1. For the Forces £6643:5:9 to be allowed.No. 14. An Account of Stephen Crell for Acadians £143 allowed.No. 15. An Account of Sarah Nightingale for Damages Sustained by theEncampment of the Royal Americans £150, Not allowed.No. 16. An Account of Judith Postell Amounting [to] £707:10, In whichthere is of £12:5 for Acadians & for Entertaining French Prisoners of war£695:5:0. Overcharged in Sundry Articles £26:12:6, the Ballance Being£680:17:6 we Recommend to be allowed.No. 17. An Account of Patrick Troy, Fort Loudoun, £76:10 allowed.No. 18. An Account of John Chevillette Amounting [to] £6237:13:6, theBallance £575:13:6 to be allowed in which however there are many ExtraordinaryCharges, for which the Committee refers to the Account deliv’d.No. 19. An Account of Thomas Gordon £286:10:7 1 ⁄2, £3:5:7 1 ⁄2 for repairingthe watch House & the Remainder for maintenance of French Prisoners,in which there is an Overcharge of £62:10, to be allowed £224:00:7 1 ⁄2.No. 20. Four Certificates of Cornelius Doharty for fort Loudoun£693:17:6 indorsed to Benjamin Stead, Allowed.No. 21. Four Certificates of Henry Gallman Amounting [to] £2190:3:6for Supplies to Fort Loudoun & Fort Prince George, Certified by JohnChevillette, to be allowed. Which your Committee Can’t help Observing isa vast Sum for flour & Bacon.

68 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758No. 22. An Account of Henry Gallman for Indians Expences amounting[to] £5:8:9, allow £2:3:9.No. 23. Two Certificates from John Chevillette to Thomas Keiler for FortLoudoun Amounting [to] £81 allowed.No. 24. An Account of Joshua Grimball Amounting [to] £161 partwhereof £48:10 for Acadians, the Remainder for Edisto lookout, allowed.No. 25. An Account of Samuel Fry, Constable, Amounting [to] £57 inwhich are over Charges for Horse hire £14, & a Short Charge forMaintainance of Prisoners 70/, of the ballance £46:10 allowed.No. 26. An Account of Ancrum, Lance & Loocock Amounting [to]£162:2:6 Part £127:12:6 for Indians, the Remainder for Fort Loudoun & Keoweeallow’d.No. 27. An Account of James Akin for french Prisoners, Ballance£16:12:6, allow’d.No. 28. A Certificate to George June for Accadians Assign’d to Elias BallAmounting [to] £63, Allowed.No. 29. A Second Certificate to George June for Accadians Assignd toElias Ball Amounting [to] £108, allowed.No. 30. An Account of Ulrick Backman for Carriage of Goods toKeowee Certified by James Glen Esqr., Late Governor, £48 allowed.No. 31. An Account of the Estate of William Backshell Amounting [to]£339:14, which Account was deliv’d to the Public in 1755 & then in part providedfor & the Remainder rejected, which the Committee are of OpinionShould be rejected.No. 32. An Account of the Estate of Anthony Bonneau for French PrisonersAmounting [to] £62:5, allowed.No. 33. An Account of Daniel Burnett for Indians £26:5 allowed.No. 34. An Account of Daniel Burnett for Pasturage of Indian horses,Disallowd.No. 35. An Account of George Bland for taking up Criminals £4:10,Overcharge £1:17:6, Ballance £2:12:6 Allowed.No. 36. An Account of Peter Butler for French Prisoners £32:16 allow’d.No. 37. A Certificate of Daniel Pepper in Favour of John Boyle whomhe Employed as a Guard Amounting [to] £30. As the Law allows the Agentvery handsomely for himself & two Servants, we think it Shou’d not be allowed.No. 38. Do. in favor of Patrick Butler £30 for the like Service, Disallowed.No. 39. An Account of David Brown for two Flag Staffs & putting themup Amounting [to] £86, Overcharged £14, Ballance £72 allowed.No. 40. An Account of Willm. Banbury £246:2:4 Bread & flour deliveredin the Year 1756 by Order of Jas. Glen Esqr., allowed.

JANUARY 26, 175869No. 41. A Second Account of William Banbury £287:19:5 for Board forHighland Soldiers at Mr. Maynes Wharff to be allowed.No. 42. An Account of Daniel Bourgett for House Rent, being for Lodgingand Baggage for the Highland Soldiers Amounting [to] £48 allowed.No. 43. An Account of Jonathan Badger for the use of the AssemblyRoom Amounting [to] £61:3:9 allowed.No. 44. An Account of Charles Bedingfield, Constable, Amounting [to]£52:15, of which £20:7:6 was paid by the Treasurer, Overcharg’d, £20:12:6,Ballance £5:15 allowed.No. 45. An Account of Barnard Beekman Amounting [to] £97:1:3, £22for Look outs allowed, £75:1:3 to be paid out of the Fortification Fund.No. 46. A Second Account of Barnd. Beekman Amounting [to] £445,to be paid out of the Fortification Fund.No. 47. A third Account of Barn’d Beekman for Lodging of Officersamounting [to] £22:10, which as it is an Unusual Account & which your Committeedoubt if tis warranted in the former House of Assembly, therefore begLeave to Submit it to the Consideration of the House.No. 48. An Account of Henry Bedon for Lodging an Officer Amounting[to] £31:8:6, being for the Like Service we Likewise Submitt &ca.No. 49. An Account of John Raven Bedon for Lodging an Officernamed Captn. McDonald, Amounting [to] £63:11:8, who had two Rooms forhimself which we also Submitt, &ca.No. 50. An Account of Sarah Baker for Lodging an Officer Amountingto £21:15:8 which we also Submitt &c.No. 51. Eight Certificates for the use of Fort Prince George & FortLoudoun indorsed to Peter Benoist, Amounting [to] £692:6 of which £25 isfor Wages to a Clerk of the Stores, an Officer unknown to the Committee,Ballance £667:6 allowed.No. 52. An Account of William Bonneau, Constable, for Criminal Slaves,Amounting [to] £10:6, Overcharg’d in Mileage, £3:6:3 Ballance £6:19:9 allowed.No. 53. An Account of Jane Boone for Lodging Officers Amounting [to]£56, which we also Submitt &c.No. 54. An Account of Rebecca Bennett for the Like Service Amounting[to] £31:8 which we also Submitt &c.No. 55. An Account of William Brandford Amounting [to] £119 beingfor Straw for the Soldiers per agreement with the Commissary to be allowed.No. 56. An Account of Wm. Bissett for Lodging an Officer Amounting[to] £27:2:6 which we also Submitt &ca.No. 57. An Account of William Bampfeild for House rent for Soldiersamounting [to] £450, allowed.

70 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758No. 58. An Account of Mark Antho. Bessellen for French PrisonersAmounting [to] £13:17:6, allowed.No. 59. An Account of William Bird for Maintenance of four AcadiansAmounting [to] £16, allowed.No. 60. An Account of Robert Collins Amounting [to] £40:2:6, In whichwe find Under Cast £3:15, Makes £43:17:6 to be allowed.No. 61. An Account of Isham Clayton Amounting [to] £193:10, Being forWages for driving Cattell to the Cherokees for fort Loudoun by Order of thelate Governor in the Year 1756, which Your Committee are of Opinion oughtto be paid out of the Money already Granted for Fort Loudoun.No. 62. An Account of Jerome Courtonne Amounting [to] £1350 forCarriage of Goods to the Indians which not being attested & properlyVouch’d we think ought not to be allowed.No. 63. A Certificate of James Welch Amounting [to] £93:10 indorsedto Daniel Cannon for Carriage of Goods to Fort Loudoun, to be allowed.No. 64. An Account of James Carney, Constable, Amounting [to] £7 forInquests, to be allowed.No. 65. An Account of the Church Wardens of the Parish of St. Helenaamounting [to] £179:10, In which we find Undercast £5 (being forMaintainance of Accadians) which being Added makes £184:10, to be allowed.No. 66. An Account of Hugh Anderson Amounting [to] £72 for BedSteads & Tables for the Highland Officers, to be allowed.No. 67. An Account of William Carwithen £41:1:5 for Lodging an Officerof the Highland Regiment which we Submitt to the Consideration of the House.No. 68. An Account of the Church Wardens of Charles Town Amounting[to] £142:14:3 for Money paid to sundry Poor, some of which are SoldiersWives now at Fort Loudoun, which the Committee are of Opinion the Commissaryought to pay out of their additional pay of 2d per Day, The Remainderto be allowed.No. 69. A Second Account of the Church Wardens of Charles TownAmounting [to] £420:2:5, allowed.No. 70. A third Account of the Church Wardens of Charles TownAmounting [to] £167:4:6, allowed.No. 71. A fourth Account of the Church Wardens of Charles TownAmounting [to] £514:19:1, Charges for Acadians, to be allowed.No. 72. A fifth Account of the Church Wardens of Charles TownAmounting [to] £26:18:7, Likewise for Accadians to be allowed.No. 73. An Account of Paul Combé for Entertaining of French Prisonersof Warr £34:17:6, we Recommend to be allowed.No. 74. An Account of Isabella Robinson for Lodging of Highland Soldiers£33:3:8 to be allowed.

JANUARY 26, 175871No. 75. An Account of John Coon for Inquests £30, upon ExaminationYour Committee find that the said Account was delivered in Last yearAmounting [to] £14:2:6 only, for the same Articles, & Rejected for not beingproperly Certified & which we Likewise are of Opinion that it ought to berejected as we take it to be an Imposition on the public.No. 76. An Account of Elizth. Jones for Beds, Bolsters &ca. for the Soldiers,amounting [to] £30:18:10, which we Recommend to be allowed.No. 77. An Account of Moses Mitchell for Lodging Capt. Gordon, TwoRooms, Amounting [to] £79:13, which we beg Leave to Submitt.No. 78. An Account of Mary Cranmer for Lodging 2 Officers with twoRooms Each, Amounting [to] £80:10, which we Submitt to the House.No. 79. An Account of Magdelen Prioleau for Lodging OfficersAmounting [to] £98:15 which we beg Leave to Submitt, &c.No. 80. An Account of George Jackson for Indian Provisions amountingto £8, we recommend may be allowed.No. 81. An Account of Josp. Norman for Maintainance of AcadiansAmounting [to] £91:12:9, to be allowed.No. 82. An Account of Thomas Harrison for Cash paid different Personsfor tak[ing] Care of Cattle drove to Fort Loudoun for provisions for theGarrison by Collo. Minnick amounting to £15. Your Committee take Leaveto Observe that they look on the Said and many Such Charges a great Impositionon the Public and ought by all means to be discouraged as theyApprehend the many Persons then at the fort might very Easely have seento that Service without putting the Country to any Extraordinary Expenceabout it, and therefore that it may be disallowed.No. 83. A Second Account of the said Thomas Harrison for Oznabrigsfor Bags amounting to £48:16 ought to be allowed. Your Committee observeThe Person Entitled to this allowance is Serjeant of the Company who theyConceive an Improper person to be Employed in Such Trade and Buissenessas the least bad Consequence attending it must unavoidably be a Neglect ofhis Duty.No. 84. Capt. Pepper’s Muster Roll amounting to £225 for Six menEmployed as Guard to him on his Agency to the Creek Nation. Your Committeeobserve that the Law Authorising the Apointment of Agents for SuchServices appoints a Certain Sum per Dium for himself and a Certain Numberof Attendance and therefore Your Committee does not think themselvesat Liberty to allow him any further provision.No. 85. An Account of Elizth. Richardson for Lodging of Officersamounting [to] £216:5, In which there is a Charge of £42:10 for a Dining roomwhich we think Unreasonable, The Ballance £173:15 refer to the Considerationof the House.

72 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758No. 86. A Certificate from Captn. Paul Demeré in favour of BarnabyMcMollen indorsed to Glen & Cooper Amounting [to] £49 for Carriage ofSalt to Fort Loudoun, Allowed.No. 87. A Certificate from Captn. Raymond Demerré in favour of JohnChevillette Amounting [to] £200 for Rum Delivered at Fort Loudounindorsed to Glen & Cooper; as the Committee knows of no use the Publichas for [Rum] at Fort Loudoun and the Certificate not Expressing for whatuse it is Your Committee think it ought not to be allowed.No. 88. An Account of Samuel Ben indorsed to Glen, Cooper & Co. forBulletts, Hatchets & Powder delivered at Fort Loudoun Amounting [to]£65:2:6 Which we think ought not to be provided for because, We know ofno Authority that Capt. Demerré had for purchasing those Things in theIndian Country.No. 89. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favor of Richd. Smith for theuse of Fort Loudoun, indorsed to Glen & Cooper, Amounting [to] £105 allow’d.No. 90. A Certificate of Joseph Lloyd in Favor of John Gallman for twodays Maintainance of Indians £52:10 allowed.No. 91. A Certificate in Favor of John Giessendanner for a Slave Executed,Amounting [to] £200, allowed.No. 92. An Account of Gordon & Elliott for Scout Boats & look outs tothe Southward Amounting [to] £77:6:10, allowed.No. 93. An Account of John Gibbes, son of William Gibbes, Constable,for Criminal Slaves £23:15, In which we find an Overcharge of £8 for Attendance,The Ballance £15:15 to be allowed.No. 94. An Account of John Glover for Maintenance of Acadiansamounting [to] £180, allowed.No. 95. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Walter Batemanfor fort Loudoun Amounting [to] £100, indorsed to Collo. Howarth, allowed.No. 96. A Certificate of Paul Demeré in favor of Margaret Gloster for200 Bushels of Indian Corn deliv’d at Fort Loudoun, indorsed to Messrs.Smith & Brewton, £200, allowed.No. 97. An Account of Frederick Holzendorff for Prisoners amounting[to] £60:15, allowed.No. 98. A Certificate of Paul Demeré in favor of Wm. Shorey, indorsedto Thomas & William Ellis & Company, £75 for th[re]e Month’s Service asLinguister at Fort Loudoun, the Committee think £45 to be allowed, whichis at the Rate of £15 per Month.No. 99. An Account of John Hayes for Acadians £14:10, allow’d.No. 100. An Order in favour of William Dalton for two Slaves Executed£400, allowed when it Shall Appear the Slaves were Executed.Resolv’d That the said report be considered to morrow morning.

JANUARY 27, 175873A Message from the Council by Mr. Basnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Subscriber[s] in behalf of themselvesand others, inhabitants & Freeholders of part of Christ Church parish,addressed to the Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered That it be an Instruction to the Committee appointed to auditthe Treasurers Accounts, that they do Inspect the Country ControllersBooks & Compare the same with the Treasurers Books to see that the Goodsentred with the Controller have paid the duties to the Treasurer.And then the House adjournd till to morrow morning 10 of the Clock.Friday the 27th of January 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Read the Petition of the Subscribers in behalf of themselves & others,Inhabitants & Freeholders of Christ Church Parish, Setting Forth, Viz.That the Petitioners are Situated on a Neck of Land almost Surroundedwith Water, That the only way by Land to Church or to any Ferrys is over abridge called Butlers Bridge which bridge has Since the Last Hurricane beenrendered useless, that the Petitioners have Lately at their own Charge &Labour repaired the said Bridge as also the road thereto & therefore prayinga Law may Pass to Oblige all those who possess Lands in the said districtto keep the said Road & bridge in repair to appoint Commissioners for thatpurpose & to Exempt them from Working on any other Road in the saidParish.Order’d that the Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee.And that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the same withtheir Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Trapier,Mr. Horrey, Mr. Poole, Mr. Cantey.Then the House (According to Order made Yesterday) proceeded totake the Report from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accounts of theCreditors of the public into Consideration.And the 1st Paragraph (on the Account of Sarah Nightingale), the 2d& 3d (on two Accounts of Willm. Osborne, Constable), the 4th & 5th (on twoAccounts of James Sawyers) being severally read a second time were severallyAgreed to by the House.The 6th Paragraph (on an Account of Downes & Nicholson amountingto £26 which the Committee recommend to be paid out of the FortificationFund) being read a Second time was disagreed with by the House.

74 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758Resolv’d that the said Account be provided for by the Schedule to beannex’d to the Tax Bill.The 7th Paragraph (on an Account of Joseph Pamor), the 8th (on an Accountof Lionel Chalmers), the 9th (on an Account of Tew & Roybold) & the10th (on an Account of Henry Gallman) being Severally read a Second time wereSeverally agreed to by the House.The 11th (on an Account of Margaret Boone) being read a Second timewas disagreed with by the House.Resolved that the said Account be provided for by the Schedule to the Taxbill.The 12th Paragraph (on an Account of James Roberts) being read a Secondtime was agreed with by the House.The 13th Paragraph (on an Account of Benjn. Stead) being read a Secondtime was disagreed with by the House.Resolv’d that the said Account be provided for by the Schedule to be annexedto the Tax Bill.The 14th (On an Account of Stephen Crell) being read a Second time wasagreed with by the House.The 15th Paragraph (on a 2d Account of Sarah Nightingale) being read ASecond time & the Question being put that the House do agree with the Committeein the Paragraph.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that £75 be allowed to the said Sarah Nightingale on the SaidAccount.The 16th (on an Account of Judith Postell) & the 17th (on an Account ofPatrick Troy) being Severally read a Second time were agreed to by the House.The 18th Paragraph (on an Account of John Chevillette, Late Commissaryat Fort Loudoun) being read a Second time.Order’d that the said Account & all other Accounts & Certificates issuedor Certified by the said John Chevillette with respect to Fort Loudoun be recommitted.The 19 Paragraph (on an Account of Thomas Gordon) being read a Secondtime was agreed to by the House.The 20th & 21th (on Certificates for Fort Loudoun) were recommitted.The 22th (on an Account of Henry Gallman) being read a Second time wasagreed to by the House.The 23d (on a Certificate for Fort Loudoun) was recommitted.The 24th (On an Account of Joshua Grimball) & the 25th (on an Accountof Samuel Fry) being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.The 26th (Certificates for Fort Loudoun) was recommitted.The 27th (On an Account of James Akin), the 28 & 29th (on two Accounts

JANUARY 28, 175875of George June), the 30th (on an Account of Ulrick Backman) & the 31st (onAccount of William Backshell) being Severally read a Second time were Severallyagreed to by the House.Order’d that the further Consideration of the said Report be adjourn’d.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Lieutenant Collo. Henry Bouquett,Commander of his Majestys Forces in this Province, addressed to the Governor,Council & Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Petition was read Setting Forth as Viz.That the Provisions of Bread & Flour which have been imported into thisProvince for the use of the forces now doing duty here have been always Landedwithout an Entry or paying duty to this time; That Mr. Benjn. Stead, Agent forthe Contracter[s] who Supply his Majestys Forces with Provissions, hath informedthe Petitioner that the Public Treasurer of this Province hath made a demandof the Duty, as well on the Provisions which have from time to time been landedand Expended in this Province as on those which have been Lately importedfor the use of the Forces and are not yet Landed, which Duty his Majesty is byagreement Obliged to Exempt the Contractors from Paying; That the saidTroops being Sent hither for no other purpose but the defence of this province& being maintained at a very Great Expence & the Crown of Great Britain havingnever paid dutys, therefore prays the said Dutys may be remitted.Orderd That the Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee.And that they do examine the Matter of the said Petition & report the Samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Roper,Mr. Drayton.And then the House adjourn’d till Three of the Clock in the Afternnoon.P.M.The Following Gentlemen Met, viz., Mr. Poole, Mr. Waties, Mr. Roper,Mr. Rattray, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Drayton & the saidGentlemen made Choice of Mr. Poole to be their Chairman, who adjourn’dthe House till To morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Saturday the 28th of January 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.

76 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,The Wolf King & Seventy five other Creek Indians being now in TownI have ordered the Commissary to Lay before You a List of Presents for them,and an Estimate of the Charge thereof.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee to whom the Petition ofLieutenant Collo. Henry Bouquett, Commander of his Majestys forces in thisProvince, was referred, that they had Examined the Matter of the said Petition& had directed him to report their opinion thereupon to the house &he read the report in his Place & afterwards delivered it in at the Clerks table.Where the same was read & is as follows.That your Committee are of Opinion, that the Prayer of the said Petitionought to be granted Because it Appears to your Committee, by a Sightof a Copy of the Contract that his Majesty is obliged to save harmless & indemnifythe Contra[c]tors mentioned in the said Petition, from all Customs& House duties Whatsoever.The Said Report being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.Resolv’d That all Provissions that have been or shall be imported intothis Province for the use of His Majestys Forces be Exempted from the Paymentof any Duty or Duties whatsoever that Such Provissions may be Liableto, by any Act or Acts of the General Assembly of this Province. And thatthis Resolution be Sent to His Excellency the Governor for his Assent & tohis Majesty’s Council for their Concurrence & that Mr. Speaker do sign thesame.Order’d that Mr. Drayton & Mr. Postell do Carry the said Resolutionto the Governor & Council.The House being inform’d that Mr. Doyley from the Commissary’s Officeattended at the Door, he was Called in.And Presented to the House pursuant to the Governors Order an Estimateof Goods intended as Presents for 76 Indians of the Creek Nation nowin Town.And then he withdrew.And the said Estimate (amounting to £1960:2:6) being twice read.Resolvd that this House will provide for raising the said Sum of £1960:2:6to defray the Charge of the said Presents.And the following Answer was drawn to the Governors Message.May it please your Excellency,The Commissary pursuant to your Excellencys Order Laid before this

JANUARY 28, 175877House an Estimate of the Goods intended as Presents for 76 Creek Indiansnow in Town, amounting to the Sum of £1960:2:6, we have resolved to providethe said Sum to defray the Charge of the Presents contain’d in the SaidEstimate.Orderd that the Said Answer be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Drayton & Mr. Poole.The Accounts of the Following Persons were Severally read, Viz.John McQueen & Co. [for] Indian Presents [amounting to] £2696:0:4.J. & E. Neuffville, Jno. Chivillett’s order to Peter Crim, [amounting to]£83:10.Jno. North, for Subsisting the Acadians in St. Bartholomews Parish[amounting to] £634:8:4.White Outerbridge for Entertaining Indians amounting to £74:12:6.Henry Orr, Constable, for Criminal Slaves amounting to £22:12:6.Daniel Pepper Esqr. for his Agency to the Creek nation amounting to£4208:5:0.Thimothy Philips for making Tents (but for what use not Expressed)Amounting to £91.Edward Perey for Subsisting Accadians amounting [to] £76.And for the following Orders, Viz.Alexander Petrie for Indians Presents Amounting to £15.John Elliott for 17 days hire of a Horse impresd in the Public service.John Elliott for hire of a Waggon & Horses at Fort Prince Georgeamounting to £21.John Elliott for Carriage of Stores to Fort Loudoun amounting to£237:12.John Elliott for 5 Kegs of Rum to the Lower Cherokees amounting to £75.John Elliott for Corn for the Garrison at Fort Loudoun amounting to£100.Thomas Foster, Indian Interpreter at Fort Loudoun, amounting [to] £20.John Hatton for Carriage of Flour to Fort Loudoun amounting to £70.Peter Pegguin Account for French Prisoners amounting to £45.Samuel Perkins for hire of Rooms for the Forces amounting [to] £62:16.Mary Postell for Subsisting Accadians amounting to £115.John Rae, for John Chevillettes Orders issued to Bernard Snell, for FortLoudoun, £138.Rae & Barksdale for freight of 2 Chests of Arms to fort Moore £7:1:0.James Rochford, Constable, for Criminal Slaves amounting [to] £3:17:6.Jacob Rumph, Constable, for the Like Service £9:12:6.Thomas Corker on an Order of John Ragnous for Carriages of Storesto Fort Prince George amounting to £63.

78 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758William Seawright for Entertaining Indians amounting to £22:10 & forJohn Chevillettes Order Issued to Philip Puhl for 2000 Weight of Flour deliveredat Fort Loudoun amounting to £180.William Scott for hire of a Horse impressed in the Public Service notCast up.Barnard Snell for John Chevillettes Order Issued to Lewis Colson forthe use of Fort Loudoun, £10.John Skene Esqr. for two Inquests (Left Blank).Paul Smizer for an Express Carried from New Windsor to the CherokeesAmounting to £25.Henry Smith for Entertaining Indians £22:8:3.Smith & Brewton for Indian Presents & other Services amounting [to]£3808:13:3.William Shawder, order Issued to him by John Chevillette for FortLoudoun £16.Ordered That the said Accounts be Severally referred to the Considerationof the Committee Appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditorsof the Public & that they do Examine the Same & report their Opinion thereuponto the House.And then the House Adjourned till Monday afternoon Four of theClock.Monday the 30th January 1758. P.M.The following Gentlemen met, viz., Mr. Horrey, Mr. Roper, Mr.Gadsden, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Pringle, & madeChoice of Mr. Horrey to be their Chairman who adjourned the House tillto morrow morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 31st of January 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to morrow morning 10 of theClock.Wednesday the 1st of February 1758.The Journal of Last Saturdays Proceedings was read.A Petition of the Church Wardens & Vestry of the Parish of St. JamesSantee was presented to the House and read Setting forth as viz.That the Petitioners are in dayly Expectation of the arrival of a ministerand have [with] money formerly Granted them Erected a Dwelling House

FEBRUARY 1, 175879for the use of a Minister but have not finished the same. That to finish thesaid House and Erect necessary out Houses a Sum of Seven Hundred poundsCurrency will yet be necessary & therefore prays the House to Grant the SaidSum for the Said purpose.Order’d that the Petition be referred to the Consideration of the CommitteeAppointed to audit the Accounts of the Public Creditors. And thatthey do Examine the Matter thereof & report the Same, with their Opinionthereupon to the House.A Petition of Edward Legge was presented to the House & read Settingforth as Vizt.That the Act Vesting the Ferry over Ashley River in Trustees for the useof Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott, Wife of Thos. Elliott, Expired many months Since.That the Petitioner two Months past undertook to Manage the said Ferry forwhich purpose he has Expended Some Money to Accomodate Travellers, thatthe Causey Leading to the said Ferry requires almost Constant Labour torender it passable, that the Petitioner is determined, if the Said Ferry isVested in him, to Repair the Said Causey and Supply the Ferry with Suitable& proper Boats; therefore Prays that the said Ferry may be vested in him for7 Years or for Such other Term as the House Shall Judge most Expedient bya Law for that Purpose.Order’d That the Petition be referred to the Consideration of the committeeto whom the Petition of the Inhabitants of St. Andrews Parish is referred.And that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the Same withtheir Opinion thereupon to the House.Ordered that Mr. Elliott be added to the Said Committee.Orderd that the Commissary do attend this House to morrow Morning.A Petition of John Elliott, Indian Trader, was presented to the house &read Setting forth as Viz.That Your Petitioner has Lived Some Years in the Cherokee Nation.That about May 1753 the Indians brought in Two French Prisoners whom theykept for one year when the Petitioner purchased their ransom, brought themto Town and delivered them to James Glen Esqr., then Governor of this Province,who Examined them before the Council and promised to repay thePetitioner the ransom Money &c. which was afterwards done. That the Petitionerin Consequence of the said Late Governors Orders Carried thesaid Prisoners to the House of Alexander McGregor to be Entertained withMeat, drink, washing & Lodging, who refused to take them without a WrittenOrder on which the Petitioner became Security for payment of theExpences to be incurred in Consequence of the said verbal Order to SaidMcGregor. That the said McGregor’s wife often attended Mr. Glen for Paymentof the Account hereunto Annexed but could not Receive any

80 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758Sattisfaction, whereupon your petitioner was arrested and as the Petitioner’sintentions were for the public Good prays the House to take his Case intoConsideration & make provission for the discharge of the said Account.Read also the Account of the Said Hannah McGregor amounting to£214:10.Order’d That the Said Petition & Account be referred to the Considerationof the Committee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the PublicCreditors. And that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.This House resumed the Adjourned Consideration of the Report fromthe Committee Appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of thePublic.And the 32d Paragraph of the Report, On An Account of the Estate ofAnthony Bonneau, the 33d & the 34th on two Accounts of Daniel Burnett,the 35th on an Account of George Bland, the 36th on An Account of PeterButler, the 37th On a Certificate in favour of Jno. Boyle & the 38th On a Certificatein favour of Patrick Butler being Severally read a Second time wereSeverally agreed to by the House.The 39th Paragraph On An Account of David Brown being read a Secondtime & the Question being put that the House do agree with the Committeein the Said Paragraph.It Passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that the said David Brown be allowed £24for Setting up the Flag Staffs mentioned in the Account.It Passed in the Negative.And the Question being put that £20 be allowed for putting up the saidFlag Staffs.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that Sixty three pounds be allowed on the said Account.The 40th & 41th Paragraph on two Accounts of Willm. Banbury, the 42dOn An Account of Daniel Bourget, the 43d on an Account of Jonathan Badger& the 44th on an Account of Charles Bedingfield being Severally read aSecond time were Severally agreed to by the House.The 45th & 46th on two Accounts of Barnard Beekman being severallyread a Second time were disagreed with by the House.Resolv’d that the said Accounts be provided for by the Schedule to theTax bill.The 47th on a third Account of Barnard Beekman Amounting to £22:10for the hire of Lodgings for an officer of the Highland Battallion, the allowanceof which the Committee Submitt to the Consideration of the House,being read a Second time.

FEBRUARY 1, 175881The Answer of this House dated 5th May Last to the Governor’s Messagerelating to his Majestys Forces then Expected was read.Resolv’d (upon the Question) that the Said Account be allowed.The 48th on an Account of Henry Bedon for the Like Service amountingto £31:8:6, the allowance of which is also Submitted to the Considerationof the House, being also read, a Second time.Resolv’d that the said Account be allowed.The 49th On an Account of John Raven Bedon for the hire of twoRooms for a Captain in the Highland Battalion amounting to £63:11:8 beingread a 2d time.Resolv’d upon the Question that £31:15:10 be allowed on the said Account,it being for the Hire of One Room.The 50th On an Account of Sarah Baker for the Like Service amountingto £21:15:8 also Submitted to the Consideration of the House being reada Second time.Resolv’d that the said Account be allowed.Order’d that the farther Consideration of the report be adjourned.The Accounts of the following Persons were Severally read, Viz.Thomas Booden for the Rent of an House for the use of the Highlandersamounting to £65 with a memoramdum Subjoined by the Commissarythat the said House is the Property of Martha Hawkes & the Rent unjustlyclaim’d by the said Booden.Daniel Crawford Esqr. for the use of the Forces amounting [to] £23:12:6.John Dodd, Gun Smith, for mending Indians Guns amounting to £49.John Paul Grimkie for Indian Presents amounting to £4:10.Henry Kennan for the Lodging of an Officer amounting to £36:8:6.James Laurens & Co. for Several Services amounting [to] £2185:19:8 &an Account for the Barracks Amounting [to] £67:10.Peter Leger for rent of Several Rooms for the Officers amounting to £218:1:3.Lambert Lance for rent of an House for the Highlanders amounting[to] £62:10.Ancrum, Lance & Loocock for the Forces amounting [to] £135:13:9.John Matthewes for Rent of Rooms for 2 officers amounting to £55.John & Edward Neufville for the Forces amounting to £22:10.Order’d that the Said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.And that they do Examine the Said Accounts severally & report their Opinionthereupon to the House.Then the Question being put that the House be adjourned till three ofthe Clock in the afternoon.It was resolv’d in the affirmative.

82 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758And accordingly the House adjourn’d till Three o’Clock afternoon.P.M.The Account[s] of the following Persons were Severally read, viz.Childermas Croft for Copies of Journals, drawing & ingrossing Bills&ca., amounting [to] £1962:16:2.Robt. Fairweather for the forces amounting to £62:5.Mary Frost for the Like Service Amounting to £20.James Germany for Indians £120.John Gibson for Indians £48.John Guerard Esqr. for the Forces £258:1.Gabriel Guignard for the Forces, £47:13:4.Jno. Harvey for the forces £162.Martha Hawkes for the Forces, £50.James Henderson for Candles for the Forces amounting to £900.Robert Hardy for the forces amounting to £22:10.Ruth Hartman for the Forces amounting [to] £20:19:4.Susanah King for Do. not Cast up.Robt. McKenzie for the forces amounting [to] £9:12:6.William Mason for the forces amounting [to] £26:8.Thomas Nightingale for Saddlery Ware for Indians amounting to £244:13:9.Sarah Nightingale for Entertaining Indians amounting to £49:1:6.Rice Price for the Forces amounting to £46:8:6.John Parnham for the Forces £36.Jno. Quash for Ditto amounting to £61:7:6.Robertson, McKenzie, Bayne, McDonald & Honisdon for the forcesamounting to £85:10.Susanah Rose for the Forces amounting to £192:10.William Robertson For the forces £62:10.James Reid for the forces amounting [to] £231:10.Captn. Jno. Stuart, for the following Orders Issued for the Service ofFort Loudoun, Viz., Captn. Paul Demeres to John Stuart for £40, Jno.Chevillettes to Captn. Paul Demerés for £16:13, John Chevillettes to JohnStuart for £50, John Chevillettes to Henry Lucas for £20, John Chevillettesto Joseph Callaway for £21, John Chevillettes to John Taylor & Robert Wrightfor £40.Smith & Scott for the following Orders issued for the Service of fortLoudoun: John Chevillett’s to Patrick Campbell for £46, The same to TobiasHolmes for £54, The same to James Coppock for £30.Justinus Stoll for a Drain in Charles Town amounting [to] £38:5.

FEBRUARY 2, 175883John Scott, Gun Smith, for Indian Presents £61:5.James Sharp for Subsisting Accadians in St. Bartholomew amounting[to] £70:0.Benjamin Singleton, two Orders issued by John Chevillette for the Serviceof Fort Loudoun, one amounting to £295:15 & the other to £340:10.Henry Sastrunk for Subsisting Accadians amounting to £18.Ordered that the said Accounts be severally referred to the Considerationof the Committee appointed to audit the Accounts of the Creditors ofthe Public & that they do Examine the same & report their Opinion thereuponto the House.And then the House adjourned till to morrow morning 10 of the Clock.Thursday the 2d of February 1758.The Journal of Yesterday[s] Proceedings was read.The House being informed that Mr. Doyley from the Commissarys Officeattended at the door he was Called in and Mr. Speaker by Order of theHouse ask’d him whether his Excellency the Governor had Given him anydirections to purchase wood for the use of the forces from some Person Livingin the Country, at the Cheapest Rate, he answered that his Excellencyhad ordered him to make an Agreement for the wood upon the most reasonableTerms he possibly could: In Consequence of which he had agreedwith Mr. Thomas Wright to supply all the wood that Shall be wanted for theForces till the first of April next at three Pounds per Cord. And being ask’dif he had Enquired whether any other Person wou’d furnish the wood at aLess Price, he answered that he had not; And then he withdrew.And the Question being put that a Message be sent to acquaint his Excellencythe Governor with respect to the said contract.It was resolved in the Affirmative.And Accordingly the following one was Drawn.May it please your Excellency,This House having Examined Mr. Doyley, the Commissarys Assistant,concerning the Orders your Excellency gave him to purchase Firewood forthe use of the Forces; was informed that your Excellency had orderd him toContract for the Same with Some Person Living in the Country who CutsWood, upon the most reasonable Terms he possibly cou’d. Which Order heso ill Observed that without giving any public notice that the wood waswanted or even mentioning it to a Second Person, he made an Agreementwith Thomas Wright Esqr. to furnish the wood at three pounds per Cord. Amost Exorbitant Price & highly injurious to the Public. We therefore humblyintreat that your Excellency will be pleased to Order the Commissary to

84 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758take no more Wood of Mr. Wright at that Extravagant Rate but to give publicnotice that a large Quantity of wood is wanted for the Public Service thatPersons who have any to dispose of may make their proposals, and that hecontract with such only as will Supply the same upon the easiest Terms.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Report of theCommittee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.And the severall Paragraphs of the said Report from No. 51 to No. 72both inclusive were severally read a Second time.The 51st Paragraph being for the use of Fort Loudoun was recommitted.The 52d on an Account of William Bonneau was agreed to by the House.The 53 on an Account of Jane Boone for Lodging two officers amountingto £56 & the 54th on An Account of Rebecca Bennett for the like Serviceamounting to £31:8, the allowance of which the Committee Submit to theConsideration of the House.Resolv’d the Said Accounts be allowed.The 55th On an Account of Wm. Brandford was agreed to by the House.The 56th On an Account of William Bissett for Lodging an officeramounting to £27:2:6, the allowance of which the Committee Submitt to theConsideration of the House.Resolv’d, that the said Account be allowed.The 57th on an Account of William Bampfeild, the 58 on an Accountof Mark Anthony Bessellen, the 59th on an Account of Willm. Bird & the 60thon an Account of Robert Collins, were Severally agreed to by the House.T[he] 61st on an Account of Isham Clayton was disagreed with by thehouse.Ordered that the Said Account be returnd to be properly Certified.The 62d on an Account of Jerome Courtonne was disagreed with by thehouse.Resolvd that the said Account be provided for but not to be paid till theAccount Shall be properly attested.The 63d on a Certificate for Fort Loudoun indors’d to Daniel Cannonwas recommitted.The 64th on an Account of James Carney, the 65th on an Account ofthe Church Wardens of St. Helena, The 66th on an Account of Hugh Andersonwere agreed to by the House.The 67th on an account of Wm. Carwithin for Lodging an Officeramounting to £41:1:5, the allowance of which the Committee Submit to theConsideration of the House.Resolv’d that the said Account be allowed.The 68 & 69th on two Accounts of the Church Wardens of St. Philipwere agreed to by the House.

FEBRUARY 7, 175885The 70th on a third Account of the said Church Wardens was upon theQuestion being put thereupon disagreed with by the House.Resolvd (upon the Question) that £163:14:6 be allowed on the Said Account.The 71st & 72d on a fourth & fifth account of the Said Church Wardenswere agreed to by the House.Ordered that the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning ten of theClock.Friday the 3d of February 1758.The following Gentlemen Mett, viz., Mr. Cole, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Lowndes,Mr. Berresford, Mr. Freer, Mr. Moore, Mr. Thomas Waties, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Roperand the said Gentlemen made Choice of Mr. Cole to be their Chairman whoadjournd the House till to morrow afternoon Five of the Clock.Saturday the 4th of February 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourn’d the House till Monday afternoon five of the Clock.Monday the 6th of February 1758. P.M.The following Gentlemen Mett, viz., Mr. Graeme, Mr. Postell, Mr.Rattray, Mr. Trapier, Mr. Roper, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Thos. Waties, Mr.Manigault, and they made Choice of Mr. Manigault to be their Chairmanwho adjourned the House till to morrow morning ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 7th of February 1758.The Journal of Last Thursday[s] Proceedings was read.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of theInhabitants of St. Andrews Parish & the Petition of Edward Legge were referredthat they had examined the matter of the said Petitions & had directedhim to Report the same as it appeared to them to the House. And he readthe report in his Place & afterwards delivered it in at the Clerks Tablew[h]ere the same was read and is as follows, viz.That it appeared to the Committee that the late Act of Assembly passed31st May 1750 For vesting the Ferry over Ashly River in Edmond Bellinger &George Bellinger, Esqrs., &c. Expired with the Last Assembly. And the saidFerry i[s] now vacant; And therefore, ought, for the Good of the Public and

86 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758Convenience of the Parishioners & other[s] passing the Same to be settleduntill the Bridge appointed by Law to be built over the Said River below thesaid Ferry Place shall be finish’d. But as to Settling the Profits of the SaidFerry to the uses prayd for by the Petitioners, the Committee being dividedin Opinion humbly Submitt that Matter to the further Consideration of theHouse.Further the Committee are of Opinion that the Petition of the saidEdward Legge ought not to be granted.Resolv’d That this House will next Thursday morning take the saidReport into Consideration.The Accounts of the following Persons were Severally read, Viz.John Joyner for the Scout Boats amounting to £110:19.John Chevillettes Order Issued to Jacob Raugh for the use of FortLoudoun amounting to £45, assignd to Othniel Beale Esqr.Inglis & Pickering for the Forces, Indians & other Services amountingto £1301:16:10.Ann Watson for the Force[s] amounting to £95.J. Chevellette’s order to Step. Tarraway for the use of Fort Loudoun £15.Ditto’s order, to Jas. Moon for the like service, assigned to Thomas Mills,£24.William West, 3 Accounts for entertaining Indians, 2 amounting to £42:10& the 3d to £25:10.Nicholas Yonker for Criminals £53:2:6.Zachariah Villepontoux for Acadians amounting to £28.Mary Whitford three Accounts for Entertaining Indians, one amountingto £4:5, another to £25:17:6 & the third to £52:10.Catharine Scurlock for the forces amounting [to] £77:8:10.Arnout Schermerhoorn for the forces amounting to £6:5.John Wildermot for the use of Fort Prince George amounting to £51.John Savage for the Forces amounting to £466:10.Ogilvie & Ward for three Orders issued by John Chevillette for the Serviceof Fort Loudoun, one to Michael Calfskin for £50, another to AdamKeiler for £40, and the other to Jacob Glaugenburgh for £40.Benjn. Stead for Fort Loudoun amounting to £384.James Neilson for the Forces £3:3.Samuel Wyley for Indians £62:10.Philip Chichet for French Prisoners £9.Sarah Clifford for the Forces amounting to £25.Susanah Walker for the Forces amounting to £40.Thomas Walker for the Forces amounting to £206:15.Francis Simmons for French Prisoners amounting [to] £59:12:6.

FEBRUARY 7, 175887Austin & Laurens, John Kenneth[s] Order for Fort Loudoun amounting[to] £78.Peter Benoist for Henry Gallmans Order for Carriage of Stores to FortPrince George.Simon Theus for Entertaining Indians amounting [to] £81:17:6.Thomas Mitchel for Subsisting Acadians amounting to £36:8 & an Orderof the Church Wardens & Vestry of Prince George Winyah to pay him£35 for the Like Service.Thomas Mills for the use of Fort Loudoun amounting to £10:10.Jonathan Scott for the Forces, not Cast up.Ann Rogers for the forces, not Cast up.William Seawright for Carriage of Ammunition to the Congreesamounting to £30.Jacob Tyler for Carriages of Stores to Fort Prince George amountingto £100.John Stone Junr. for the Fortifications amounting to £18.Benjn. Smith Esqr. for the use of the Council Chamber amounting to£77:10.Ogilvie & Ward (Service not Expressed) amounting to £24:17:6.Margt. Sheppard for the Forces amounting to £75.Thomas Smith Junr. for a drum £14.Edward Legge for Indians Expences amounting to £22:9:4 1 ⁄2.Elizabeth Leacroft for the Forces amounting to £25.Christopher Rowe for Subsisting Acadians amounting to £64.Doctors Oliphant & Garden for attending Sick Indians amounting to £12.William King for the lookouts amounting to £12.Robert Wells for binding Minutes of the Council & Journals of the Assemblyamounting to £33:10.John Milner for mending & Cleaning the Public Arms amounting to£1120:1:3.The Fire Master of Charles Town Amounting to £286:12:3.Orderd that the said Accounts be Severally referred to the Considerationof the Committee appointed to audit the Accounts of the Creditors ofthe Public. And that they do Examine the Same and report their Opinionthereupon to the House.Order’d That Mr. McQueen & Mr. Postell do wait upon his Excellencywith the Message relating to the Commissary’s purchasing of wood for theforces.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the PublicCreditors.

88 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758And the Several Paragraphs of the said Report from No. 73 to 100 bothinclusive being Severally read a Second time.The 73d on an Account of Paul Combé & the 74th on an Account ofIsabella Robinson were agreed to by the House.The 75th on an Account of John Coone was disagreed with by theHouse.Order’d that the said Account be recommitted.The 76th On an Account of Eliza. Jones was agreed to by the House.The 77th On an Account of Moses Mitchel amounting [to] £79 13/, theallowance of which is Submitted to the Consideration of the House.Resolv’d that £73:11:6 be allowed on the said Account.The 78th On an Account of Mary Cranmer amounting to £80:10, alsoSubmitted to the Consideration of the House. Resolv’d that £40:5 be allow’don the Said Account.The 79th on an Account of Magdelen Prioleau amounting to £98:15, alsoSubmitted to the Consideration of the House. Resolv’d that the said Accountbe allowed.The 80th On an Account of Geo. Jackson, the 81st on an Account ofJoseph Norman, were agreed to by the House.The 82d being for Fort Loudoun was recomitted.The 83d on an Account of Thomas Harrison & the 84th on a Muster Rollof Captn. Pepper, Agent to the Creek Nation, were agreed to by the house.The 85th On An Account of Elizabeth Richardson amounting to £216:5Submitted to the Consideration of the House. Resolvd that £173:15 be allowedon the Said Account.The 86 on an order to Barnaby McMollin, the 87th on an Order to JohnChevillette for fort Loudoun indorsed to Glen, Cooper & Company wereagreed to by the House.The 88th on an order to Samuel Benn for fort Loudoun also indorsedto Glen, Cooper & Company was upon the Question being put thereuponagreed to by the House.The 89th on John Chevillette[s] order to Richard Smith was recommitted.The 90th on an Account of John Gallman, the 91th on a Certificate infavour of John Giessendanner, the 92d on an Account of Gordon & Elliott,the 93d on an Account of John Gibbes, the 94th on an Account of JohnGlover, were Severally agreed to by the House.The 95th on an Order of John Chevillette for Fort Loudoun was recommitted.The 96th on an Order assignd to Messrs. Smith & Brewton, the 97th onan Account of Frederick Holzendorf, the 98th on an Order assignd to Thomas& William Ellis, the 99th on an Account of John Hayes & the Last Para-

FEBRUARY 8, 175889graph on an Order in favour of William Dalton were Severally Agreed to bythe House.And then the House adjourn’d till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 8th of February 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Mr. Trapier reported from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accountsof the Creditors of the Public, that the Committee had ExaminedSeveral of the Accounts which were referred to their Consideration and haddirected him to report the same as they appeared to them to the House. Andhe read the Report in his Place and afterwards deliver’d it in at the Clerk’sTable where the Same was read & is as follows, Viz.Report No. 2. Containing from No. 101 to No. 257.No. 101. A Certificate of John Pearson to Henry Hartley £26 forMain[tenance] of 4 Accadians to be allowed.No. 102. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré to Josiah Horton amounting[to] £75 & Indorsed to William Henderson for Building 4 Large StoneChimneys at Fort Loudoun which as we Imagine must be done by one of thePeople belonging to the Garrison are of Opinion that it is an ExtravagantCharge & Recommend that £25 & no more may be allowed.No. 103. An Account of Christopher Holson, Warden of the workHouse, amounting [to] £3:6:3 for Confinement of a Free Negroe who was Executed,to be allowed.No. 104. An Account of William Eddings Amounting [to] £25, for makinga Flag Staff & Fr’tt 8 of Great Guns to the Look out at South Edistoe whichwe Recommend to be allowed.No. 105. An Account of William Heatley Amounting [to] £171:10, forMaintenance of Accadians, which as the Number of said Acadians is notSpecified are of Opinion ought not to be allowed till better Vouch’d.No. 106. A Certificate of Captn. John Stuart Amounting [to] £6:15 forEntertaining of Nine Indians by John Frentz for Two days, being detain’dby Rainy Weather, to be allowed.No. 107. An Account of Daniel Droze Amounting [to] £47:17:1 for Entertaining& Ferriage of Indians, Vizd., Creeks & Chickasaws, to be allowed.No. 108. A Certificate from Part of the Inhabitants of John’s Island infavor of William Matthewes for a Calf of his Kill’d for the use of the MillitiaCompany on an Alarm, amounting to £6, to be allowed.8Later entries indicate that this should be read as a clerk’s contraction for “freight.”

90 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758No. 109. An Account of Henry Kennan, Gunner of Granvilles Bastion,for Sundry Services and Articles found Amounting to £13:17:6 Commencingin June 1753. Your Committee find in the Said Account many Charges fornegro Hire and other duty which they Apprehend is provided for in theSallary allowed him Annually and ought to be performed by him as part ofhis duty, the Ballance £8:6:3 for Sundrys found Ought to be allowed.No. 110. A Certificate from the Justices and Freeholders of CravenCounty for a Negroe Sentanced to Death by them, belonging to HughMcCulchin, for Poisoning, amounting to £200, as no notice is taken whetheror not the said Negroe was Executed Conformable to his Sentance, the Committeerecommend it may be allowed [on] producing a proper Certificatethat he was put to death.No. 111. An Account of Samuel Moore of Granville County for Conveyingto the work House by Virtue of a Committment from Richd. Wallace oneJoseph Lacey Suspected of Lunacy; as the said Account Contain[s] someExtraordinary Charges not Comprehended by your Committee and also asthey apprehend it properly a parish Charge on the Last place of abode ofthe Prisoner, Your Committee disallow it.No. 112. An Account of James Marion for Lodging and Boarding aFrench Prisoner amounting to £39:15 to be allowed.No. 113. An Order from the Justices and Freeholders in favour of JamesLadson for a negroe Executed £200 to be allowed.No. 114. An Account of Samuel Jeanes for Acadians £107:18:8 allowed.No. 115. An Account of Mary Langley for French Prisoners amountingto £361:7:6. An undercharge of £4 to be added, overcharge to be deducted£15:10, the Ballance £349:17:6 to be allowed.No. 116. His Excellency the Governors Order to Christian MinnickAmounting [to] £700, Indorsed to Robert Pringle, being for Supplying 50head of Steers delivered at Fort Prince George to Serjeant Harrison, to beallowed.No. 117. An Account of McIntosh & Johnson amounting to £33. In whichwe find £28:17:6 Overcharged for Entertaining 11 Indians Seven Days Contraryto a Resolution of the House, the Ballance being £4:2:6 to be allowed.No. 118. An order from Lieutenant Shaw to Charles Machlean Amounting[to] £23:12 for Carriage of Flouer to fort Prince George, Indorsd to JohnMcQueen & Co. to be allowed.No. 119. A Petition of John Spencer, Indian Trader, with an Accountannexd Amounting [to] £84:0:6 Being for Goods & Horses hired for theCreek Indians who Rescued William Bonar, the Agents Clerk, who the FrenchSeiz’d & were Carrying Prisoner to Moville, to be allowed.No. 120. An Account of Daniel Pepper, Agent to the Creek Indians,

FEBRUARY 8, 175891Amounting [to] £4208:5. In which we find £36:5 Overchargd for Maintenanceof Six Men, the Ballance being £4172 for his Sallary to be allowed.No. 121. An Account of Edward Perry Amounting [to] £76, being formaintenance of Acadians, to be allowed.No. 122. An Account of White Outerbridge Amounting [to] £74:12:6.In which we find Sundry Overcharges for Creek Indians not Customary &£33:15 for Entertaining Chickesaws Indians not Certified & the Ballance being£1:17:6 to be allowed.No. 123. An Account of John Skene for 2 Inquests we recommend £20to be allowed.No. 124. An Account of James Rochford, Constable, for Criminal Slavesamounting [to] £3:17:6 to be allowed.No. 125. An Account of Jacob Rumph, Constable, for Criminal Slavesamounting [to] £9:12:6, deduct 5/ Overcharg’d, the Ballance £9:7:6 to be allow’d.No. 126. An Account of Mary Postell for Acadians £115 allowed.No. 127. A Certificate of one Dennis Eagan in Favour of William Scottfor a Horse pressed. As this Account is not Certified & your Committeeknows of no Right that any man has to press Horses, not allowed.No. 128. A Certificate indorsed to Alexander Petrie by John Elliott for aHorse pressed, disallowed for the Reasons above mentioned in the Last Account.No. 129. A Certificate of Daniel Pepper Esqr. to Frederick Closeman forCarrying an Express from Augusta to Keowee indorsed to Paul Smyzer, Wethink ought to be paid out of the Contingency Fund.No. 130. A Certificate of Lochlan Shaw in favour of John Elliott for theuse of a Waggon & five Horses at Fort Prince George indorsed to AlexanderPetrie amounting to £21, allowed.No. 131. An Account of William Seawright for Victualling Indiansamounting [to] £22:10, allowed.No. 132. An Account of John North for Accadians £622:11:8, Overcharge£2:8:7, Ballance £620:3:1. We recommend this Account to be allowed whenit is Certified by the Church Wardens & Vestry of the Parish of St.Bartholomew. The Committee upon this Occasion Observe that if everyParish were burthend with the Maintenance of their own Acadians theywould take greater Care to dispose of them, & the Committee recommendthat a Bill be brought in for [that] purpose.No. 133. An Account of Smith & Brewton Amounting [to] £3808:13:3,allowed.No. 134. An Account of Peter Pegguin for the Maintenance of a frenchPrisoner Amounting [to] £45, Over charge £11:5, Ballance £33:15 allowed.No. 135. An Account of Samuel Perkins for Lodging two highland officersAmounting [to] £62:16, Submitted as No. 47.

92 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758No. 136. An Account of Henry Smith for Indians £22:8:9, Overcharge£9:7:6, Ballance £13:1:3 allowed.No. 137. An Account of Robert Goudy for Entertaining Cherokee IndiansAmounting to £52 in which we find an Overcharge of £7 Wrong Cast,the Ballance being £45 to be allowed.No. 138. An Account of Henry Orr, Constable, for Criminal Slavesamounting to £22:12:6. In which we find Overcharg’d in Sundry Articles£7:17:6, the Ballance being £14:15 to be allowed.No. 139. An Account of Timothy Phillips for making Tents by the Orderof the late Governor Glen Amounting [to] £91, being an Unusual & ExtraordinaryCharge are of Opinion ought not to be allowed by the Public.No. 140. An Account of Thomas Booden Amounting [to] £65, being forHouse Rent for the Highland Soldiers in Queen Street, allowed.No. 141. An Account of Daniel Crawford for 7 Cords [of] Fire Wood at55/ & Carting, Amounting [to] £23:12:6, Which the Soldiers took and madeuse of, to be allowed.No. 142. A Petition of the Parish of St. James Santee for finishing theParsonage House your Committee Recommend that £350 may be allowd for[the] same.No. 143. An Account of Childermas Croft for drawing & Ingroseing Bills,Amounting [to] £1962:16:2, to be allowed.No. 144. An Account of John Paul Grimke for a Gorgett for one of theIndians Amounting [to] £4:10 to be allowed.No. 145. An Account of Henry Kennan for Lodging Lieutn. Monro, aHighland Officer, Amounting [to] £36:8:6. In which we find 4 weeks & 3 daysChargd beyond the Time Limitted by a resolution of the House, amounting[to] £11:1:5. The Ballance being £25:7:1 to be allowed.No. 146. An Account of John Dodd, Gunsmith, for Work done for theCherokee Indians Amounting [to] £49, to be allowed.No. 147. An Account of Lambert Lance for Hire of 5 Tenements for theHigh Landers Amounting [to] £62:10, being [to] the 1st of December Last,to be allowed.No. 148. An Account of Ancrum, Lance & Loocock for Brown Rolls forthe Soldiers Amounting [to] £135:13:9, to be allowed.No. 149. An Account of James Laurens & Co. for Brown Rolls for theuse of the Barracks Amounting [to] £67:10, to be allowed.No. 150. An Account of Mary Frost for Hay for the Troops amounting[to] £20, to be allow’d.No. 151. An Account of John Guerard Esqr. amounting [to] £258:1whereof £62:10 for fort Loudoun & £195:11 for the Troops to be allowed.No. 152. An Account of Peter Leger Amounting [to] £218:1:3 for

FEBRUARY 8, 175893Lodging of 8 Highland Officers at 50/ per Week in which there is Overcast6/6d, the Ballance £217:14:9 to be allowed.No. 153. An Account of John Matthewes Amounting [to] £55 for Lodgingof 2 Officers at 50/ per Week Each, to be allowed.No. 154. An Account of Robert Fairweather Amounting [to] £62:5 forLodging Capts. Hardin & Monro. In which there is an Overcharge of 2Rooms £31:2:6, the Ballance being £31:2:6 to be allowed.No. 155. An Account of John McCall Amounting [to] £74:18:1 forBunting for flags for the use of the Fortifications, allowed.No. 156. An Account of Gabriel Guignard Amounting [to] £47:13:4 forLodging the Engineer Mr. Hass, 9 to be allowed.No. 157. An Account of John & Edward Neufville Amounting [to] £22:10for Brass Weights & Scales for the use of the Fortifications to be allowed.No. 158. A Second Account of James Laurens & Co. Amounting [to]£2185:19:8 to be allowed.No. 159. An Account of James Germany, Linguister, to the Agent Capt.Pepper Amounting [to] £170, whereof £50 paid by an Order of the Governorto the Public Treasurer & £20 thereof not being Certified, the Ballanceof £100 to be allowed.No. 160. An Account of Robert Hardy Amounting [to] £22:10 for Lodging2 Cadets in one Room at 50/ per Week, which as the Commissary Certifieshe made no Agreement for, we are of Opinion ought not to be allowed.No. 161. An Account of Ruth Hartman Amounting [to] £20:19:4 formaking Beds, Bolsters & Sheets for the Troops, to be allowed.No. 162. An Account of James Henderson Amounting [to] £900 forCandles Supply’d the Sundry Corps of Troops, to be allowed.No. 163. An Account of Robert McKenzie Amounting [to] £9:12:6 forLodging Ensign Alexr. McKenzie, to be allowed.No. 164. A Third Account of Sarah Nightingale Amounting [to] £49:1:6for Entertaining of Cherokee Indians, allowed.No. 165. An Account of John Gibson Amounting [to] £48 for Entertainingof Cherokee Indians on the Road, which are of Opinion ought not tobe allowed till properly Certified.No. 166. An Account of William Mason amounting to £26:8 for Lodging2 officers with one Room Each, to be allowed.No. 167. An Account of Rice Price Amounting [to] £46:8:6 for Lodging2 officers in Two Rooms, to be allowed.No. 168. An Account of John Parnham Amounting [to] £36 for BlackPepper for the Troops, to be allowed.9I.e. Emmanuel Hess.

94 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758No. 169. An Account of Captn. James Reid Amounting [to] £231:10,whereof £119:10 for Gun Match & Wadding for the use of the fortifications& £112 for Lodging of officers of the Troops. In which we find £11:8:6Overcharg’d, Ballance £220:1:6 to be allowed.No. 170. An Account of Susanah Rose Amounting [to] £192:10. In whichwe find an Overcharge of £10:14:3, the Ballance being £181:15:9 to be allow’d.No. 171. An Account of James Sharp Amounting [to] £70 forMaintainance of Acadians, Recomm[end]ed to be allowed when Certifiedby the Church Wardens & Vestry.No. 172. An Account of Justinus Stull, Black Smith, amounting [to] £38:5for making a Grate for one of the Streets in Town, to be paid by the Commissionersof the Streets.No. 173. An Account of John Quash Amounting [to] £61:7:6 for Lodging3 Highland Officers at 50/ per Week Each, to be allowed.No. 174. An Account of Lieutn. Rober[t]son, William McKenzie,Duncan Bayne, Ensign McDonald & Ensign Houston, Highland Officers,Amounting [to] £85:10 for House Rent, to be allowed.No. 175. An Account of Thomas Nightingale, Sadler, Amounting [to]£244:13:9 for Sadlery Ware for the Cherokee Indians, to be allowed.No. 176. An Account of John Scott, Gun Smith, amounting [to] £61:5Part, Viz. £51, for Indians, £10:5 for other Services, allowed.No. 177. An Account [of] Susanah King for a Room & Bed for DavidMurray, which Mr. Doyley declares is untrue, Not allowed.No. 178. An Account of William Robertson for Lodging Officers at 50/per Week Amounting [to] £62:10, allowed.No. 179. An Account of John Harvey for Hay delivered the CommissaryAmounting [to] £162, allowed.No. 180. An Account of Henry Sustrunck for Acadians £18, which notbeing Certified ought not to be provided for.No. 181. A Petition & Account of John Elliott, Indian Trader, Amounting[to] £214:10 for Board and Entertaining of two French Prisoners redeemedby him from the Cherokee Nation by Order of Late Governor[Glen], at the House of Alexander McGregor, which he alledges he has sincepaid. Overcast £18, Overcharge £68:5, Ballance £128:5 allowed of which Mr.Elliott owes the Public £61:5 & being deducted Leaves £67 to be provided forhim. Orders Drawn by Mr. Chevillette, Shaw & Demareé.No. 182. An order of Lachlan Shaw in favour of John Kennett for Carriageof Flour to Keowee £100, indorsed to Peter Benoist, allowed.No. 183. An Order of Lachlan McKintosh in favour of Jno. Kennett forthe Like Service Amounting [to] £78, Overcast £2:14, Ballance £75:6, indorsedto Peter Benoist, allowed.

FEBRUARY 8, 175895No. 184. Do. from Do. to Do. indorsed to Do. for the Carriage of Rum, as neitherthe Amount nor the Weight is mentioned, to be allowed when properly vouchd.No. 185. Lachlan Shaws Order in favour of John Kennon for the hireof a waggon & Horses for Fort Prince George Amounting [to] £78, indorsedto Peter Benoist, allowed.No. 186. Lachlan Shaws Order in favour of Henry Colleman indorsedto Peter Benoist for Carriage to Fort Prince George £180, allowed.No. 187. Paul Demerés Order in favour of John Elliott for Carriage tofort Loudoun Amounting [to] £237:12, indorsed to Alexr. Petrie, allowed.No. 188. A Certificate from Do. to Do. for 100 Bushells Corn deliv’d atFort Loudoun, indorsed to Alexander Petrie, £100 allowed.No. 189. Paul Demere’s Certificate in favour of Thomas Foster for twoMonths Wages as Linguister at Fort Loudoun, indorsed to Alexander Petrie,Amounting [to] £20, allowed.No. 190. Paul Demere’s Certificate in favour of John Hutton for Carriageof Flour to Fort Loudoun, indorsed to Alexander Petrie, Amounting[to] £70, allowed.No. 191. A Certificate of John Steuart in favour of John Elliott for fivebags of Rum, Expended by the Indians at a General Meeting in the LowerTowns, indorsed to Alexander Petrie, £75. As it has not been usual to allowRum to the Indians in their own Country, We think it Should not be allowed.No. 192. John Chevillette’s Certificate in Favour of Lewis Coulson forfive Months additional Pay as Clerk of the Stores, amounting [to] £25,indorsed to Peter Benoist, allowed.No. 193. John Chevillette’s Certificate to Peter Crim for flour deliv’d atFort Prince George £157:12:6, indorsed to Peter Benoist, allowed.No. 194. Paul Demerés Certificate in favour of Abraham Walker as awaiter on the Smith’s Amounting to £22 10/, indorsed to John Paul Grimkie,we think ought to be allowed.No. 195. Paul Demerés Certificate in favour of Thomas Smith for threeMonths Wages as a White Smith at £15 per Month at Fort Loudoun, indorsedto John Paul Grimkie. We recommend £10 per Month which Amounts to £30,to be allowed.No. 196. Paul Demerés Certificate to Benjn. Matthisen for 3 Monthswages as a Black Smith, Amounting [to] £45, indorsed to John Paul Grimke,to be allowed [£30].No. 197. Paul Demerés Certificate in favour of John Stephens for threeMonths Wages as Carpenter at Fort Loudoun, amounting [to] £60, indors’dto Thomas & William Ellis, £45 to be allowed.No. 198. Raymond Demere’s Certificate to Cornelieus Doharty £195 forCattle indorsed to Benjamin Stead, allowed.

96 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758No. 199. John Chevillettes Certificate to Cornelius Doharty for Carriageof Soldiers Cloathing to Fort Loudoun £49:7:6, indorsed to Benjn. Stead,allowed.No. 200. John Chevillette’s Certificate to Cornelius Doharty for Carriageof Public Stores to Fort Loudoun £199:10, indorsed to Benjn. Stead, allow’d.No. 201. John Chevillettes Certificate to Henry Gallman for FortLoudoun, amounting [to] £458:9, allowed.No. 202. A Certificate of John Chevillette to John & Henry Gallman forthe Like service, Amounting [to] £361:13:6, allowed.No. 203. A Certificate of John Chevillette to Henry Gallman for flour& Cariage from Keowee to Fort Loudoun £1360:5, allowed.No. 204. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Henry Gallmanfor forwarding a Letter from Fort Loudoun to Town £10. The Committeethinks this Should have been paid out of the Contingency Fund.No. 205. A Certificate of Daniel Pepper in favour of Nicholas Black asLinguister, £10 indorsed to John McQueen. As this is for a necessary Service,allowed.No. 206. A Certificate of Daniel Pepper in favour of Lochlan McIntoshfor an Express £100, indorsed to John McQueen. The Committee thinks thisShoud have been paid out of the Contengency Fund.No. 207. John Chevillettes Certificate in favour of John Butler £115 forCarriage to Fort Loudoun, indorsed to John McQueen, allowed.No. 208. John Chevillettes Certificate in favour of Jno. Elliott for 1000Bushels of Corn £1300, indorsed to Jno. McQueen, allowed.No. 209. John Chevillettes Certificate in favour of Samuel Benn for Carriageof Flour to Fort Loudoun £221:18, indorsed to John McQueen, allowed.No. 210. A Certificate of John Chevillette to Samuel Benn for Corn forFort Loudoun £777:7:6, indorsed to John McQueen, allowed.No. 211. A Certificate in favour of John Elliott from John Chevillette fortwelve Great Guns Carried from Keowee to Fort Loudoun £600, indorsed toJohn McQueen, allowed.No. 212. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Jno. Elliott forCorn delivered at Fort Loudoun £147:10, indors’d to John McQueen, allowed.No. 213. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Charles Butler forCarriage of Flour to Fort Loudoun, indorsed to John McQueen, £42, allowed.No. 214. A Certificate of John Chevillette to Thomas Hawkins forSundrys delivered at Fort Loudoun, indorsed to John McQueen, £300:10,allowed.No. 215. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Cornelius Cockleyfor a Horse to forward despatches £12. The Committee think this Shouldhave been paid out of the Contingency Fund.

FEBRUARY 8, 175897No. 216. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Wm. Showry forSix Months Pay as Interpreter at Fort Loudoun £150, indorsed to JohnMcQueen, allowed.No. 217. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Robert Goudy forfreight of 1500 Weight of flour & 300 Weight of Bacon deliverd at FortLoudoun £149, indorsed to John McQueen, allowed.No. 218. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of James Beamer forFreight of Goods to Keowee for a Bounty on Scalps £39:11:6, indorsed to JohnMcQueen, allowed.No. 219. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Patrick Callihornfor Carriage to Keowee £13:10 indorsed, to John McQueen, allowed.No. 220. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Cornelius Cookley£225:1:6 for Carriage to Fort Loudoun, indorsed to Jno. McQueen, allowed.No. 221. A Certificate of Daniel Pepper in favour of Willm. Hall £75. Asthe Committee does not know for what Service this Certificate was Given,they do not allow it.No. 222. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Philip Puhl for Carriageof Flour to Fort Loudoun £180, indorsed to Willm. Seawright, allowed.No. 223. A Certificate of Jno. Chevillette in favour of Barnard Snell fora Store waiter at Fort Loudoun, indorsed to John Rae, £138, allowd.No. 224. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Lewis Colson,indorsed to Barnard Snell, for the Hire of a Horse £10, allowed.No. 225. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Martin Miller forfive month[s] additional pay as a Mason at Fort Loudoun £25, Not allowed.No. 226. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of John Stevens forthree Months pay as Carpenter at Fort Loudoun £60, as this man belongedto the Independant Companys & was not obliged to work, allowed £45.No. 227. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Fredk. Ulmur forfive Months pay as Mason £25, not allowed.No. 228. A Certificate of Jno. Chevillette in favour of Michael McEnfootfor Six Months additional Pay as Black Smith £30 at Fort Loudoun, not allowed.No. 229. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of William Gibbesfor Horse hire at Fort Loudoun [£20], allowed.No. 230. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Joseph Gallwayfor Horse hire at Fort Loudoun £21, indorsed to Captn. John Stuart, allowed.No. 231. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of the Several Menof Captn. Steuarts Company for the Carriage of Provissions from Keowee toFort Loudoun given in by Captn. Steuart £50, allowed.No. 232. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Paul Demeréindorsed to Captn. John Steuart for Provissions at Keowee £16:13, allowed.No. 233. A Certificate of John Chevillette to John Taylor & Robt. Wright,

98 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758Soldiers in the Independant Companys, for two Months pay as Butchers atFort Loudoun £40, indorsed to Captn. John Stuart. The Committee thinkthat this Service might have been performed by the Provincials, disallowed.No. 234. A Certificate of John Steuart for John Chevillette in favour ofHenry Lucas for two Swivell Guns Carried from Fort Prince George to fortLoudoun £40, indorsed to Captn. John Steuart, allowed.No. 235. A Certificate of Paul Demeré to John Steuart for two Cags ofRum Containing 5 Gallons Each at £4 per Gallon £40; as it is not usual forthe public to Give Rum in the Indian Country, not allowed.No. 236. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of James Welch forCarriage at Keowee £93:10, indorsed to Danl. Cannon, allowed.No. 237. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Richard Smithfor the Hire of ten Horses to Carry Stores from Keowee to Fort LoudounAmounting [to] £105 indorsed to Glen & Cooper, allowed.No. 238. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Cornelius Dohartyfor 23 head of Cattle Supplied at Fort Loudoun £250, indorsed to BenjaminStead, allowed.No. 239. A Certificate of Jno. Chevillette in favour of Peter Crim for theCarriage of Presents to Fort Loudoun £83:10, indorsed to John & Edwd.Neufville, allowed.No. 240. A Certificate of Jno. Chevillette in Favour of Serjeant WilliamGibbs for horse Hire at Fort Loudoun £40, indorsed to Jno. Paul Grimkie,allowed.No. 241. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Ephraim Ellis forbuilding two large Canoes at Fort Loudoun £27, indorsed to John PaulGrimkie, allowed.No. 242. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Wm. Strawder forHorses at Fort Loudoun £16, allowed.No. 243. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Thomas Keilerfor Eight Months additional Pay as Fascine Maker £40, allowed.No. 244. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of the said ThomasKeiler for Horse Hire at Fort Loudoun, Indorsed to Henry Goleman for £41,allowed.No. 245. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Mr. Benja.Singelton for the Carriage of 4950 Weight of Flouer from Keowee to FortLoudoun on Account of John Elliott £346:10, allowed.No. 246. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Patrick Campbellindorsed to Smith & Scott for Horse Hire at Fort Loudoun, £46, allow’d.No. 247. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Tobias HolmsIndorsed to Smith & Scott for Horse Hire at Fort Loudoun, £54, allow’d.No. 248. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of James Cappock

FEBRUARY 8, 175899indorsed to Smith & Scott for Baking Bisquit at Fort Loudoun, £30, allowed.No. 249. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Benjn. Singletonfor Carriage of 3600 Weight of Flour and 625 Weight of Bacon to FortLoudoun by John Elliott £295:15, allowed.No. 250. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Walter Bateman,Indorsed to Captn. Demeré and by him to Collo. Howarth, for making adrain and breaking Stones for Building Chimneys; your Committee think thisa very Extraordinary Charge and cannot help tak[ing] notice of Some veryunusual words used in the Certificate by Mr. Chevillette, Vizt., that he wasrequired to Issue it by Captn. Demeré, as this Service altogether might havebeen performed by the Provincial Forces they Disallow’d it.No. 251. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Ferder O’Neal for42 head [of] Cattle drove from Keowee to Fort Loudoun £126, Indorsed toCaptn. Raymond Demeré, allowed.No. 252. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of John Taylor, Robt.Wright and Thomas Hayles, Employed as Butchers at Fort Loudoun, £210,Indorsed to Captn. Raymond Demeré, disallowed.No. 253. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of George Nickolsonfor keeping Cattle together and driving them to be Killed as wanted £47:10Indorsed to Capt. Raymond Demeré Disallowed.No. 254. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Robert Wall forthe Hire of three Horses one Month, Indorsed to Captn. Raymond Demeré£45, allowed.No. 255. An Account of Raymond Demeré amounting [to] £611 whichbeing Certified by John Chevillette, the proper officer, the Committee areof Opinion should be provided for altho they think several Charges in thesaid Account amounting to £215 are of an Extraordinary nature.No. 256. An Account of Thomas Harrison, Serjeant of the IndependantCompany at Keowee, for taking Care of Stores £15, Certified by JohnChevillette, Not allowed.No. 257. An Account of John Chevillette for Money disbursed for thePublic Amounting [to] £5662 wherein there is a Ballance due to the saidChevillette of £575:13:6. This is the Last Account of Mr. Chevillettes Laid beforethe Committee and the whole Amount of his Certificates & Accountsis £15430:17:6 which the Committee think is a vast Sum of Money to be trustedin the Hands of a Man who neither gives Security for nor is Sworn to the dueExecution of his office. And the Committee can find no Credit given to thePublic for the Tallow & Hides of the Cattle Killed at Fort Loudoun & Keowee& have been credibly informed that Mr. Chevillette was offered 20/ apeicefor the hides & did actually sell some at that Price & some the Tallow wasSold to an Officer of the Garrison; they recommend that the said Chevillette

100 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758Shoud not be allowed the said Ballance of £575:13:6 till he can make appearin what Manner the said Tallow & hides have been Expended.A Memorial of Captn. John Stuart was presented to the House & readSetting forth as Viz.That your memorialist being Stationed at Fort Loudoun in the upperCherokee Nation was in December 1756 ordered by Captn. RaymondDemeré, then Commanding there, to attend a number of Indians to CharlesTown. That he was obliged to hire horses to Carry Provisions, Tent & otherNecessarrys for So Long and Tedious a Journey in the middle of winter. Thatyour Memorialist has never been allowed any horse or Bas money by theGovernment, but Lost four in the Country’s Service. That the Little Carpenterand other headmen of the Over hill Towns having Called a meeting ofthe headmen of the middle Settlements at Ayree he insisted that your memorialistShould Purchase a Kegg of Rum for them, of Mr. Butler, the Traderthere, which rather than differ with them at that Juncture, he thought bestfor the Public Good to Comply with. That the Same happen’d at Keowee,where your Memorialist On Account of a general meeting was Obliged topurchase another Kegg of Rum of John Chevillette Esqr., Commissary. Thatyour Memorialist with the Indians being detained at Ayree six days wasobliged to buy a Hogg & fifty weight of Bacon to Satisfy hunger there, andto prevent Starving on the Road. That his own and the mens Provissions whowere with him were at same time saved at fort Loudoun. That as the Indianswere under great apprehensions of Loosing their Horses about CharlesTown, and gave your Memorialist to understand that in Such Case they wouldExpect Payment from the Government, he agreed with persons in EmeliaTownship to take Charge of Eighteen horses who obliged themselves to deliverthem to the Indians at their return from Charles Town in Considerationof which your Memorialist Paid Twenty Currency for Every horse. That YourMemorialist Exposed himself to much Trouble & Fatigue Accompanying theIndians in their Short Stages at Such a Season which he did from a principleof Love to his Country and the Cause in which he was Embarked & not fromany View of Emoluments or Profit. Neither was his taking Charge of or accompanyingthem incumbent upon him from any Military obligation. Butas your Memorialist was unavoidably at a great E[x]pence in Living with andTreating the headmen he charges £150 Currency for Extraordinary ExpencesComming down and Returning and had he been Minute in the Charge theSum would have been much Larger.That your memorialist gave in the annexed Account to the Last Assemblywho thought proper to provide only Ten pounds Currency for Paymentof it, which he attributes to his not being on the Spott to Explain & Give reasonsfor the Sundry Charges. That your Memorialist from a Consciousness

FEBRUARY 9, 1758101of his having Bona fide Laid out and Paid for the Sundry Articles chargedin the annexed account, of his having neither wantonly or unnecessarilySquandered any money and of his having no other View in the whole ButPublic good, Hopes & Expects from the Justice & honour of the Commonshouse of Assembly that Sufficient Provision Will be made for hisreinbursement & therefore Praying &ca.Read also the Account Mentioned in the said memorial amounting [to]£354:17:6.Order’d That the said Memorial & Account be referred to the Considerationof the Committee appointed to audit the Accounts of the Creditorsof the Public, And that they do Examine the Matter of the Said Memorial &report the Same with their Opinion thereupon to the House.Orderd That Mr. Stobo & Mr. Freer be added to the Committee towhom the Petition of Several Inhabitants of Christ Church parish is referred.Order’d that Captn. Taylor be added to the Committee appointed toAudit the Commissarys Accounts.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to view the Arms in the PublicArmory & to report the State & Condition of the same to the house, ofMr. Stoutenburgh, Mr. Blake, Mr. Poole, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Coachman.Order’d that all Committees do Sit this afternoon.And then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning ten of theClock.Thursday the 9th of February 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I Send you herewith Some Accounts which I have received from LieutenantShaw & Ensign Bogges which I recommend to You to make Provisionfor. You will perceive that on Part of the Charges incurr’d by those Gentlemen,during the Time they Commanded at Fort Prince George, was on Accountof the Indians, which it Cannot be Expected they Shou’d defray outof their own Purses. And I must further observe to you that I did engagethat the Expence of the Carriage of Provisions to the Garrison at that FortShou’d be paid by the Public, in Consequence of which Lieutenant Shawgave Certificates for the Sum of £346:16. The other Sum due to him is onAccount of the new works at the Fort which I have the Satisfaction to aquaintyou is by his Care put into a very Good Posture of Defence.William Henry Lyttelton.

102 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758And also A Message from the Council.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants of Orangeburgh Township& places adjacent, addressed to The Governor, Council & Assembly. 10And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read his Excellencys Message to the House.Read also three Accounts of Lieutenant Lachlan Shaw, one amountingto £69:13, another to £346:16 & the third to £72:12:3.Read also two Accounts of Ensign John Bogges, one amounting to£81:7:6 & the other to £208:1:6.Ordered that the said Accounts be return’d to Mr. Shaw & Mr. Boggesto be by them attested upon Oath.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee appointed to Inquire whatwill be the amount of the Expence of the new Barracks Lately constructed;as also what has been done by the Commissioners for the Fortifications towardfitting up the Brick Barracks in Charles town for the Accomodation ofthe Subaltern Officers of the respective Corps that Shall be quartered in ornear the said Town & how many of the said Officers will want Accomodations.That the Committee having accordingly enquired into the matter which theyhad in Charge had directed him to report the same as it appear[ed] to themto the House & he read the report in his place & afterwards delivered it inat the Clerks Table w[h]ere the Same was Read & is as follows, Viz.That on the 26 of January past the Committee on view of the Row ofold Brick Barracks built on the Northernmost part of the Public Ground nearthe Work House found that the said Row had five Doors fronting South oneach side of which Doors are four Rooms, front & back, below and aboveStairs beside the ten Garret Rooms. The Eastern lower Rooms of these BrickBarracks are but Lately begun to be plaistered & sashed. These Rooms orTenements are intended for officers and when they shall be all finish’d yourCommittee conceive will be Sufficient to Accomodate twenty such officers.On the Free School Ground the Committee found Erected two Rowsof new wooden Barracks at a Convenient distance from each other & Extendingfrom North to South 430 Feet. They are 40 Feet wide. Each Row hathten doors & windows suitable fronting each West & East divided into tenAppartments of four Rooms each front & back or East & West & are designed10The journal contains no indication that this petition was ever formally read or acted upon by theCommons House. An abstract of the petition appears in the Upper House Journal for February 8; it statesthe petitioners’ prayer “that the said Township may be divided, and erected into a separate and distinctParish, and that they may enjoy the same Privileges & Immunitys which the Township of Purrysburgh oflate Years erected into a Parish by the name of St. Peters was entitled to, & which others of His MajestysSubjects in this Province do enjoy.”

FEBRUARY 9, 1758103for Lodging twelve men in each Room, that is to Say nine hundred & Sixtymen in all. These two Rows of new wooden Barracks have no Lofts; the Roofsare Low & M built with Gutters to Carry off the Rain, & if they Should leakeas it Commonly happen[s] in Such Roofs, the Buildings will Soon rot & becomeuninhabitable tho’ they are of very good Wood.The old Free School House (where a Considerable number of Soldierswere Lodged) appeared to your Committee well worth the Charge of repairing& that about the Sum of £500 expence might Compleat the same in asmuch as the outside Boards, Shingles & Windows are Generally sound thothe Shutters are but plain work.Your Committee, by inquiring of the Commissioners for Fortifications,are informed as per Account rendered that the Cost of the above mentionedtwo Rows of new Wooden Barracks (which were Calculated for Containing1000) Men for Carpenters work & Materials including Cabbins is £10,800 &for building forty two Brick Chimneys, paving the Hearths &c. £1680, and thatthe Cost of the two former Rows of wooden Barracks build at the East & WestEnds of the old Brick Barracks & of the Guard House there is £3500 & thatof the two Kitchens & necessary Houses £350 Exclusive of Brick Work to bedone in the Kitchens.Your Committee further Report that they proceeded to view the saidtwo former Rows of wooden Barracks built Extending Southwards from theEast & West Ends of the said old Brick Barracks in Length about 200 Feet &in depth about 24 Feet; each Row hath five doors opening to West and East,on each hand of each Door below are two Rooms, one on the Front & theother back with suitable Windows & Cabbins, every Cabbin designed forLodging of twelve men & as the Roofs are high pitched your Committee areof Opinion that if a Floor should be laid above & Dormer-Windows placedin the Said Roof it may be Capable of Containing a Considerable numbermore. All these Western Barracks were vacant of Inhabitants Except someFrench Prisoners who were Lodged in the two Southermost Tenementsthereof, But the Eastern Row of Barracks here was inhabited by Soldiers.Resolved that the said Report be Considered in the Afternoon.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants of Edisto Island addressedto the Governor, Council & Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the Order of the day for Considering the Report from theCommittee to whom the Petition of the Inhabitants of St. Andrews Parish &the Petition of Edward Legge were referred be now read.And the said Order being read Accordingly.

104 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758The Report was read a Second time.Then the Said Petitions were severally read a Second time.And the Report being read a third time and the Question being putThat the Prayer of the Petition of the Inhabitants of St. Andrews parish begranted.It passed in the Negative.Order’d upon the Question, that Leave be given to bring in a Bill forvesting the Ferry over Ashley river in trustees for the use of the Public. Andfor obliging the Inhabitants of St. Andrews parish to Keep the Causey Leadingto the said Ferry in repair and that Mr. Rattray, Mr. Lowndes & Mr.Manigault do prepare & bring in the same.And then the House adjourned till Three o’Clock.P.M.Read the Petition of the Inhabitants of Edisto Island Setting Forth as Viz.That your Petitioners are Inhabitants on an Island without theConvenciency of a Communication to any part of the Main by a bridge orFerry. For want of which they are Subjected to many and Greater hard shipsand Discouragements than any of his Majesty’s Subjects in this Province.When our Necessary Affairs or Publick Concerns calls any of us of thisIsland, or we are Summoned to Attend his Majestys Courts in Charles Town,we cannot Perform the Same but at Greater Loss of time and Expence thanothers. And as we are Situated on the Sea Coast with Bold rivers Surroundingthis Island, we Conceive in the Dangerous times of War, we are GreatlyExposed to the Attempt[s] of an Enemy and Can Expect no releif or Succourfrom the Main for want of Some Communication Settled by Law. And as yourPetitioners have been Informed a Law has Lately Passed to Open a roadthrough St. Pauls Parish to Boones Island, We therefore Humbly Pray that aLaw may Pass to Establish a Ferry from the Said Boones Island to HoopingIsland and that a road may be made from thence into the Public road onEdisto Island. And your Petitioners as in duty Bound Shall Ever Pray.Ordered that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee. And that they do Examine the matter thereof, & report the samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Stobo, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ralph Izard, Mr. Blake,Mr. Middleton.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to inspect the severall Lawsfor Establishing Ferries in this Province & to report which of the said Lawsare Expired or near Expiring. And to Enquire what may be the annual Incomeof the said Ferries & to report the same, as it appears to them, to the

FEBRUARY 10, 1758105House, of Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Lynch, Capt. Taylor, Mr. Drayton, Mr. Berresford,Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Glover, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Moultrie.Then the House according to the order of this Morning proceeded totake into Consideration The Report made this Morning & his ExcellencysMessage of the 29th of Last Month, relating to the Constructing of Barracksfor the Accommodation of the Officers &ca.And the said Report & Message being Severally read a Second time.Resolved upon the Question that this House will grant his Majesty a sumNot Exceeding £3750 to defray the Expence of Constructing a Row of Barracksat One End of the new Barracks Lately Erected near the old FreeSchool House for the Accomodation of the Subaltern officers belonging tothe Forces that Shall be Quarter’d in the said new Barracks.Ordered that an Answer be prepared to be sent to his Excellency’s Message.And then the House adjourned till Tomorrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 10th of February 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.According to Order the following Answer was drawn to his ExcellencysMessage.May it please your Excellency,This House hath Considered your Message deliver’d the 24th Ultimatewith a plan of Barracks calculated to Lodge forty Officers, & an Estimate ofthe Expence thereof, and being Of Opinion that a Row of Barracks at oneEnd of the Barracks Lately Constructed near the old Free school House, willbe Sufficient to Lodge the Subaltern officers of Such of the Forces as maybe Quarter’d there, we have resolv’d to Grant his Majesty a Sum not Exceeding£3750, to defray the Expence of Constructing a Row of Barracks at oneEnd of the said new Barracks.Ordered That the said Answer be presented to the Governor by Mr.Lowndes & Mr. Glover, and that they do humbly desire his Excellency’s leaveto this House to adjourn till Monday the 27th Instant.A Memorial of John Murray Esqr., Acting Secretary of this Province, waspresented to the House and read Setting Forth as Viz.That by an Act passed in the Year 1751 The Legislature provided the sumof £25000, to be Employed in Building a Stadthouse for holding and Accommodatingthe General Assemblys, The Courts of Justices, the Secretarys officeand the Provincial Arms.That the said Building is partly finish’d and it having been intimatedto the Memorialist by the Commissioners that the Apartments intended forthe Secretarys Office were prepared in the best manner which the Funds

106 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 16, 1758–FEBRUARY 10, 1758would admit of, He Immediately moved all the Records and other Writingsinto the Same, But soon found that it was neither fitted up in so decent orCommodious a Manner as an Office of Such Consequence ought to be, andas the Reputation of the Province and the Safety of the Writings requires.For although the Rooms are in themselves Sufficiently Large and Spaciousyet there is not one Press or Closet for the Records in the Whole. And toSupply that Defect the old Presses which besides being too Small to containthe Records bear no proportion to the Rooms and are almost Rotten are nowmade use of. Neither is the Office provided with any Chairs, three old oneswhich were all the Memorialist found in it being quite decayed; the Deskstoo are not very Proper, and upon the whole so many things absolutely necessaryare wanting, as Justly to deserve the Notice of this Honourable House,who it is hoped will take the Same into their Consideration.The Memorialist must observe that What he has taken the Liberty nowto mention to the House proceeds not from any other motive than the publicGood & advantage, since it is plainly the Interest of every Individual andfor the Honnour of the Province that the Secretarys office shou’d be a Safe,Commodious and decent apartment, Especially, when it can be made so ata Small Expence. The further Consideration that the Rent formerly allowedfor the Secretarys Office by the Public will from henceforth be saved is Submittedto the House.Orderd that the said Memorial be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee and that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Pringle, Mr.Pinckney, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Roper & [Mr.] Middleton.The Accounts of the following Persons were Severally read, Viz.George Allison, Constable, for Criminals amounting to £36:10.Elizabeth Mercier for Indians amounting to £26:5.John Gibson for Fort Loudoun amounting to £154.Presselar Martin for French Prisoners amounting to £10.Benjn. Dart for the Fortifications amounting to £72:8:11.John Scott, Merchant, for the Lookouts amounting [to] £8.William Sheather, Constable, for Criminals amounting to £36:14.Richard Berresford Esqr. for the Forces amounting to £144.Chief Justice amounting to £208:15 & Clerk of the Crown amounting to£169:10 for fees on prosecuting Criminals at March & October Sessions 1757.James Wright Esqr., late attorney General, for fees on prosecuting Criminalsat March Sessions 1757 Amounting to £119:10.David Graeme Esqr., Attorney General, for fees on the like Prosecutionsat October Sessions amounting to £121.

FEBRUARY 10, 1758107William Simpson Esqr. as Clerk of the Council, not Cast up, and as Coronerof Berkly County for Inquests amounting to £50 & for one year Serviceas Clerk to the Board of Church Commissioners £30.Thomas Hayward for Subsisting Accadians amounting to £8:10.Doctor John Channing for French Prisoners amounting to £17:10.Thomas Buckle for the forces amounting to £10.Samuel Wood, Constable, two Accounts for Criminal Slaves, oneamounting to £7:7:6 & the other to £8:18:9.James Beamer for Carriage of Stores to Fort Loudoun amounting to £292:19.James Crokatt Esqr., Late Agent, Account of Disbursment amountingto £16 Sterling.John Rice, Constable, for Criminal Slaves amounting to £33:15.Ordered that the said Accounts be severally referred to the Considerationof the Committee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditorsof the Public, and that they do Examine the said Accounts & report the samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.The several Accounts of Lieut. Lachlan Shaw, which were read Yesterday,being attested, were referred to the Consideration of the same Committee.Mr. Lowndes reported to the House that his Excellency having beenwaited upon, pursuant to their Order, had been pleased to Give the HouseLeave to adjourn to the Time they desired.And Then the House adjourned till Monday the 27th Instant.Return to contents ➔

108 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Session Beginning February 27, 1758and Ending March 18, 1758Monday the 27th of February 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 28th of February 1758.The following Gentlemen Mett, Viz., Mr. Laurens, Mr. Crawford, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Drayton, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Pringle, Mr. McQueen, & Mr.Stoutenburgh.And the said Gentlemen made Choice of Mr. Drayton to be their Chairman,who adjourn’d the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 1st of March 1758.The Journal of the Proceedings of Friday the 10th of Last Month wasread.Ordered That all Committees do Sit this afternoon.And then the House adjourn’d till to morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Thursday the 2d of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Representation of the Commissioners forbuilding & keeping in Repair a Bridge Over Edisto River at Orangeburghand making a Road & Causey Leading to the Same, and also,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants on the South Sideof Wateree River & Parts adjacent, severally addressed to the Governor, Counciland Assembly.And then the Messenger Withdrew.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom the Memorial of

MARCH 2, 1758109John Murray, Acting Secretary of this Province, was referred, that the Committeehad Examined the matter of the said memorial & had directed himto report the same as it appeared to them to the House.And he read the Report in his Place & afterwards deliver’d it in at theClerks Table, Where the same was read and is as follows, viz.That the two South Eastern Ground Rooms in the State House of theProvince where the Office of the Secretary of the Said Province is now Kept& into which the Books and other Records appertaining to that Office areremoved appeared to your Committee upon View to be very commodious,Safe and Sufficient Rooms for that Purpose.That the Memorialist Shewed the Committee three wooden Presses, twowooden Desks & three Chairs which he informed them he received with theBooks & papers of the Office & Looks on them as belonging to the Public.That the Committee observed divers Papers & Instruments of Writingsdeposited on the Window Seats and put there (as the Committee Supposed)for want of a more fit Place.Your Committee therefore recommend that another Press may be allowedat the Charge of the Public of the Size & Fashion of the Press nowStanding in the Speakers Chamber (unless that can be Spared for the Use)to be placed in one of the Rooms of the said Secretarys Office for the betterPreservation of the present overplus, Papers & Books, all which the Committeeapprehend will not be Sufficient to fill it.Your Committee conceive that few Persons go to the Secretarys Officeto abide there a Considerable Time (The officer & Clerks Excepted) and thatit is unnecessary to put the public to further Expence for Chairs.The Committee have Considered that the Rent heretofore allowed bythe Public for the Secretarys Office will hence forward Cease, but whetherthe Cost & Charge Expended in Accomplishing the same can, with proprietybe deemed a saving, is by the Committee Humbly Submitted, &c.The said Report being read a Second time.Resolv’d that this House will provide for defraying the Expence of Puttingup a Cypress Press in the Secretary’s office for holding such Part of theRecords in the Said Office as the other Presses will not Contain. And thatthe Commissioners for building the State House do direct Such Press to beput up.Then the Representation of the Commissioners for building & keepingin repair a bridge over Edisto River &ct. was read, Setting forth as viz.That whereas the Inhabitants of the Forks of Edisto River are Liable tokeep in repair Two Roads through Edisto Swamp, and two Bridges across thesaid River, the one at Collo. Minnicks and the other at Orangeburgh, TheLatter of which can be prov’d Conduces most to the Public Interest, And the

110 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Former of no Benefit, but to one or two familleys; Therefore assure yourhonours that the Inhabitants of the Forks of Edistoe are not able to maintainthe Two Causeys and Bridges, there not Exceeding Twenty five men onthe muster Roll, and the Chief of them very Poor; We therefore Pray yourHonours to releive them from this great Streight, by Uniting the Forks ofEdistoe together to Maintain the bridge and Causey at Orangeburgh, andthat the Inhabitants below Orangeburgh on the north side the River, to Keepin Repair, their Road to the fifteen Mile Post on Orangeburgh Broad road,where they can best agree amongst themselves to Lay it out; We further Assureyour Honours, that the Road at Orangeburgh is Sixty or Seventy Milesnearer for the Public, in Carriage to Fort George and Fort Loudoun, in theCherokees, than the old Road by the Congrees, And that it would be properfor the Saludy and Stephens’s Creek People Contiguous, to open the roadDownwards to the Causey at Orangeburgh, it being good Levell Open Woodsfor a Road, And not above three or four & Twenty or thirty feet Causeys tomake from Saludy to Orangeburgh; Your Honnours Condescention will EverCause Your Petitioners to Pray &c.Ordered that the Representation be referred to the Consideration ofa Committee & that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Collo. Izard, Mr. Izard& Mr. McQueen.Read also the Petition of the Inhabitants on the South Side of theWateree River & Parts Adjacent Setting forth as Viz.That your Petitioners Labours under many deficultys for want of a RoadTo markett, And your Petitioners being informed that Mr. Thos. Howell hathPetition’d for a Road from Rice Creek to the Path, That Leads from theCongaree to Charles Town; We your Petitioners, humbly prays, That the saidRoad, may be Continued from Rice Creek upwards opposite to the upper partof the Waxcaw Settlement, And our Prayer is, that the Road Petitioned for maybe Annex’d to the Said Thomas Howell’s Petition, & that one Law may pass forthe same, This being only the Lengthning the Said Howells prayer, it being oneRoad, and that the Inhabitants within Eight Miles of the said road may work onthe same, And that Mark Jones, Capt. James Lesley, James Patton Senr., JamesPatton Junr., John Leanard Senr. & Richd. Griffin, be appointed Commissionersof the said Additional road & therefore Praying &c.Order’d that the Petition be Referred to the Consideration of a Committee& that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the Same withtheir Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wright, Mr. Trapier, Mr.Coachman, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Lynch.

MARCH 3, 1758111Mr. Manigault presented to the House (according to Order) “a bill vestingAshley Ferry in Trustees for the Use of the Public; and for Keeping theCausey Leading to the said Ferry in repair” and the same was received andread the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.Resolved upon the Question that this House will next Thursday readthe said Bill a Second time.And then the House Adjourned ’till to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 3d of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.And the House Proceeded to take the Second Report from the Committeeappointed to Audit the Accounts of the Public Creditors into Consideration.And the Several Articles of the said Report from No. 101 to No. 257, beingSeverally read a Second time.[Here follows the complete text of the report, being virtually an exact copy of theprevious text entered in the journal for February 8, 1758.]The House Agreed to the first, No. 101, on an Account of Henry Hartley,The 2d, No. 102, on an Account of Josiah Horton, the 3d, No. 103, on an Accountof Christopher Holson & the 4th, No. 104, on an Account of Willm.Eddings.The 5th, No. 105, on an Account of William Heatly amounting to £171:10was disagreed with by the House.Resolv’d that the Said Account be provided for.The 6th, No. 106, on an Account of John Frentz, the 7th, No. 107, onan Account of Daniel Droze & the 8th, No. 108, on an Account of Wm.Matthewes were Severally Agreed to by the House.The 9th, No. 109, on an Account of Henry Kennan was disagreed withby the House.Resolv’d that the said Account amounting to £13:17:6 be provided for.The 10th, No. 110, on a Certificate in favour of Hugh McCutchin, the11th, No. 111, on an Account of Samuel Moore, the 12th, No. 112, on an Accountof James Marion, the 13th, No. 113, on an Order in favour of JamesLadson, the 14th, No. 114, on an Account of Samuel Jeanes, the 15th, No. 115,on an Account of Mary Langley, the 16th, No. 116, on an Order assign’d toRobert Pringle Esqr., the 17th, No. 117, on An Account of McIntosh &Johnson, the 18th, No. 118, on An Account of Charles McLean and the 19th,No. 119, on An Account of John Spencer were Severally agreed to by the House.On Reading The 20th, No. 120, on an Account of Daniel Pepper, agentto the Creek Indians,

112 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758The Clause of the Act for regulating the Indian Trade which impowersthe Governor with the advice of the Council to Send Agents to the IndianNations was read.Orderd that the said Account be recommitted.The 21, No. 121, on an Account of Edward Perry, the 22d, No. 122, on anAccount of White Outerbridge, the 23, No. 123, on an Account of John Skene.The 24th, No. 124, on an Account of James Rochford, The 25th, No. 125,on an Account of David Rumph, The 26th, No. 126, on an Account of MaryPostell, The 27th, No. 127, on an Account of William Scott, The 28th, No. 128,on an Order Indorsed to Alexander Petrie, The 29th, No. 129, on an Accountof Frederick Closeman, The 30th, No. 130, on an Account of John Elliottindorsed to Alexander Petrie & the 31st, No. 131, on an Account of WilliamSeawright were Severally agreed to by the House.The 1st part of the 32d, No. 132, on an Account [of] John North was alsoagreed [to] By the House. And the Latter part of the said Article was uponthe Question being [put] thereupon agreed to by the House.Ordered that Leave be given to bring in a Bill as recommended in theSaid Latter Part of the thirty Second Article of the Report & that the Gentlemenof the Said Committee do prepare and bring in the Same.Ordered That it be an Instruction to the said Committee that they doinsert a Clause or Clauses in the Said Bill for relief of such Acadians as Shallbe ill treated by the Persons to whom they have been or Shall be bound.The 33d, No. 133, on an Account of Smith & Brewton, The 34th, No. 134,on an Account of Peter Pegguin, The 35th, No. 135, on an Account of SamuelPerkins & The 36, No. 136, on an Account of Henry Smith were Severallyagreed to by the house.The 37th, No. 137, on an Account of Robert Gowdey was upon the Questionbeing put thereupon disagreed with by the House. Resolv’d that £22:10be allowed on the Said Account.Ordered that the further Consideration of the said Report beadjourn’d.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Committee appointed to auditthe Public Treasurers Accounts that they do (in Conjunction with SuchMembers of the Council as Shall be appointed for that purpose) see SuchPaper Bills of Credit, Orders for Payment of Money & Tax Certificates as arenow in the Hands of the Treasurer cancelled & destroyed pursuant to thedirection of the Laws in virtue Whereof Such Bills, Orders & Certificates wererespectively issued.Ordered that a Message be prepared to be Sent to desire the Councilto appoint some of their members for that Purpose.Ordered That Mr. Coachman be added to the Committee appointed

MARCH 7, 1758113to Inspect the several Laws for Establishing Ferries in this Province.Ordered That the Clerk of this House do write Letters to the Severalabsent Members to require their immediate Attendance (& all Excuses beingLaid aside) upon the Service of the House.Resolv’d that Such Letters be Sent to the said Members at their ownExpence.And then the House adjournd ’till to Morrow afternoon Five of theClock.Saturday the 4th of March 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourn’d the House till Monday afternoon Five O’Clock.Monday the 6th of March 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till To Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 7th of March 1758.The Journal of Fridays Proceedings was read.According to Order the following Message was drawn, Vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,This House hath appointed a Committee to See Such Paper Bills ofCredit, Orders for Payment of Money & Tax Certificates as are now Lyingin the Treasurers Hands cancelled & destroyed, pursuant to the Directionsof the several Laws by which the Same were respectively Issued. And we desireThat your Honours will appoint some of the Members of your Board toJoin our said Committee for that Purpose.The Committee are Mr. Guerard, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Laurens, Mr.Faucheraud, Mr. McQueen, Mr. Glover, Mr. Graeme.Ordered That Mr. Guerard do Carry the Message to the Council.Mr. Lamboll reported From the Committee appointed to inspect theSeverall Laws for Establishing Ferries in this Province & to report which ofthe said Laws are Expired or near Expiring, and to Enquire what may be theAnnual Income of the said Ferrys & to report the Same as it Appears to themto the House, that the Committee had inspected the said Laws & made theirInquiry which they had in Charge & had directed him to report the same,as it appears to them, to the House & he read the Report in his Place & afterwardsdelivered it in at the Clerks Table where the same was read & is asfollows, viz.

114 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758That of the several Ferries, now or Lately kept in this Province, severallare without any Establishment, being either Set up without any Law or Elsethe Acts for that Purpose being Expired, nul & void, particularly the fifteenfollowing, Viz.Ball’s, that is Strawberry-Ferry, Western Branch of Cooper River, Estimatedworth about £80 Clear Profits per Annum.Bassnetts, i.e. Hobcaw-Ferry, Wando River, about £150 per Annum.Bellingers, i.e. Ashley-River-Ferry, about £500 per Annum.Bonneaus, i.e. Eastern Branch of Cooper River, about £50 per Annum.Bryan’s, i.e. Port Royall Island, about £50 per Annum.Canteys, i.e. over Santee River, about £200 per Annum.Duponts, i.e. North Side of Santee River, about £200 per Annum.Fulwoods, i.e. Charles Town neck, at present of Little Value.Grays, i.e. Christ Church Parish, about £150 per Annum.Granges, now Parkers, on South Edisto River, about £200 per Annum.Kinlochs, i.e. South Side of Santee River, about £100 per Annum.Pallachuckella’s, i.e. North Side Savanna River, uncertain.Smiths, i.e. over North Edisto River, about £150 per Annum.Scotts, i.e. on Daniels Island, St. Thomas Parish, about £100 per Annum.Williamsons, i.e. over Stono River, about £50 per Annum.That the undermention’d Ferries are appointed & Established by Actsof Assembly, Viz.Several: but their Number unknown, being appointed by Commissionersof five Districts in the upper Settlements on Pedee, Waccamaw and BlackRivers by an Act passed the 13th of June 1747 & Continued by another Actpassed the 11th of May 1754 for Seven Years Longer and from thence to theEnd of the next Session of the General Assembly after, &ca., Yearly ValueUncertain.Buchannans [&] Mazycks ferries, i.e., North Side [&] South Side,Santee River, £50 [each per Annum]. By an Act passed 11th March 1737[/38]& the 2d or Last time revived & Continued by another Act Pass’d 16th May1752 for Six Years Longer & from thence to the End of the next Session &ca.Murrays, i.e. Over Santee River in the Way Leading from Charles Townto Williamsburg by an Act passed 8th March 1741[/42] which the Last timewas revived & Continued by another Act passed 14th June 1751 for seven yearsLonger & from thence to the End of the next sessions &c., about £200 perAnnum.Prioleau’s, i.e. from Port Royal Island to the Indian Land at ThomasInnes, deceased, about £50 per Annum, [&] Green’s, i.e. from the IndianLand of Thomas Innes, deceas’d, to Port Royal Island, about £50 per Annum.This Act Passed 24th April 1751 for 10 years only.

MARCH 7, 1758115Stuarts, i.e. at Fort Moore in new Windsor over Savanna River, by an ActPassed 11th May 1754 to Continue for Seven Years from June 14th 1754 & thenceto next session &c., about £50 per Annum.Threadcrafts, i.e. over Waccamaw River to Foissins Island, about £50 perAnnum, [&] Glens, i.e. over Peedee River To the Said Foissins Island, about£50 per Annum, by an Act passed 19th March 1756 to Continue for 7 Yearsfrom the Passing and thence to the End of next Session &c.Beards, i.e. over Santee River, by Act passed the 13th of April 1756 toContinue for Seven Years from the Passing & thence to the End of the nextSession &c., about £50 per Annum.Gaillards, i.e. from the South Side of Santee River by an Act passed 13thof April 1756 to Continue for 14 Years from the Passing, & thence to the Endof the next Session of the General Assembly, about £50 per Annum.Ordered that the said Report do lie upon the Table to be perused bythe Members of the House.Then the House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residueof the second Report from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accountsof the Creditors of the Public.And the Several Articles of the said Report being Severally read a SecondTime.The House agreed to the 38th Article No. 138 on an Account of HenryOrr.The 39th, No. 139, on an Account of Timothy Phillips was upon theQuestion being Put thereupon disagreed with by the House.Resolved that the Said Account, amounting to £91, be provided for.The 40th, No. 140, on an Account of Thomas Booden,The 41st, No. 141, on an Account of Daniel Crawford Esqr.,The 42nd, No. 142, on a Petition of the Inhabitants of St. James Santee,The 43d, No. 143, on an Account of Childermas Croft,The 44th, No. 144, on an Account of John Paul Grimkie,The 45th, No. 145, on an Account of Henry Kennan,The 46th, No. 146, on an Account of John Dodd,The 47th, No. 147, on an Account of Lambert Lance,The 48th, No. 148, on an Account of Ancrum, Lance & Loocock,The 49th, No. 149, on an Account of James Laurens & Co.,The 50th, No. 150, on an Account of Mary Frost,The 51st, No. 151, on an Account of John Guerard Esqr.,The 52d, No. 152, on an Account of Peter Leger,The 53d, No. 153, on an Account of John Matthewes,The 54th, No. 154, on an Account of Robert Fairweather,The 55th, No. 155, on an Account of John McCall,

116 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758The 56th, No. 156, on an Account of Gabriel Guignard,The 57th, No. 157, on an Account of John & Edward Neufville,The 58th, No. 158, on an Account of James Laurens & Company,The 59th, No. 159, on an Account of James Germany,The 60th, No. 160, on an Account of Robert Hardy,The 61st, No. 161, on an Account of Ruth Hartman,The 62d, No. 162, on an Account of James Henderson,The 63d, No. 163, on an Account of Robert McKenzie,The 64th, No. 164, on an Account of Sarah Nightingale,The 65th, No. 165, on an Account of John Gibson,The 66th, No. 166, on an Account of William Mason,The 67th, No. 167, on an Account of Rice Price,The 68th, No. 168, on an Account of John Parnham,The 69th, No. 169, on an Account of James Reid,The 70th, No. 170, on an Account of Susanah Rose,The 71st, No. 171, On an Account of James Sharp,The 72d, No. 172, on an Account of Justinus Stoll,The 73d, No. 173, on an Account of John Quash,The 74th, No. 174, on an Account of Lieutenant Robertson, WilliamMcKenzie, Duncan Bayne, Ensign McDonald & Ensign Houston,The 75th, No. 175, on an Account of Thomas Nightingale,The 76th, No. 176, on an Account of John Scott, Gunsmith,The 77th, No. 177, on an Account of Susannah King,The 78th, No. 178, on an Account of William Roberson,The 79th, No. 179, on an Account of John Harvey,The 80th, No. 180, on an Account of Henry Sustrunck,The 81st, No. 181, on a Petition & Account of John Elliott,The 82d, No. 182; The 83d, No. 183; The 84th, No. 184; The 85th, No. 185;The 86th, No. 186; on severall orders assignd to Peter Benoist,The 87th, No. 187; The 88th, No. 188; The 89th, No. 189; The 90th, No.190; The 91st, No. 191; on severall orders assignd to Alexander Petrie,The 92d, No. 192; The 93d, No. 193; on two Orders assignd to Peter Benoist,The 94th, No. 194; The 95th, No. 195; The 96th, No. 196; on three ordersassigned to John Paul Grimkie,The 97th, No. 197, on an Order assignd to Thomas & William Ellis,The 98th, No. 198; The 99th, No. 199; The 100th, No. 200; on three ordersassignd to Benjamin Stead,The 101st, No. 201, on an order in favour of Henry Gallman,The 102d, No. 202, on an Order in favour of John & Henry Gallman,The 103d, No. 203, on a Second Order in favour of Henry Gallman,The 104th, No. 204, on a third Order in favour of Henry Gallman,

MARCH 7, 1758117The 105th, No. 205; The 106th, No. 206; The 107th, No. 207; The 108th,No. 208; The 109th, No. 209; The 110th, No. 210; The 111th, No. 211; The 112th,No. 212; The 113th, No. 213; The 114th, No. 214; The 115th, No. 215; The 116th,No. 216; The 117th, No. 217; The 118th, No. 218; The 119th, No. 219; The 120th,No. 220; on Several Orders assignd to John McQueen & Company,The 121st, No. 221, on an order in favour of William Statt,The 122d, No. 222, on an order assignd to William Seawright,The 123d, No. 223, on an order in favour of Barnard Snell,The 124th, No. 224, on an order in favour of Lewis Colson,The 125th, No. 225, on an order in favour of Martin Miller,The 126th, No. 226, on an order in favour of John Stevens,The 127th, No. 227, on an Order in favour of Frederic Ulmer,The 128th, No. 228, on an Order in favour of Michael McEnfoot,The 129th, No. 229, on an Order in favour of William Gibbes,The 130th, No. 230, on an Order in favour of Joseph Gallway,The 131st, No. 231; The 32d, No. 232; on two orders assignd to Captn. Jno.Steuart,The 133d, No. 233, on an Order in favour of John Taylor & RobertWright,The 134th, No. 234, on an Order in favour of Henry Lucas,The 135th, No. 235, on an Order in favour of John Stuart,The 136th, No. 236, on an Order assign’d to Daniel Cannon,The 137th, No. 237, on an Order assigned to Glen & Cooper,The 138th, No. 238, on an Order assigned to Benjamin Stead,The 139th, No. 239, on an Order assigned to John & Edward Neufville,The 140th, No. 240, The 141st No. 241 on two Orders assignd to John PaulGrimkie,The 142d, No. 242, on an order in favour of William Strawder,The 143d, No. 243; The 144th, No. 244; on two orders in favour of ThomasKeiler,The 145th, No. 245, on an Order in favour of Benjamin Singleton,The 146th, No. 246; The 147th, No. 247; The 148th, No. 248; on 3 ordersassign’d to Smith & Scott,The 149th, No. 249, on an Order in favour of Benjamin Singleton,The 150th, No. 250, on an Order in favour of Walter Bateman,The 151st, No. 251, on an Order in favour of Frederic O’neale,The 152d, No. 252, on an order in Favour of John Taylor, Robert Wright,& Thomas Hales,The 153d, No. 253, on an Order in favour of George Nicholson, and The154th, No. 254, on an Order in favour of Robert Wall, were severally agreedto by the House.

118 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Ordered that the 155th Article on the Account of Captn. RaymondDemeré be recommitted.The 156th Article (No. 256) on an Order in favour of Thomas Harrison.And the Last, No. 257, on an Account of John Chevillette were Severallyagreed to by the House.And then the House adjourned till To morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 8th day of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee appointed to audit theAccounts of the Creditors of the Public that the Committee had ExaminedSeverall of the Accounts which were referred to their Consideration & haddirected him to report the same as they appeared to them to the House, andhe read the Report in his Place and afterward delivered it in at the ClerksTable Where the same was read and is as follows, viz.Report No. 3. Containing from No. 258 to No. 313.No. 258. An Account of Isham Clayton for the Care of the first Gang ofCattle deliv’d by Collo. Minnick at Fort Loudoun £208:10, £15 of which paidby his Excellency, The Ballance, £193:10. Whereas this man disbursed out ofhis own Pockett £21 for this Service, £15 whereof he has already received, theRemainder £6 the Committee recommend he should be allowed, but the restof his Account (as we are informed by Mr. Chevillette that all but 24 headout of 90 which this gang of Cattle consisted of were Lost) ought not to beallowed.No. 259. Rae & Barksdale’s Account for Freight of two Chests of Gunsto Fort Augusta amounting [to] £7:1 allowed.No. 260. John Stuarts Certificate to John Ragnous for £63 for Carriageof Goods to Fort Prince George indors’d to Thomas Corker, allowed.No. 261. Alexander Petrie, Account Amounting to £15 for Indian Presents,allowed.No. 262. Raymond Demeré’s Certificate to Henry Beacon indorsed toJames Dempsey for having comply’d with his agreement with Mr. Debrahmin planting a Hedge amount[ing] to £150; as your Committee know of noAuthority Mr. Debrahm had to Order this or what Service Such Hedge couldbe of, therefore are of Opinion it ought not to be allow’d.No. 263. Simon Theus’s Account for Entertaining of Indians amountingto £81:17:6, Overcharged 7/6, Ballance £18:10, allowed.No. 264. Francis Simmons Account for Maintenance of a French Officer,£72, of which £12:7:6 has been already paid by the Treasurer, theBallance £59:12:6 allowed.

MARCH 8, 1758119No. 265. William Seawright, Account for Carriage of Good[s] to theCongrees £30, allowed.No. 266. Ann Rogers Account for Lodging Lieut. Monroe 14 days inOctober Last £5, allowed.No. 267. Jno. Chevillette Certificate to Thomas Mills endorsed toAncrum, Lance & Loocock for Carriage of 150 lb. flour from Keowee to FortLoudoun £10:10, allowed.[No. 268.] Henry Gallman’s Order to John Kener endorsed to PeterBenoist to Receive his Order on the Public for Carriage of Good[s] toKeowee; as there is no particular sum or Goods Specified in this Order, theCommittee think it can only refer to Some of Mr. Gallmans Orders alreadypast.No. 269. Lachlan Shaws order to John Kennet endorsed to Austin &Laurens amounting to £78, for himself 5 Horses & a Waggon Employ’d 26Days in Carrying Timber for the Fortifications at Prince George, allowed.No. 270. John Bogges’s Certificate to Jacob Tyler for £100 for 2000 lb.Weight of Provisions & Stores brought to Keowee; the Committee think thisought not to be allowed till Mr. Bogges’s Authority for Issuing it be made appear.No. 271. Thomas Smith Junr., Account for a drum £14, allowed.No. 272. Elizabeth Leacrafts account for Lodging Lieutt. McKenzy &Ensign McDonald five week’s Each £25, allowed.No. 273. Margt. Shephards Account amounting to £75 for the Hire of2 rooms for Captain Alexander McKenzie 12 1 ⁄2 Weeks at £6 per Week Hiredby the Governors Order, the Committee allow £31:5 being 50/ per week, accordingto the Late Resolution of the House.No. 274. Ogilvie & Wards Account for 50 lb. Bulletts & 57 3 ⁄4 yds. Buntingamounting to £24:17:6, allowed.No. 275. Benjamin Smith Esqr., Account for Crimson Damask Furniturefor the Chairs of the Council Chamber £77:10; as this was done under a Resolutionof the Late House, the Committee allow it.No. 276. The Charles Town fire Master’s Account amounting to £286:12:3for tak[ing] Care of the Engines and Sundry other Services, allowed, to bepaid by the Inhabitants of Charles Town.No. 277. Robert Wells’s Account for Book Binding £33:10, allowed.No. 278. Thomas Mitchell’s Account Amounting to £71:8 for Maintainingof Accadians, allowed.No. 279. Edward Legge’s Account for Ferriage & Entertaining of Indians£22:9:4 1 ⁄2 in which is a wrong Charge of £7:10 for Liquor, the Ballance£14:19:4 1 ⁄2 we recommend to be allowed.No. 280. Christopher Rowes Account for Maintenance of Accadians £64,Recommended to be allowed when properly Certified.

120 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758No. 281. Jonathan Scotts Account for the Hire of a House for the HighlandSoldiers from the first of September to the first of this Month Marchamounting to £120, Wherein is a Charge of £45 for Damages which the Committeedisallow, the Remainder £75 to be allowed.No. 282. An Account of Elizabeth Mercier for Entertaining Indians forone day, Amounting [to] £26:5, allowed.No. 283. An Account of John Coon, Constable, for Fees Amounting [to]£30, in which there are several Articles overcharged Amounting [to] £12; £18allowed.No. 284. An Account of Richard Berresford for Store Rent for the HighlandersAmounting [to] £144, allowed.No. 285. An Account of Thomas Heyward for Accadians amounting [to]£8:10 to be paid when properly Certified.No. 286. An Account of James Crokatt for Disbursements as agent ofthis Province amounting [to] £112 Currency, allowed.No. 287. An Account of Samuel Wood, Constable, for Criminal Slave[s]amounting [to] £7:7:6, allowed.No. 288. A Second Account of Samuel Wood for Criminal Slaves £8:18:9,Not allowed because not properly Certified.No. 289. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of James Beamerfor Carriage of Flour to fort Loudoun £292:19, allowed.No. 290. A Certificate of John Chevillette to Jacob Glaughenburgh forEight Months additional Pay for making Fascines at Fort Loudoun £40indorsed to Ogylvie & Ward, not allowed.No. 291. A Certificate of John Chevillette to Adam Keiler for EightMonths additional Pay as Fascine maker at Fort Loudoun indorsed to Ogylvie& Ward amounting to £40, not allowed.No. 292. A Certificate of John Chevillette to Michael Calfskin for aHorse Imployed in the works at Fort Loudoun £54, allowed.No. 293. An Account of Thomas Buckle for a Schooner to Carry Soldiersto Fort Johnson £10, allowed £5.No. 294. An Account of John Stone Junr. 6 dozen of Large Tomkinsdelivered at Granvilles Bastion £18, allowed £12.No. 295. An Account of John Channing for Medecines for French Prisonersat Dorchester Amounting [to] £17:10, allowed.No. 296. An Account of John Savage for Duffels for the Troops & Rumfor Fort Prince George £466. The Committee allow £212:10 for the Duffels,But the Committee desire the Opinion of the House whether the RumShou’d be allowed as it was for the use of Fort Prince George.No. 297. An Account of James Neilson for a Room for LieutenantMcKenzie at 49/ per Week, allowed for 9 Days £3:3.

MARCH 8, 1758121No. 298. An Account of Benjamin Stead for 16 Swivel Guns for FortLoudoun in May 1756, as there was a Sum of money allow’d for fort Loudounthe Committee think it ought to have been paid out of that Money.No. 299. An Account of Samuel Wyley for Building a Corn house, & forhis Trouble in delivering the Corn & for other Services £62:10, allowed.No. 300. An Account of James Wright, Late Attorney General, for Prosecutionsat March Sessions 1757 Amounting [to] £119:15, allowed.No. 301. An Account of David Graeme, Attorney General, for Prosecutionsat October sessions 1757 Amounting [to] £121, allowed.No. 302. An Account of Thomas Walker for a House for Collo. BouquetAmounting to £206:15. The Committee recommend 50/ per Week to be allowedto the 30th November which Amounts to £55.No. 303. An Account of George Allison for Constables Fees amounting [to]£36:16. The Committee think that the 2d Article Shoud be deducted and that£6:16:6 Shou’d be deducted from the Last Article, the Ballance £19:14 allowed.No. 304. An Account of Sarah Clifford for Lodging an Highland officerand the Chaplain to the Regiment at 50/ per Week £25, allowed.No. 305. An Account of Susannah Walker for Lodging Mr. Rae, Doctorsmate, & Lieutenant Sutherland at 50/ per Week £40, allowed.No. 306. John Scotts Account for two Spying Glasses for Lookouts £8,allowed.No. 307. An Account of Ann Watson for Lodging Major Tulliken at £5per Week Amounting [to] £95; £47:10 allowed.No. 308. An Account of Arnout Schermerhorn for 2 1 ⁄2 weeks LodgingEnsign McDonald at 50/ per Week, £6:5 allowed.No. 309. An Account of Benjamin Dart for Flints, Sheet Lead & BuntingAmounting [to] £72:8:11, allowed.No. 310. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of John Gibson for 1600Weight of Flour deliverd at Fort Prince George Amounting to £154, allow’d.No. 311. A Certificate of John Chevillette to Jacob Raugh for nineMonths additional Pay as Black Smith at Fort Loudoun £45. As this Man wasof Captn. Steuarts Company not allowed.No. 312. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favor of Stephen Tarawayfor a Horse Supplied an Express £15. The Committee think this Shou’d bepaid out of the Contingency Fund.No. 313. A Certificate of John Chevillette in Favour of James Moor fora Horse Imployed to Drive Cattle at Fort Loudoun £24, allowed.Resolv’d That this House will Provide for Defraying the Expence of thePassages of all Such French Prisoners now boarded in the Country as hisExcellency the Governor shall order to be Sent to Great Britain, not Exceedingfifty Pounds Currency for Each Prisoner.

122 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758And then the House adjourned till To morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 9th of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I herewith transmit to you a Letter I have received from Lieutt. Collo.Bouquett & also a List of Such Officers as have Either removed from theirQuarters or have never had any Assignd them.It is of indispensable Necessity for his Majesty’s Service that the officersof all Ranks shou’d be Quarter’d Either in Barracks properly furnish’d,Viz., with Chairs, Tables & Kitchen Utensils, or in Town, and I desire you willtake the Matter into Consideration as Speedily as possible & afford me Suchan Aid as Shall be found requisite for that purpose.I also earnestly recommend to You to make a Provision for the Housekeepers of Such Houses as any Officers were quartered in before the 30thof November Last & remain in Since that Time and Likewise an Allowancefor the Charges such Officers as have removed from their Quarters or havenever had any assignd them.The Honour & Interest of the Province demand your Compliance withThese Things; and I expect from your Sense of Duty to the King & from yourPrudence, that you will not persevere in withholding the necessary Suppliesfor any part of his Majestys Forces sent hither for your Defence & protection,especially when you are Called upon by the Establish’d practice of all otherCountries & the recent Example of all the Northern Collonies to pursueanother Conduct.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read his Excellencys Message to the House.Read also the Copy of Lieut. Collo. Henry Bouquett’s Letter to his Excellencydated Charles-Town the 28th February 1758.Read also List of the Officers who have removed from their Quarterswhich were allotted to them by the Commissary & of those who had neverany assign’d to them Since they came into the Province of South Carolina. 11A Motion was made & the Question being put that the said Copy & Listbe Enter’d upon the Journals of this House.11For the text of Bouquet’s letter and enclosure, see The Papers of Henry Bouquet, ed. S. K. Stevens etal. (Harrisburg, 1951–), 1: 313–16.

MARCH 9, 1758123It passed in the Negative.Ordered that the said Message, Copy & List be referred to the Considerationof a Committee & that they do report their Opinion to the House.And they are referred to Mr. Rattray, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Taylor, Mr.Lamboll, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Guerard, Mr.Gadsden, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Leigh.Ordered That the order of the day for reading the “Bill vesting AshleyFerry in Trustees for the use of the Public; And for keeping the Causey Leadingto the said Ferry in repair,” a Second time, be now read.And the said Order being read Accordingly.The Bill was read a Second time with Blanks which were filled up.An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Bill, Viz., Fol. 2 and2d Line from the Bottom, after “St. Andrew,” add, “James Island Excepted,” andthe Said amendment was upon the Question being put thereupon agreedunto by the House.And Several other Amendments were made by the House to the bill.And the Title was made “A Bill vesting Ashley Ferry in the Public Treasurerfor the Time being for the use of the Public and for Keeping the CauseyLeading to the said Ferry in repair.”Ordered That Mr. Murray do Carry the Bill to the Council.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock in the afternoon.P.M.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the respective Board of Commissionersfor the High Ways in the Parishes of St. John Berkly County & St.Stephen in Craven County addressed to the Governor, Council & Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Petition was read Setting Forth as Viz.That by a Law made many Years past, a Road was Laid out, made & everSince kept in repair from Murrays Ferry in St. Stephens Parish to the HighRoad in St. John Parish Leading to Charles Town, That since EstablishingSt. Stephens Parish the Commissioners have Laid out Such Roads as weremost Convenient and have in Conjunction with the Commissioners for St.John Parish Laid out a Road for the Greater Conveniency of the Inhabitantsof St. Stephens Parish, who hitherto used the Said Murrays Ferry Road andwill Equally Suit the Inhabitants of Williamsburgh Township and praying thatLeave may be Given to bring in a Bill for Establishing the said new Road [to

124 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758begin at Tippicut Law old Field, near Biggon Church in St. Johns Parish, andcontinued to the halfway swamp at a place commonly called Normans RiceField & from thence to or near the plantations of John Conners and JeremiahAllen till it intersects Murrays Ferry Road, between a place called a Hill andTheodore Gaillards plantation, and that the Inhabitants may hereafter beexempted from working on any other part of Murrays Ferry Road.] 12Ordered that the Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee& that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the Same withtheir Opinion thereupon, to the House.And it is Referred to Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Ralph Izard, Mr. Moultrie, Mr.Broughton, Mr. Berresford, Collo. Izard, Mr. John Waties.The Account[s] of the following Persons were Severally read, Viz.John Kith for apprehending Lieutn. Wall in the upper Creeks & Conveyinghim to Charles Town amounting to £821 with a Credit of £200 he Receivedby the Governors Order.John Chevillette’s Order to William Rothe for the use of Fort LoudounAmounting to £24.Jacob Ladson, Constable, for Criminal Slaves amounting to £9:7:6.Robert Hume for Goose Creek Parsonage amounting to £50:4:7.James Henderson for Candles for the Forces amounting to £408:5.Margaret Olivié for Indians Amounting to £33:19:8.Margaret Olivié for French Prisoners amounting to £984:7:3.Ann Wragg for the Forces amounting to £237:6:8.James Laurens & Co. for the Forces amount[ing] to £85.Thomas Nightingale for Indians amounting to £44:12:6.Sarah Nightingale for Entertaining Indians amounting to £873:10.Andrew Williamson for Fort Prince George amounting to £42:15.Andrew Williamson 2 Accounts for the Like Service amounting to £39.John Elliott for Fort Loudoun amounting to £100.George Collis for Fort Loudoun amounting to £60.George Nicholson for Fort Loudoun amounting to £60.Benjamin Godfrey for Indians amounting to £5:10.Benjamin Godfrey a 2d Account for Indians amounting to £14:2:6.Othniel Beale for Indian Presents amounting to £171:10.Smith & Brewton amounting to £605:17:11 of which £329:2:6 for IndianPresents & the residue for the Forces.John Gordon for the Forces amounting to £314:7:11 1 ⁄2.Brunett & Hall three Accounts for Fitting up Houses for Barracks forthe Forces, one amounting to £588:1:2, another to £303:1:3 & the other to £195.12The last few lines of this petition were omitted from the manuscript. The missing text has beensupplied from the Upper House Journal.

MARCH 10, 1758125Edward Waymans for Lodging for the Officers amounting to £90.William Lawrence for Straw for the Forces amounting to £28.Tew & Roybold for making Indians Cloaths amounting to £111:10.Robert Quash for French Prisoners amounting to £30.Peter Crim, Captn. Raymond Demeré’s Certificate for 98 head of Cattledelivered for the use of the Garrison at Fort Loudoun.Peter Crim, for Driving Cattle to Fort Prince George amounting to £60.John Guerard for the forces amounting to £76:16:0.John Kennett for Carriage of Flour to Fort Prince George amountingto £100.Account of Fees due from the Public to the Governor amounting to£148:15 & to the Secretarys office amounting to £564:14:3.Thomas Wright for Blanketts, Wood & Salt for the Forces amountingto £3746:3:3.John Marley, five Accounts, first for the use of the Accadians amountingto £11:2:6, the 2d for Carting & wood for the Forces amounting to £47:7:6,the 3d for the Like Service amounting to £50:15, the fourth for the Like serviceamounting to £840:3:9 & the 5th for the Like Service amounting [to]£939:2:6.Ordered that the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public &that they do Examine the same & report their Opinion thereupon to the House.And then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Friday the 10th day of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,In answer to Your Message of the 7th Instant we have appointed a Committeeof this House [to join the Committee of your House] to see SuchPaper Bills of Credit, Orders & Tax Certificates as are now Lying in the Treasurershands cancelled & destroyed pursuant to the Directions of the severalLaws by which the same were respectively Issued.The Committee are The Honorable William Bull, George Saxby, Esqrs.In the upper House of Assembly, The 10th day of March 1758.By Order of the House, John Cleland.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And the said Message was read.

126 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Ordered that Mr. Wright be added to the Committee to whom the GovernorsMessage & other Papers brought down from his Excellency Yesterdaywere referred.Then the House proceeded to take into Consideration the Third Reportfrom the Committee appointed to audit the Account of the publicCreditors.And the Several Articles of the said Report from No. 258 to No. 313 beingSeverally read a Second time.To the 1[st] Article (No. 258) on an Account of Isham Clayton, The 2d(No. 259) on an Account of Rae & Barksdale, the 3d (No. 260) on an Accountof John Ragnous, The 4th (No. 261) on an Account of Alexander Petrie, The5th (No. 262) on a Certificate in favour of Henry Beacon, The 6th (No. 263)on an account [of] Simeon Theus, The 7th (No. 264) on an Account ofFrancis Simmons, The 8th (No. 265) on an Account of William Seawright, the9th (No. 266) on an Account of Ann Rogers, The 10th (No. 267) on a Certificatein favour of Thomas Mills, the 11th (No. 268) on an order of HenryGallman, & the 12th (No. 269) on an Account in favour of John Kennett wereSeverally agreed to by the House.The 13th (No. 270) on an Order drawn by Ensign John Bogges in favourof Jacob Tyler was disagreed with by the House.Resolv’d that the said Order (amounting to £100) be provided for.The 14th (No. 271) on an Account of Thomas Smith Junr.,The 15th (No. 272) on Account of Elizabeth Leacraft,And The 16th (No. 273) On an Account of Margaret Sheppard wereSeverally agreed to by the House.On reading The 17th (No. 274) on an Account of Ogilvie & Ward.The 63d Article of a Report made from a Committee appointed to Auditthe Accounts of the Public Creditors, The 27th day of January 1756, onan Account of the said Ogilvie & Ward amounting to £5 which the said Committeereported ought not to be provided for, being for Goods Supplied forGovernor Dobbs, & to which the House agreed, being read. And it appearingthat the said £5 is Charged in the Account of the Said Ogilvie & Wardnow under Consideration of the House, the House disagreed with the said17th Article of the Report.Resolved that £19:17:6 be provided for payment of the Account of thesaid Ogilvie & Ward mentioned in the Said Article.To the 18th Article (No. 275) on an Account of Benjamin Smith Esqr.,The 19th, No. 276, on an Account of the Firemaster in Charles Town,The 20th, No. 277, on an Account of Robert Wells, &,The 21st, No. 278, on an Account of Thomas Mitchell, were Severallyagreed to by the House.

MARCH 13, 1758127The 22d, No. 279, on Edward Leggs Account was disagreed with by theHouse.Resolved that £19:9:4 1 ⁄2 be provided for the Said Edward Legg.To the 23d, No. 280, on an Account of Christopher Rowe,The 24th, No. 281, on Jonathan Scotts Account,The 25th, No. 282, on an Account of Elizabeth Mercier,The 26th, No. 283, on John Coones Account,The 27th, No. 284, on Richard Berresfords Account,The 28th, No. 285, on Thomas Heywards Account,The 29th, No. 286, on James Crokatts Account,The 30th, No. 287, and The 31st, No. 288, on two Accounts of SamuelWood,The 32d, No. 289, on an order in favour of James Beamer,The 33d, No. 290, on an Order in favour of Jacob Glauphenburgh,The 34th, No. 291, on an Order in favour of Adam Keiler,The 35th, No. 292, on an Order in favour of Michael Calfskin,The 36th, No. 293, on Thomas Brickles Account,The 37th, No. 294, on John Stone’s Account and,The 38th, No. 295, on John Channing’s Account were Severally Agreedto by the House.The 39th, No. 296, on an Account of John Savage, was recomitted.The 40th, No. 297, on an Account of James Neilson was agreed to by theHouse.The 41st, No. 298, on an Account of Benjamin Stead, was upon the Questionbeing put thereupon disagreed with by the House.Ordered that the said Account be recommitted.The 42d, No. 299, on an Account of Samuel Wyley,The 43d, No. 300, on an Account of James Wright Esqr.,The 44th, No. 301, on an Account of David Graeme Esqr. were SeverallyAgreed to by the House.Ordered that the farther Consideration of the Report be adjourned.And then the House upon the Question adjourned till Tomorrow afternoon,Five of the Clock.Saturday the 11th of March 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday afternoon Five o’Clock.Monday the 13th of March 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker Adjourned the House till Tomorrow Morning Ten of the Clock.

128 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Tuesday the 14th of March 1758.The Journal of Last Fridays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I Received on the 10th Instant a Letter from his Excellency the Earl ofLoudoun by which his Lordship Acquaints me that he has orderd the fiveCompanies of the Royal American Regiment to Embark immediatly for NewYork; The Two Companies of Virginians will also Imbark the Same Time; HisLordship observes that this will make the Point of Quarters easier & I hopeit will induce you to Give the more Chearfully the proper Supplies Concerningthat Article.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered that the said Message be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom his Excellencys Last Message was refferred.Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that the Clerk had contracted withMr. William Wintle to Act as his Assistant & humbly desired that the Housewill please to admitt him.Resolv’d that this House will admitt the said William Wintle to act asthe Clerk’s Assistant.And the House being Informed That Mr. Wintle attended at the door, hewas Called in and Mr. Speaker administred the following Oath to him, Viz.“You shall well & faithfully Execute the Office of Clerk Assistant of thisHouse, according to the best of Your Skill & knowledge and Shall keep all SuchMatters Secret as Shall be Enjoined You by the House. So help you God.”And then Mr. Wintle took his Seat at the Clerk’s Table.Then the House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residueof the Report from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accompts of theCreditors of the Public.And the Said Report being read a Second time throughout.The House agreed to the 45th Article, No. 302, on Account of ThomasWalker.The 46th, No. 303, on an Account of George Allison was disagreed withby the House.Resolved, that the said Account be rejected.The 47th, No. 304, on an Account of Sarah Clifford,The 48th, No. 305, on an Account of Susanah Walker,The 49th, No. 306, on an Account of John Scott,

MARCH 14, 1758129The 50th, No. 307, on an Account of Ann Watson,The 51th, No. 308, on an Account of Arnout Schermerhorn,The 52d, No. 309, On An Account of Benjn. Dart,The 53d, No. 310, On An Account of John Gibson,The 54th, No. 311, On an Account of Jacob Rauph,The 55th, No. 312, On an Account of Stephen Tarraway, And the LastArticle, No. 313, on An Account of James Moore, were Severally agreed to bythe House.An Account of Thomas Conaway, Constable, for Conveying a Malefactorto Goal Amounting to £50 was read.Read also the Report made by a Committee of the Last Assembly towhom the said Account was referred, And the Resolution of the House uponthe Said Report.Resolv’d that the Said £50 be provided for.Then the Accounts of the following Persons were Severally read, Viz.Five Accounts of Captn. Raymond Demeré for the use of Fort Loudoun,The first amounting to £59 assigned to Captn. Paul Demeré,The 2d amounting to £60:12, The 3d amounting to £691:2:6, The 4thamounting to £599:8:6, The 5th amounting to £277:15:0, Severally assigned toMessieurs Smith & Brewton.Elisha Poursett for the Forces amounting to £26:11:3.James Robertson, Constable, for conveying a Murderer to GeorgiaAmounting to £29.Elff & Hutchinson for Furniture for the Council Chamber amounting[to] £728:2:6.Gabriel Guignard for the forces amounting [to] £16:3:6.Elizabeth Poole for the forces amounting to £95.Robert Williams & Samuel Carne for the Forces amounting to £23:4:4 1 ⁄2.Church Wardens of St. Bartholomew for repairs of the ParsonageAmounting [to] £124:10.John Oxton for Criminal Slaves £25.James McKelvey Junior for Indians amounting to £5:5.George Sommers for Indians amounting to £5:18:4.Wm. Shorey for Fort Loudoun amounting to £196.Morreau Sarazin for Printing Fortification Orders, £149:14:9.Bremar & Neyle for Several Services amounting to £226:7:8.Thomas Linning for the Forces amounting to £93:15.Benjamin Simmons for French Prisoners amounting to £15:17:6.Jacob Motte Esqr., Public Treasurer, Account of Disbursments for thePublic Service amount[ing] to £26043:11:8.Samuel Carne for the Forces amounting to £18:15:0.

130 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Hugh Brantham, Constable, for Criminals amounting [to] £49:3.Alexandr. Rantowl for Indians amounting to £12.John Hatton for Fort Loudoun amount[ing] to £20.Mary Cannon for Indians amounting to £10:5.Nathaniel Bulline for the Forces £30.David Dott for the Forces amounting to £108.Captn. Paul Demeré for Fort Loudoun amounting to £192:9:6.George Nicholson for Fort Loudoun amounting to £30.Samuel Benn for Fort Loudoun amounting to £500.James Cappock for Fort Loudoun amounting to £25:15:0.Humphry Sommers for the Barracks amounting to £489:13:6.John Stephens for fort Loudoun amounting to £60.William Shorey for Fort Loudoun amounting to £75.William Shorey a Second Account for the Like Service amounting to£71:7:6.Ordered That the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Public Creditors and thatthey do Examine the same, & report their Opinion thereupon to the House.And Then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 15th of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Two Accounts of Hugh Anderson, one for the workmanship & Materialsfor the Brick Barracks amounting to £205:15:8 and the other for Trenchersfor the Forces amounting to £98:2, were Severally read.Ordered that the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Public Creditors & thatthey do Examine the same & report their Opinion thereupon to the House.Ordered that the Several Committees do now Sit.And then the House adjourned till To Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 16th of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.An Account of Mary Scott for Rent of a House for the Forces amountingto £180.And two Accounts of William Pinckney Esqr., Commissary, the One forThe Forces & Indian Expences Amounting to £1958:3 and the other for theForces Amounting to £32:10 were Severally read.

MARCH 16, 1758131Ordered that the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Public Creditors & thatthey do Examine the same & report their Opinion thereupon to the House.Mr. Rattray reported from the Committee to whom his Excellency’s theGovernors Message with Lieutenant Collonel Boquets Letter in Relation toQuarters for the Officers of the Forces Garrisoned in Charles Town werereferred, that the Committee had Considered the Matter of the said Papersand had directed him to report their Opinion thereupon to the House. Andhe read the Report in his Place & afterwards delivered it in at the ClerksTable where the Same was read & is as follows.That having Examined and Considered the Several Matters set Forthin his Excellencys the Governors Messages & Lieutn. Collo. Henry Bouquett’sLetter therein referred to, Your Committee are of Opinion That as officers& Soldiers cannot be Legally and Constitutionaly Quartered upon privateHouses without the Special Consent of the Owners or Possessors of SuchHouses and as the Provission heretofore made by this House for SubalternOfficers only was a Grant of favour, they are humbly of Opinion That respectingthe Demand made of Quarters for all Officers of the Forces now herewithout distinction That this House ought to adhere to their former Resolutions.But in as much as upon the arrival of the said Forces diverse houses &Lodging were taken & hired for the reception & Accomodation of the saidOfficers in pursuance of a Resolution of this House, It is the Opinion of theCommittee That provission Should be made for discharging that Expenceup to the 30th day of November Last, And that an Equivalent allowance forthat Time ought to be made to all Such of the Officers of the said Corps aseither removed from their Quarters or had none assign’d them.Resolved that this House will to morrow Morning take the said Reportinto Consideration.Mr. Mazyck reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of therespective Boards of Commissionners for the High Ways in the Parishes ofSt. John in Berkley County & St. Stephen in Craven County was referred, thatthe Committee had Examined the matter of the said Petition & had directedhim to report their Opinion thereupon to the House. And he read the Reportin his place & afterwards delivered it in at the Clercks Table where thesame was read and is as follows, Viz.The Committee have (pursuant to the Order of the House) Examinedthe Matter of the said Petition, & find the Same to be true, and thereforerecommend that Leave be Given to bring in a Bill for Establishing the newRoad prayed for by the Said Petition.The Said Report being read a second time.

132 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Ordered, that Leave be given to bring in a Bill accordingly: And thatthe Gentlemen of the Said Committee do prepare and bring in the Same.A Letter from James Wright Esqr., Agent, to the Committee ofCorrespondance Dated 9th November 1757 was read.Ordered that the Several Committees do Sit this afternoon.And then the House adjourned till To morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Friday the 17th of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceeding[s] was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,In a Letter I have received from his Excellency the Earl of Loudoundated 13th February his Lordship acquaints me that he proposes the EnsuingCampaign to Carry on Certain Operations against the Enemy for theSuccess of which it is of the utmost consequence That the Forces to be EmployedShou’d be joined by as Large a Number of Indians as Possible & asHis Lordship has had accounts both from Virginia & Pensylvania of the greatService that the body of Cherokees did when they were there Last Year.His Lordship applies to this Government to Engage as great a Numberof them as can be Collected & his Lordship has sent hither The HonorableCollol. Byrd, One of his Majesty’s Council of Virginia, that in Case Mr. Atkinis either not here, or not able to go on this important Service, Collonel Byrdmay without Loss of time repair to Keowee, there to Confer with the Indians& Conduct them from thence to Winchester in Virginia where his Lordshipdesires they may rendezvous.I Propose that Lieutenant Collo. Howarth Shou’d be Dispatch’d withoutdelay for the Nation to Collect the Indians together & bring them to theMeeting at Keowee & that as an Inducement to them to go upon the Expeditionhe Shou’d be Impowerd to furnish them with goods proper to fit themout for warr from any of the Stores in the Nation, to the Amount of TenPounds Currency per man & to promise them as Compensation for Loseingtheir hunts That they Shall upon their Return when the Campaign is overreceive Each Man, to the Value of forty weight of Leather in Goods out ofthe aforesaid Stores.The Charge of this for a Thousand Warriors, Supposeing that so Largea Number can be Collected, it is computed will amount to forty Thousandpounds, ten of which only it will be necessary Shou’d be raised by the TaxAct of this Year & the Remainder Should it come to that amount in that ofthe Year Ensuing. I am Sensible that the Expences of this Government will

MARCH 17, 1758133this Year amount to a very Large Sum but I doubt not when you reflect howdeeply His Majesty’s Service is Concerned & the Particular Interest of thisCollony whose future tranquillity & welfare may in the highest degree dependupon the Success of this measure & be either fatally interrupted orpermanently Establish’d as it prospers or miscarries and how much it willtend to the Honour of this Government & prove its great importance in theScale of American Provinces, If it can send a Large Number of Indians uponthis most Essential Service when the No[r]thern Governments areUnhappyly but ill able to Engage many in Such undertakings, I Say I doubtnot you will With Chearfullness & Alacrity grant the Supplies I Ask.Lord Loudoun observes that his Majesty Looks for the Aid of hisfaithfull Subjects for Such Services as these, and has so Expressed himselfboth in his Instructions to his Lordship & in his Letters to His Governors onthis Continent. I have only to Add, that his Lordship says that without dispatchthe whole Service Expected from this Measure will be Lost, and thereforeI hope to know your resolutions as speedily as may be.Willm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the Message being read,Ordered That the Message be referred to the Consideration of a Committeeand that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report their Opinionthereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Ralph Izard, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Lynch, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Trapier, Collo. Izard,Mr. Rattray, Mr. Wright, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Laurens.Then The House (According to Order of Yesterday) proceeded to take intoConsideration the Report from the Committee to whom his Excellencys theGovernor’s Messages & Lieutenant Collonel Bouquetts Letter in relation toQuarters for the officers of the Forces garrisoned in Charles Town were referred.And the first Paragraph of the said Report being read a Second [time]was agreed to by the House.The second Paragraph being read a Second time, the House agreed tothe first Part of the said Paragraph that Provission shoud be made for dischargingthe Expence of the Accomodation of the Officers to the thirtiethday of November Last.Ordered that the Consideration of the Latter Part of the said Paragraph,That an Equivalent Allowance be made for that Time to all Such of the officersof the said Corps as either removed from their Quarters or had noneassigned them, be pos[t]poned till an Account of the Expence such Officerswere put to for Quarters Shall be laid before the House.

134 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Ordered, that an Answer be prepared to be sent to his Excellencys SaidMessage.Ordered That it be an Instruction to the Committee who were appointedto audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public that they doEnquire into the Conduct of the Commissary General with respect to theExecution of his Office; & report the same as it Shall Appear to them to theHouse.Ordered that no member do presume to go out of Town without theLeave of the House.Mr. Blake reported from the Committee appointed to View the armsin the Public Armory that they had view’d the Said Arms Accordingly andhad directed him to report the State of the same to the House. And he readthe Report in his Place & afterward delivered it in at the Clerks Table, Wherethe same was read & is as follows, Viz.The Committee View’d in the Armory 1267 Stand of Arms fit for Service;Ten Stand of Arms & two Buckaniers given by Richards to the Public;Five Musketts, wanting Stocks;Three not worth mending;154 Cutlasses without Scabbards;4 Halberts, 4 Pistols;369 Bayonetts with Scabbards;639 Bayonetts without Scabbards;269 Single Cartridge Boxes filled;34 double Cartridge Boxes filled;11 Cartridge Boxes Empty;220 Stand of Arms deliverd to the Buffs with as many Bayonets & CartridgeBoxes;24 Indian trading Guns which were ordered to be sold by the House Stillremain in the Armory.Ordered that the said Report do Lie upon the Table.An Account of Oliphant & Garden amounting to £37:7:6 for Medecinesadministred to Prisoners of warr was read.Ordered that the said Account be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.Ordered that the Several Committees do Sit this Afternoon.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Saturday the 18th of March 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays proceedings was read.According to order the following Message was Drawn, viz.

MARCH 18, 1758135May it please your Excellency,This House having maturely Considered your Excellencys Messages &Lieutenant Collo. Bouquetts Letter Concerning Quarters for the Officers ofthe Forces garrisoned in Charles Town & considering that Officers & Soldierscannot be Legally or constitutionally Quarterd in private Houses without theSpecial Consent of the Owners or Possessors of Such Houses, and that theProvision which we heretofore resolv’d to make for Subaltern Officers only,was a grant of Favour, we cannot (respecting the Demand made of Quartersfor all the Officers without distinction) recede from our former Resolutions.But in as much as upon the Arrival of the Forces divers Houses weretaken & hired for the recep[tion] & Accomodation of the Said Officers inpursuance of a Resolution of the Late Assembly, we have resolv’d to providefor discharging that Expence up to the 30th day of November Last.And with respect to an Allowance for the Charges of Such Officers as haveremoved from their Quarters or have never had any assignd them, we have Postponedthe Consideration thereof until we can know what those Charges are, andtherefore humbly desire that your Excellency will please to order such an Accountup to the 30th November Last to be Laid before this House.Ordered That the said Message be presented to his Excellency the Governorby Mr. Drayton.Capt. Taylor reported from the Committee to whom his Excellency[s]Messages of Yesterday’s date was referred That The Committee had Consideredthe Matter of the said Message & had directed him to report their Opinion thereuponto the House. And he read the Report in his Place & afterwards deliver’dit in at the Clerks Table w[h]ere the same was read & is as followeth, Viz.That the People of this Province are already Burthened with Taxesheavier than they can well bear not only from the great Reduction in thePrices of the several Commodities produced in this Province, but from theLarge Grants made to his Majesty For the following Services, Viz., For theGenerall Service of North America, For the Fortifications in this Province,for Building & Maintaining Fort Loudoun, for Raising a Regiment, For BuildingBarracks and other Necessarys for his Majestys Forces, For maintainingthe Accadians & Prisoners of warr & For Indians Expences.The Committee however upon Considering that the Design of this Provincein Granting a Large Sum of Money for Raising a Regiment was That 500Men of the said Regiment shoud be for the Benefit of the General Cause andSubject to the Earl of Loudoun’s Orders, and as it has been found Impracticablein this Province to raise the Forces proposed. And as my LordLoudoun is so earnest and thinks it so Essential and Necessary to the Successof the Operations now on foot, That a Party of Indians Shoud be sentto Virginia.

136 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758The Committee are of Opinion that if a Sum Not Exceeding £20,000were taken out of the Monies provided to pay the said Regiment and Applydfor Encouraging and fitting out a Party of Indians for his Assistance andDefraying all Charges incident thereto, the design and Intentions of this inPassing the said Law would be better Answered and a greater Advantage accrueto his Majestys Service.The Said Report being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.Ordered That an Answer be prepared to his Excellency[s] said Message.And Accordingly the following One was drawn, Viz.May it please your Excellency,As the People of this Province are already burthen’d with Taxes heavierthan they can well bear under their present Circumstances not only from theGreat Reduction in the Prices of the severall Commodities produced in thisProvince, but from the Large Grants made to His Majesty for the severalExtraordinary Services following, Viz., For the General Service of NorthAmerica, For fortifying this Province, For building and Supporting FortLoudoun, For raising a Regiment, For building Barracks and otherNecessarys for His Majestys Forces, For maintaining the Acadians & Prisonersof War & for Indian Expences; we Cannot provide for Raising the Summention’d in Your Excellency’s Message of Yesterday to Engage a LargeNumber of the Cherokee Indians to Join the Forces under the Commandof his Excellency the Earl of Loudoun. However as the Design of the Legislatureof this Province in Granting a Large Sum of Money to raise a Regimentwas that 500 of them Shoud Act in the General Cause and be Subjectto Lord Loudoun’s Command & as the raising of a Regiment in this Provincehas been found Impracticable, And as His Lordship is so Earnest &thinks it so Essential & necessary to the Success of the Opperations of theEnsuing Campaign, that a Party of the said Indians shou’d be Sent to Virginia,we are willing That a Sum not Exceeding £20,000, be taken out of theMonies provided to Raise the said Regiment & applied for Encouraging &fitting out a Party of the said Indians to Join his Majesty’s Forces & for Defrayingall Charges that may be incedent thereto; In doeing which, in ourOpinion, the Intentions of the Legislature in raising the said Regiment maybe better answ’d & a Greater Advantage Accrue to his Majestys Service.And we Intreat your Excellency That Nothing may be promis’d to beGiven the said Indians upon their return from War, as they have not hithertobeen used to be paid for the time they were absent from Home, & whichwou’d not only inhance the Expence, but may Establish a bad Precedentamong all our Indian Allies.Ordered that the said Answer be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Laurens.

MARCH 18, 1758137A Motion was made, & the Question being put that the House do Askhis Excellencys Leave to adjourn till the Second Tuesday in April Next.It Passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put, That his Excellency’s Leave be ask’d toadjourn ’till the third Tuesday in April next.It passed in the Negative.And the Question being put, that his Excellencys Leave be ask’d to adjourntill the First Tuesday in May Next.It Passed in the Negative.And the Question being put, that his Excellencys Leave be ask’d to adjourntill the Third Tuesday in May next.It passed in the Negative.A motion was made and the Question propounded That the one ShillingSterling per day voted by this House to be paid to the Subaltern Officers of theSeveral Corps now in Charles Town in Lieu of Quarters, shoud not be paid toany of the said Subaltern Officers untill they had discharged their Lodgings.And the Previous Question being put That That Question be now put.It passed in the Negative.Ordered that Mr. Laurens & Mr. Drayton do wait upon the Governor& humbly desire his Excellency’s Leave to this House to adjourn ’till Mondaythe 17th day of April Next.The Said Gentlemen accordingly Withdrew.And being returned, Mr. Drayton reported to the House that the Governorhaving been waited upon, pursuant to their Order, his Excellency hadbeen pleased to say that he had a Message of Great Importance to Send downbefore he cou’d give the House Leave to adjourn.And then the House adjourned till Four o’Clock in the afternoon.P.M.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Lieutenant Hesse of the Royal American Battalion has since his Arrivalhere perform’d much Good Service in Planning & directing the Constructionof the Fortifications & I recommend it to You to Provide a properRecompence to him on that Account. And as the Continuance of Mr. Hessehere will be of the Greatest Consequence as well for Carrying on the saidWorks as for any other Services wherein in Case of an Attack it might be requisiteto Employe an Engineer, I desire you will allott a Suitable Allowanceto make it worth his While to remain here.

138 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Mr. Stradman will also be much Wanted as an Officer of Artillery & Irecommend it to You to make a Provision for an allowance for him.As the half Battallion of Royal Americans is on the Point of it’s departure,I desire to know your Resolutions concerning these Things as Speedilyas Possible.Wm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And the said Message being twice read.And the Question being put that the House will Consider of a properRecompence to Lieutn. Hesse for his Service in Planning & directing theConstruction of the Fortifications.It was resolved in the Affirmative.Resolv’d upon the Question That the said Lieutenant Hesse be allowedthe Sum of Thirty Pounds Current Money per Week to be paid out of theFortification Fund during the Time he has been Actually Employed as anEngineer in the Service of this Government.A Motion was made & the Question being put that the said Mr. Hesse’sQuarters as a Subaltern Officer in the Royal American Battallion be includedin the above Allowance.The House devided.The Yeas go Forth.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Lynch—14.Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Pringle—16.So it was resolved in the Affirmative.Resolved upon the Question That the said Lieutenant Hesse be allowedout of the Fortification Fund the Sum of Twenty One pounds Current Moneyper Week during Such Time as he Shall be hereafter Actually Employed inthe Service of this Government as an Engineer not Exceeding TwelveMonths.Resolved, upon the Question, That Mr. Strademan be allowed the Sumof two hundred Pounds Current Money for his Past Services in proving theArtillery.Resolved That the said Mr. Strademan be allowed nine Pounds Six ShillingsCurrency per Week during such Time as he Shall be hereafter ActuallyEmployed in the Service of this Government as an Officer of the Artillery.Ordered Tha[t] An Answer be prepared to be Sent to his Excellency’sSaid Message.And Accordingly the following one was drawn, Viz.May it please your Excellency,In Answer to your Excellencys Message in relation to Lieutenant Hesse,

MARCH 18, 1758139we have resolved that he be allowed the Sum of thirty Pounds Current Moneyper Week to be paid out of the Fortification Fund during the Time he hasbeen Actually Employed as an Engineer in the Service of this Governmentincluding his Quarters as a Lieutenant in the Royal American Battallion. Andas an Encouragement to him to Continue here, as well for Carrying on thenew Works as for any other Services wherein it may be requisite to Employehim as an Engineer, we have Resolved that he be allowed out of the sameFund the Further sum of Twenty One pounds Current Money per week,during Such Time only, as he Shall hereafter be Actually Employed in ourService, not Exceeding Twelve Months. And with regard to Mr. Stradman’sbeing Wanted as an Officer of Artillery, we have Likewise resolved to makea Provission of £200 Current Money as a Recompence for his past Services,& the further sum of Nine Pounds Six Shillings per Week for such Time ashe Shall hereafter be Employed in the Service of this Government not ExceedingTwelve Months.Ordered that the said Answer be presented to the Governor by Mr.Middleton & Mr. Bull & that they do humbly desire his Excellencys Leaveto this House to Adjourn till Monday the 17th of April next.Mr. Middleton reported to the House that the Governor having beenwaited upon with the Message, his Excellency was pleased to Give the HouseLeave to adjourn Accordingly.And then the House adjourned till Monday the 17th of April Next.Return to contents ➔

140 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Session Beginning April 17, 1758and Ending May 19, 1758Monday the 17th of April 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourn’d the House ’till to morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 18th day of April 1758.The following Gentlemen Met, viz., Mr. Guerard, Mr. Graeme, Mr.Pringle, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Postell, Mr. McQueen, Mr. Bull, and made Choiceof Mr. Graeme to be their Chairman, who adjourned the House till To morrowMorning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 19th day of April 1758.The Journal of the Proceedings of Saturday the 18th of March Last wasread.A Petition of Lieutn. Collo. Adam Stephens of the Virginia Regimentwas presented to the House and read Setting forth as Viz.That 2 Companys were detached from the Said Regiment and transportedhither at a very Great Expence of Virginia, for the Protection & Defenceof this Province. That for discharging the Arrears due to the saidCompanys, the Government of Virginia Sent the Petitioner 56 Barrells & 489bags of bread & 58 barrels of Flour to be disposed of here to raise Money forthat Purpose; that Selling the said Bread & Flour at Public Auction must beattended with a Considerable Loss, to prevent which, the Petitioner put thesame into the hands of Benjamin Stead (who advanced him a Sum Sufficientto pay the said two Companys) to be disposed of to the best advantage; thatthe Petitioner is informed that a duty is imposed by a Law of this Provinceon all Bread & flour imported & therefore prays a Remission of the duty.Resolved that the Prayer of the Petition be granted & that a Resolutionbe prepared for that Purpose to be Sent to the Governor & Council for theirConcurrence.Resolved That this House will Grant His Majesty a Sum Sufficient for

APRIL 19, 1758141defraying the Charges of this Government from the 25th day of March 1757to the 24th day of March 1758.Ordered that a Bill be brought upon the Said Resolution, & that Mr.Mazyck & Mr. Lamboll do prepare & bring in the same.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to prepare & bring in a Scheduleof the said Charges to be annexed to the said Bill, of Mr. Laurens, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Trapier.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to inspect what Laws are Expiredor near Expiring & to report their Opinion to the house which of themare fit to be revived or Continued.And it is referred to Mr. Rattray, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Greame, Mr. Leigh,Mr. Drayton, Mr. Lamboll.The Accounts of the following Persons were Severally read, Viz.James Laurens & Co. for the use of the Forces amounting to £103:2:6.Charles Lowndes Esqr., Late Provost Marshall, for Criminals amountingto £334:8:9.Daniel Badger for the use of the Assembly £2:1:3.Luke Stoutenburgh for the Forces amounting to £50.John Butler for Provissions for Fort Loudoun amounting to £21:15:4assign’d to John McQueen & Company.Seven Certificates of Officers of the Forces in favour of Michael CochranFor Ferriage over Santee River.John Stephens for Carpenters Work at Fort Loudoun amounting to £40,Assign’d to John McQueen & Company.Patrick Kelly for flour for the Garrison at Fort Loudoun amounting to£89, Assign’d to John McQueen & Company.Jane Price for Board of 3 Highland Officers amounting to £15:0:0.Daniel Bootwright, Constable, for Criminals amounting to £21:5:0.Samuel Wainwright for the Forces amounting to £45.George Smith Peter for Carriage of Stores to fort Prince George £52:18.Order in favour of Joseph Ash & the Estate of James Ash, deceased, for£180, the Appraised Value of a Slave Executed.John Stevenson for the use of the Barracks amounting to £51:15.John Ioor for repairs to St. George’s Parsonage amounting to £39:18:0.Wm. Maxwell for provisions to the Militia on an Alarm amounting [to]£5:10.John Dargon three Accounts for Ferriage of the Forces amounting to£10.Wm. Howell for Carriage of Stores to Fort Prince George £120:12:6.Samuel Benn for Indian Presents amounting to £94:10 assignd to JohnMcQueen & Company.

142 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Daniel Crawford Esqr. for Transporting a Detachment to Beaufordamounting to £104:15:0.Three Accounts of Dennis Hayes Entertaining Indians not Cast up.John Hudson for ferriage of Soldiers amounting to £1:3:0.Mary Whitford for Entertaining Indians amounting to £4:17:6.John Cannon for Carriage of Flour to fort Prince George amountingto £100.John McQueen & Co. for the use of the Barracks amounting to £112:17:6.Jacob Motte Esqr., Public Treasurer, paid for the Passages of two FrenchPrisoners to Great Britain £100.Robert Rawlins, Rent of a House for the Forces amounting to £337:14.George Allison, Constable, for Criminal Slaves amounting to £7:2:6.John Scott for Indian Presents £10.Edward Brody for Entertaining Indians £6.William Cardogan for the Like service £12:10.Lachlan McGillivray for the Like Service £171:15:6.Edward Legge for the Like service £51:13:8.Ordered that the said Papers be Severally referred to the Committeeappointed to Audit the Public Accounts & that they do Examine the same,& report their Opinion thereupon to the House.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 20th of April 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Resolved That 56 Barrells & 489 Bags of Bread & 58 Barrell[s] of FlourSent by the Government of Virginia to Adam Stephen Esqr., LieutenantCollonel of the said Regiment, to Raise money for paying two Companies ofthe said Regiment which were Sent by the said Government for the Protection& defence of this Province be Exempted from the Payment of the Dutiesimposed by the Laws of this Province on Bread & Flour imported, andthat this Resolution be Sent up to his Excellency the Governor for his assent,& to His Majesty’s Council for their Concurrence & that Mr. Speaker do Signthe Same.Ordered That Mr. Manigault do wait upon the Governor & Council withthe said Resolution & desire their Concurrence.Mr. Lamboll presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forraising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of ______to defray the Chargesof this Government from the Twenty fifth day of March, one Thousand sevenhundred and fifty seven to the twenty fourth day of March One thousand

APRIL 21, 1758143seven hundred and fifty Eight. And for other Services therein mentioned”;and the Same was received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Friday the 21st of April 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.An Account of William Pinckney Esqr., Commissary, for Wood for theForces amounting to £405, And,An Account of Samuel Prioleau for Rent of a House for the Forcesamounting to £111:18:9, were Severally read.Ordered that the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.And that they do Examine the Same and report their Opinion thereuponto the House.Mr. Guerard reported from the Committee appointed to Audit thePublic Treasurers Accounts, that the Committee had, pursuant to the Orderof the House, Examined the said Accounts & had Likewise in Conjunctionwith Several Members of the Council appointed for that purpose seenSeverall Paper Bills of Credit, Public Orders and Tax Certificates destroyed,which Matters the Committee had directed him to report to the House, &he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the ClerksTable, Where the same was read & is as follows, Viz.The Committee have Examined the Public Treasurers Books & find thatthe Amount of the Duties arising on Deer Skins Exported from the 29th September1756 to the 29th September 1757 is £2793:6:6 which amount is transferredto the General duty Fund.That the Amount of Duties arising on Sole Leather Exported from the29th September 1756 to the 29th September 1757 is £402:2:9. Which is alsotransferred to the General duty Fund.That the Income of the General Duty Fund from 29th September 1756to the 29th September 1757 including the two Sums abovemention’d is£24,727:4:6. Which Fund Stands Charged with the following Sums to theabove Time, Viz.For Debentures £ 2983:14:01Salaries of the Clergy 12667:17:06Fortifications 5000:00:00St. Michael’s Church 200:00:00

144 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758State House 2500:00:00Treasurers Commissions 1114:09:03£25966:00:10From whence it Appears that there is a Ballance of £1238:16:4 in favourof the Treasurer.That the Amount of Taxes on Good[s] imported By Transient Personsis £374:12:9 out of which £18:14:5, the Treasurers Commissions, being deductedLeave a Ballance of £356:18:4 which is Carried to the Credit of the Accountof Licences for retailing Spirituous Liquors & both appropriated for dischargingthe additional Pay to the Independent Companies doeing duty in thisProvince.That the Income of the Tax on the first Purchasers of Slaves importedfrom the 29th September 1756 to the 29th September 1757 amount to £12,690against which Fund is Charged to the above time,For Debentures £ 528:15:06The Treasurers Commissions 330:09:04To the Fund for Poor Protestant Settlers 9464:12:03To the Fund for a Pest House, a Beacon,now applied to finishing St. MichaelsChurch 2366:02:11£12690:00:00That the Fund Appropriated for building & repairing Fortificationsfrom the 29th September 1756 to the 29th September 1757 amounts to£12,558:2:9. And that the Draughts made by the Commissioners for the Fortificationson the Treasurer during the Time above mentionned, together withthe Treasurer’s Commissions thereon, amounts to £20,136:13:6, by which itappears there is a Ballance of £7573:11:3 in favour of the Treasurer, to the Timeaforesaid. But the Committee beg Leave to Observe, that there are LargeSums, that there are to come to the Credit of this Account in the next Year;That the Fund for Building a Parsonage House in St. Michaels Parish to the29th September 1757, there is a Ballance of £841:13:4 in favour of the Treasurer,but to reimburse him there is an Income to this Fund of £200 per Annum.That the Income of the additional Duty for Fortifications from the Passingof the Act to the 29th September 1757 Amount to £2452:10:7 from which£61:6:3, the Treasurers Commission, Thereon at 2 1 ⁄2 per Cent, being deducted,Leaves a Ballance of £2391:4:4 in favour of this Fund; That of the Fund forFinishing St. Michaels Church to the 29th September 1757 there is a Ballanceof £793:3:0 due to the Treasurer, of which he will be reimburs’d by the next

APRIL 21, 1758145Year’s Income from the General Duty Fund, & duties for Beacons & PestHouse also applyd for that Purpose.That of the Fund for Building a State House to the 29th September 1757there is a Ballance of £16,270:16:8 in favour of the Treasurer, which will bereimbursed by an Annual Income for four Years from the General Duty fund,& by Provisions made in the Act of Assembly passed the 21st of May 1757.That the Incomes on Licences for Selling & retailing Spirituous Liquorsfor the Year 1757 Amounts to £2901:10:10 out of which the sum of £2184:9:8 hasbeen paid to the Commissary General for the additional pay of theIndependant Companys, which being deducted Leaves a Ballance of £717:12:2in the Treasurey to be Apply’d for same Purpose.That the Amount of the Fund Appropriated for new Settlers to the 29thSeptember 1757 is £25,799:19:4 out of which to the Same Time there is £7000paid, which together with The Treasurers Commissions thereon, £175 at 2 1 ⁄2per Cent, being deducted Leaves a Ballance of £18,624:19:4 in the Treasuryin favour of Said Fund.That the Income of Tax on Goods Sold at Public Auction from the 1stof January 1756 to the 1st of January 1757 amounts to £1174:6:4. The Chargesof the Law Suit of Raper against Warham & Prioleau Amounting to £197 togetherwith the Treasurers Commissions of £48:17:3 being Deducted Leavesa Ballance of £928:9:1 to be apply’d as the General Assembly may please toOrder.That on Settling the Tax for the Charges of Gover[n]ment for the YearEnding the 25th March 1755 by Virtue of the Tax Law passed the 20th May1755 Your Committee find a Surplus in the Treasurer’s Hands of £7140:14:5 ofwhich £101:15:10 is more than the Town & £7038:18:7 than the Countrys proportionof the said Tax, but your Committee begg Leave to Observe, thatthere was no particular return made to the Treasurer from the Welch Tract,owing as he inform’d the Committee, to the Death of Mr. Wall, the Collectornamed in the said Law for that District, from whom he only Received£350:15 & that when he heard of his Death, he wrote Severall Letters to theWidow but had no Answer, & further That John Crawford Esqr., whose Sonmarried the Widow, promised to make Inquiry into the Affair & That if anypapers relating to the Same or more Money belonging to the Public wasfound, that he woud transmitt the Same to him, but that as he has had noAnswer from the said Crawford, he concludes nothing was found.The Committee have not Settled the Tax for the Charges of Governmentfor the Year Ending the 25th March 1756 by reason that the Treasurerinform’d them, that several of the Collectors in the Country had not finallysettled & paid him their Collections, Your Committee find that the numberof Certificates Issued for Payment of the Estimate annex’d to that Law were

146 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 17581985 amounting to £85159 of which Certificates the Treasurer produced 1094amounting to £46497 which your Committee with a Committee of theCouncill have burnt to Ashes so that there Remains 891 of These Certificatesamounting to £38,662 to be brought into the Treasury in order to be Exchanged& Sunk.By a report of the Last Committee on the Treasurers Accounts thereremain’d outstanding 12 Certificates that were Issued in the year 1753 Amountingto £542, Seven of which amounting to £327 The Treasurer produced,which your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt to Ashes,so there remains to be brought into the Treasury to be Exchanged in Orderto be Sunk, 5 of those Certificates amounting to £215; Your Committeefind also by the report of the said Committee there remains to [be] broughtinto the Treasury 108 Certificates of those Issued in the Year 1754 Amountingto £5087 of which your Committee & a Committee of the Council haveburnt 79 amounting to £3784 so there yet remains 29 of Said Certificatesamounting to £1303 to be brought in to the Treasurer to be Exchanged inorder to be Sunk.Your Committee find also by the said report of the former Committeethat there were outstanding 594 Certificates Issued in the Year 1755 amountingto £29,562 of which your Committee with a Committee of the Councilhave burnt to Ashes 384 amounting to £18788 & there now remains of the saidCertificates 210 amounting to £10,774 to be brought into the Treasury in orderto be Exchang’d and Sunk.Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt to ashes34 Certificates Issued for Building St. Michaels Church amounting to £1500.Your Committee find that there remain’d in the Treasury by report ofthe Last Committee £1221:5:0 of the £63,000 Orders Issued in the Year 1742for the Assistance of Georgia & Defence of this province of which the Treasurerproduced the Sum of £483:15 which were burnt to Ashes by your Committee& a Committee of the Council which being Deducted from the abovesum Leaves a Ballance of £737:10 yet in the Treasury for to Exchange the restof those Orders.Your Committee also find by the report of the Last Committee thatthere was £137:10 of the Fortification Orders Issued in the Year 1745 notbrought into the Treasury, of which the Treasurer produced £20 which beingburnt by your Committee with a Committee of the Councill from whenceit appears that £117:10 of said Orders are Still to be brought in & Exchangedin Order to be Sunk.Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt one £4[&] one £8 of the Orders Issued in the Year 1740 for the Expedition againstSt. Augustine for which provission is to be made to reimburse the Treasurer

APRIL 21, 1758147as the Ballance of that Fund was apply’d in Aid of Taxes for the Year 1753.Your Committee also find that there was a Ballance of £279:15:9 in theTreasury for Exchanging of the Old Currency Issued in the Year 1731 of whichthe Treasurer produced the Sum of £13:8:3 which your Committee togetherwith a Committee of the Council have burnt to Ashes, So there remains Stillto be brought in to be Exchanged the Sum of £266:7:6.Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt to Ashesthe Sum of £1604:2:6 of Torn & Obliterated Currancy which together withthe Sum of £6321:10 burnt by former Committees amounting to £7925:12:6which being deducted from the £20,000 provided for Exchanging said CurrencyLeaves a Ballance of £12,074:7:6 in the Treasury for the same Purpose.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Thomas Mellichamp addressed tothe Governor, Council & Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Petition being read.Resolved That the said Petition, being an Application for Money & addressedContrary to a Standing Order of this House, be Rejected.Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accountsof the Creditors of the Public, that the Committee had Examinedseveral other of the Papers referred to their Consideration & had directedhim to report the same, as they appeared to them to the House, and he readthe Report in his Place & afterwards delivered it in at the Clerks Table wherethe same was read & is as follows.Report No. 4 from No. 314 to No. 464.No. 314. An Account of William Simpson, Clerk of the Council, Blank.Your Committee on Examining the Estimate Annexed to the Last years TaxBill find that the said Officer was allowed £1425:7:8 in full of all his Servicesas Clerk of the Council (Exclusive of his Salary), Recommend that the saidSum be now allowed him.No. 315. A Second Account of William Simpson amounting to £80, ofwhich £50 for Inquests to be allowed, the remainder £30 for his Sallary asClerk to the Church Commissioners to be paid by the said Commissioners.No. 316. An Account of Zacharia Villepontoux for maintainingAccadians amounting to £28 we recommend may be paid when duly Certifiedby the Church Wardens & Vestry.No. 317. John McQueen & Co. Account amounting to £2696:4 we recommendto be allowed.No. 318. John Joyner, master of the Scout Boat, his Account amounting[to] £118:19 for Bread for the use of the Scout Boat, allowed.

148 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758No. 319. Mary Whitfords Account amounting to £25:17:6 for EntertainingIndians, allowed.No. 320. A Second Account of Mary Whitfords for the Like Serviceamounting to £4:5, allowed.No. 321. A third Account of Mary Whitfords for Entertaining Indians 2days £52:10, which being a day Longer than Usual we Recommend that £26:5only be allowed.No. 322. An Account of William West for Entertaining Indians 2 days,we recommend for the above reason that £26:5 only be allowed.No. 323. A Second Account of William West for the Like Service £52:10,as this Appears to Your Committee to be a Copy of the first Account whichmay have been Sent into this House by Mistake, recomend that it may notbe allowed.No. 324. A third Account of William West for the Like Service £25:10,we recommend to be allowed.No. 325. An Account of Nicholas Yonker amounting to £53:2:6 for apprehending& Conveying to Goal Usher Jones, a felon, of which Sum waspaid him by the Treasurer £26:11:3, Sundry Overcharges £15:2:6, these Sumsbeing deducted Leave a ballance of £11:8:9 which we recommend to beallow’d.No. 326. An Account of Philip Chichett amounting to £33:15 for Lodginga french Officer of which Sum was paid by the Public Treasurer £24:15,the Ballance being £9, to be allowed.No. 327. An Order of Lachlan Shaw in favour of John Wildermot forthe Hire of a Waggon & Horses at Fort Prince George £51, we recommendmay be allowed.No. 328. An Account of Oliphant & Garden amounting to £12 forMedecines & attendance on Indians in which are Several Overchargesamount of £4:5, the ballance £7:5 we recommend may be allowed.No. 329. An Account of Inglis & Pickering amounting to £1301:16:10 werecommend may be allowed.The 330. William King his Account for Services at the Look out on ColeIsland amounting to £12, to be allowed.No. 331. An Account of Ancrum, Lance & Loocock amounting to£162:2:6, of which £127:12:6 being the Amount of Certificates to HannahMcGregor indorsed to them, we recommend may be allowed; the ballanceof £34:10 is already allowed to James Moon & Thomas Mills on JohnChevillettes Certificates.No. 332. An Account for Prisilla Martin amounting to £10 for Serviceto a French Prisoner not being properly Certifyed we recommend may notbe allow’d.

APRIL 21, 1758149No. 333. An Account of William Sheather, Constable, amounting to £3614/ for Conveying a Malefactor to Goal in which we find Several OverCharges to Amount of £7, the Ballance £29:14 we recommend may be paid.No. 334. A Second Account of Thomas Nightingale for Services for Indiansamounting to £44:12:6, we recommend may be allowed.No. 335. An Account of Sarah Nightingale for Lodging & maintainingof Indians amount[ing] to £873:10, we recommend may be allowed.No. 336. An Account of Othniel Beal Esqr. for Duffles for the TroopsAmounting to £171:10, we recommend may be allowed.No. 337. An Order of Lachlan McIntosh in favour of Andrew Williamsonfor driving Cattle to Fort Prince George amounting to £39, we recommendto be allowed.No. 338. A Certificate of Lachlan McIntosh in favor of John Kennett forCarriage of Flour to Fort Prince George to be allow’d.No. 339. An Account of John Guerard Esqr. amounting to £76:16 for theTroops, in which we find over Charged on Several Articles £9:13, the Ballancebeing £67:3 we recommend may be allowed.No. 340. An Account of William Laurence for Straw & Hay for theTroops amounting to £58, wherein is an Overcharge of 20/, the Ballance £57we recommend to be allowed.No. 341. A Certificate from Paul Demeré in favour of George Nickolsonamounting to £60 for 4 Months wagers as Cattle Hunter indorsed to JohnElliott; this your Committee thinks an unecessary Expence for as the Cattlewere delivered there the Least the men of the Garrisson could have donewas to get them up for their own Use when wanted & therefore recommendthat it may not be allowed.No. 342. An Account of Brunett & Hall amounting to £195 for SundryServices, we recommend may be allowed.No. 343. Another Account of Brunett & Hall amounting to £588:1:2 forServices for the Troops, we recommend may be allowed.No. 344. A Third Account of Brunett & Hall amounting to £303:1:3 forthe Like Services, we recommend may be allowed.No. 345. An Account of Benjamin Godfrey for maintenance of Indianstaken by Captn. Godins Company in the Year 1755 amounting to £14:2:6, Certifiedby Henry Misheau, your Committee not knowing what Authority hehad to give Such a Certificate Recommend that it may not be allowed untillbetter Vouched.No. 346. An Account of Miss Ann Wragg for House hire for HighlandTroops amounting to £237:6:8, we recommend may be allowed.No. 347. An Account of Robert Quash for Boarding a French Officer£30, we recommend to be allowed.

150 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758No. 348. An Account of Tew & Roybold (Taylors) for making Cloathsfor the Creek Indians amounting to £111:10, Overcharged 10/, the Ballance£111 to be allowed.No. 349. An Account of Edward Weyman for Lodging an officer andfor a drum for Fort Johnson amounting to £53:15, we recommend may beallowed.No. 350. An Account of Smith & Brewton amounting to £605:7:11, werecommend may be allow’d.No. 351. An Account of Benjamin Stead amounting to £384 for 16 SwivelGuns; Your Committee on Enquiring of Mr. Stead was Informed that he hadSold those Guns to Mr. Glen, the Late Governor, to whose Said Account hehad Charged them & further Said that he did Inform Mr. Glen that he wouldnot make the Public Debtor for them & the Committee being also Informedthat Mr. Glen in a General Account against the Publick had made a Chargeof those Guns, recommend this Article be disallowed.No. 352. An Account of Peter Crim for Driving Cattle to Fort PrinceGeorge amounting to £60 (attested before William Simpson Esqr.), as thisAccount is not Certify’d by the Commanding officer at that Fort, which hasbeen the usual method of Introducing Such Accot’s in this House, the Committeeare of Opinion it ought not to be allowed untill properly Certifyd.No. 353. An Account of John Gordon amounting to £314:17:11 1 ⁄2 whereinare Severall Wrong Charges for Room Hire for Entertaining 3 officers of theAmerican & Highland Battallions amounting to £69, the Ballance £245:7:11we recommend may be allowed.No. 354. A Certificate from John Chevillette in favour of Wm. Rothe for£24 for Horse Hire in Guarding of Cattle, Indorsed to Captn. Postell, we recommendmay be allowed.No. 355. An Account of John Savage amounting to £466 10/, of Whichsum £254 is for 2 hogsheds of Rum for the use of Fort Prince George, YourCommittee having Called Mr. Doyley before them to be Informed of theService that Rum was intended for, he acquainted them that the CommissaryGeneral received directions from his Excellency the Governor to purchasetwo Puncheons of Rum for the use of the men Employed in Buildingthe said Fort, which was to be delivered out to them at a Gill per Day to EachMan in Lieu of 6d Sterling per Day they were to receive for their Labour, &by a Calculation the Governor Caused to be made at the Expence (Includingthe Charge of Carriage &c.) found that by this method there would bea Saving to the Public of 2d Sterling per Day. Your Committee on this Consideration(altho it has not been Customary to allow any Rum to that or anyother Fort) Recommend that this be allowed.No. 356. An Account of Jacob Ladson, Constable, for apprehending &

APRIL 21, 1758151Whipping Several Slaves amounting to £9:7:6, in which are Severall Overchargeson Mileage 18/9, the Ballance £8:8:9 we recommend may be Allowed.No. 357. An account of Robert Hume for finding Materials & repairingthe Parsonage House in St. James Goose Creek amounting to £50:4:7, werecommend may be allowed.No. 358. A Certificate from Lachlan McIntosh in favour of AndrewWilliamson for £42:15 for Carriage of Pork for the use of Fort Prince George,to be allowed.No. 359. An Account of the Chief Justice amounting to £208:15 whereinare over Charges to Amount of £19:2:6, the Ballance £189:12:6 we recommendto be allowed.No. 360. An Account of William Simpson, Clerk of the Crown, amountingto £169 10/ wherein are Several Over Charges to amount of £14:7:6, theBallance £155:2:6 to be allowed.No. 361. A Certificate of Paul Demeré in favour of George Collis for £60for Hire of himself & Horse 4 Months in Cattle Hunting, your Committeerecommend that this may not be allow’d as they are of Opinion it was theBuisseness of those who were to make use of the Cattle to Hunt & drive themup without having any Demand for the Same on the public.No. 362. An Account of Lieutenant Shaw while in Command at FortPrince George, amounting to £72:12:3, of which £54 is for Rum given to Indiansand £4:12:3 for Beef for the same Service; as it is not been usual to admitof Rum being given to the Indians in their own Country & the Beef yourCommittee Supposes to have been the Publicks, are induced to recommendthat those two Articles be disallowed & that the Ballance being £14 be providedfor.No. 363. A Certificate of Paul Demeré in favour of John Elliott for £100for five Keggs of Rum bought of him for Indians that had been at war withthe Little Carpenter & Great Warriours. Your Committee with Submissiontake Leave to Observe that altho it has not been Customary to allow SuchCharges, yet as the service perform’d by the Indians to whom this Rum issaid to be Given was so remarkably advantagious to the province at this CriticalSeason that they are of Opinion it Shou’d be provided for.No. 364. An Account of James Henderson for Candles Supplied for theuse of the Troops amounting to £408:5, we recommend may be allowed.No. 365. An Account of Marguerite Olivier for Beef Supplied Indians£33:19:8, we recommend may be allowed.No. 366. An Account of Mr. Murray, Secretary, for Fees due to the Governor& himself, amounting to £148:15 for the Governor, allow’d, Amountingto the Secretary £564:14:3, Over charged for Indian Commissions £6 5/,Ballance £558:9:3 we recommend may be allowed (the Committee Observe

152 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758that Mr. Murray has made his Charges this Year agreable to the Accountallow’d him the Last) Except in the above deducted Articles.No. 367. An Account of Lieutn. Shaw amounting to £69:13 for Smithswork done at Fort Prince George & for mens Wages in Sawing & other Servicesat Said Fort, wherein is an over Charge of 20/, the Ballance £68 13/ tobe allowed.No. 368. A Certificate of Raymond Demeré in favour of Peter Crim for98 head of Cattle delivered at Fort Loudoun amounting to £1764, we recommendmay be provided for.No. 369. An Account of McCartan & Campbell amounting to £2467:15:11in which we find Errors to Amount of 16/8, the Ballance £2466:19:3 we recommendto be allowed.No. 370. An Account of John Marley for wood & Cartage for the Americanand Virginian Troops amounting to £939:2:6, we recommend may be allowed.No. 371. A Second Account of John Marley for the Like Service for theHighland Battallion amounting to £840:3:9, in which is over Cast 10/, theBallance £839:13:9 to be provided for.No. 372. A third Account of John Marley for Cartage of Lumber to theBarracks &c. amounting to £47:7:6, we recommend it may be allowed.No. 373. A Fourth Account of John Marley for wood & the Cartage ofit [for] the use of the Provincial Troops amounting to £50:15, in which is overCast 10/, the Ballance £50:5 we recommend may be allowed.No. 374. A Fifth Account of Jno. Marley for Wood & the Cartage of itfor [the] use of the Acadians amounting to £11:12:6, we Recommend to beallowed.No. 375. An Account of Nathaniel Bulline for Lodging an Officeramounting [to] £30, we recommend may be allowed.No. 376. An Account of David Dott for Lodging officers amounting to£108 wherein is wrong Charged for a Dineing Room £55, the ballance £53 werecommend may be provided for.No. 377. An Account of Humphry Sommers for Work done at the BrickBarracks amounting to £489:13:6, to be allowed.No. 378. An Account of Elisha Poinsett for Lodging Ensign JamesMcDonald amount[ing] to £26:11:3; the Commissary Certifys that this Accountis unjust, this Person being a Volunteer & Billeted there by the Governor,your Committee are of Opinion it ought not to be allowed.No. 379. An Account of Mary Cannon for wine &ca. Sent to the CouncilChamber by order of the Governor & Council for the use of Indians,amounting to £10:5, to be allowed.No. 380. An Account of Samuel Carne for Lodging an Officer £18:15:10,we recommend may be allowed.

APRIL 21, 1758153No. 381. An Account of Thomas Linning for Lodging Captn. RoderickMcKenzie amounting [to] £93:15 in which is a wrong Charge for two Rooms£62:10, the Ballance being £31:5 we recommend may be allowed.No. 382. An Account of James McKelvey amounting [to] £5:5 wherein is anundercharge of 10/ & a wrong Charge of 25/, the ballance £4:10 to be allow’d.No. 383. An Account of Hugh Anderson amounting to £98:2 for makingTrenchers for the Troops, we recommend may be allowed.No. 384. An Account of George Sommers for Entertaining Indians£5:18:4, we recomend to be allowed.No. 385. An Account of Hugh Branckman, Constable, for Apprehending& Conveying to Goal Bartlet Brown, a Felon, Amounting to £49:3, ofwhich Sum is paid by the Treasurer £20, this Account not being Certified byany Magistrate we recommend it may lay over untill properly Authenticated.No. 386. An Account of Elizabeth Poole for Lodging two Officersamounting to £95, in which is an Over Cast of 25/ & one Room wrongCharged amounting [to] £31:5, the ballance £62:10 we recommend may beallowed.No. 387. An Account of Benjamin Simmons for boarding a French Officeramounting to £15:7:6, we recommend may be allowed.No. 388. An Account of Williams & Carne for Vinegar for the Troop[s]Amounting to £23:4:4, To be allowed.No. 389. An Account of Elfe & Hutchinson for Furniture for the CouncilChamber amounting to £728:2:6, we recommend to be allowed.No. 390. An Account of Benjamin Godfrey for Pasturing Horse £5:10,allow’d.No. 391. An Account of Thomas Wright Esqr. for wood &c. for the useof the Troops amounting to £3746:3:3; Your Committee are of Opinion thataltho the price Charged for Wood is too high, yet as a Positive Contract wasmade with Mr. Wright he ought to be paid, But recommend as theCommissarys Conduct in this affair Is highly blamable & that if he hadfollow’d the directions he received for advertizing the Quantity of Woodwanted for the Public Service he would have procured it at a ConsiderableLess price, by which means a great Saving woud have Accrued to the province,That 7/6 per Cord on 506 Cords be Charged to and deducted from theCommissarys Account against the Public, being the Quantity Supplied priorto the Late resolution of the House for taking no more Wood from Mr.Wright at the Extravagent price of £3, And that 10/ per Cord on 244 1 ⁄2 SuppliedSince the said Resolution be taken off from Mr. Wrights Account, theBallance £3623:18:3 to be paid.No. 392. An Account of Gabriel Guignard for Cags of Different Sizes& Coopers Work for the Accadians & public £16:3:6 to be allowed.

154 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758No. 393. An Account of John Rice, Constable, for Criminal Slavesamounting to £33:15 in which are Severall over Charges amounting to £8:7:6,the Ballance £25:7:6 to be allowed.No. 394. An Account of Morreau Sarrazin for Ingraving Copper Platesand Printing Bills &ca. amounting to £149:14:9, Your Committee recommendmay be paid out of the money so Printed and Signd as has been usual in theLike Cases.No. 395. An Account of John Axson, Black Smith, for making Gibets fora Negroe fellow Sentanced for Poisoning amounting to £25, the Committeethink £15 fully Sufficient & recommend that Sum may be allowed.No. 397. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré in favour of John Stephensfor three Months Salary as Public Carpenter at £20 per Month £60. The Committeedo not know by What Authority or right Captn. Demeré Established Sucha Sallary and as they apprehend it producive of bad Consequence to the Publicto Encourage such Charges recommend that it may not be provided for. 13No. 398. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré in favour of JamesCappock for Making Bisquit for the Troops at Fort Loudoun amounting to£25:15:0; As his Excellency the Governor Acquainted the House that the Earlof Loudoun wou’d be at the Expence of furnishing provissions to theIndependant Companys in Consideration of this Province defraying theCharges of Carriage, that it may not be provided for.No. 399. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré in favour of Samuel Bennfor 500 Bushells of Indian Corn £500. It appears to Your Committee from anAccount delivered by Collonel Chevillette of Sundry Stores &c. remaining at FortLoudoun and Captn. Demerés Receipt of the 6th August 1757, that a Large Quantityof Provissions of Different Sort were then in Store Sufficient as Collo.Chevillette Informed the Committee to Suffice for near 12 Months, and as thisCorn was procured only five Months afterwards the Committee recommend theAccount may Lye over untill the House is further Certify’d of the reason forLaying in such an Aditional Quantity in So Short a time.No. 400. A Certificate of Captn. Demeré in favour of William Shoreyfor Indian Corn at 20/, £196, recommend may Lye over for the reason above.No. 401. An Account of Bremar & Neyle Amounting to £226:7:8 in whichare Sundry Over Charges amounting to £15:3:3 1 /2, the Ballance £211:4:4[ 1 /2] tobe allowed.No. 402. An Order drawn by Henry Mashow in favour of AlexanderRantowle amounting to £12; As this Account is neither Certified nor attested& the Committee know of no Such Officer as Henry Mashow, not allowed.13Number 396 was omitted in both the South Carolina and British manuscripts. Apparently, notext was omitted. The clerk made an inadvertent numbering error—from here to the end of the reportthe account numbers do not match those given on the second reading (below, p. 164 ff).

APRIL 21, 1758155No. 403. An Account of Mary Scott for the Rent of a House for Soldiers& for Damages done the House Amounting [to] £135. The Committee arefor allowing £100 for the House Rent but think the Remaind[er] Should bededuc[ted].No. 404. An Account of the Parish of St. Bartholomew for Repairs ofthe Parsonage House amounting [to] £124:10 assignd to Thomas Hutchinson& David Maybank, allowed.No. 405. An Account of James Laurens & Co. for the Barracks £85,allo[wed].No. 406. An Account of Waggons Employed at Fort Prince George byLieutenant Lachlan Shaw. This appears to the Committee to be an Accountof Orders drawn on the Public by Mr. Shaw for the above Service, Severalof which Orders, vizt., in favour of John Cannon, John Kennett, Mr. Elliott& Serjeant Harrison on Amount £192 have been already reported on by theCommittee. The Remainder, £60 to John Wildermott, the Committee recommendto be paid whenever the order Shall appear.No. 407. An Account of Lachlan Shaw of Orders drawn on the Publicfor Services at Fort Prince George Amounting [to] £346:16, Severall of whichOrders amount[ing] to £124:6 have been already reported on by the Committee,the Ballance for John Turner £47:10, John Cannon £100, JohnWildermott £75, amount[ing] in the whole to £222:10 to be allowed when theOrders appear.No. 408. An Order of John Chevillette in favour of John Hatton for £20for an Express indorsed to Benja. Dart, The Committee think this Shoudhave been paid out of the Contingencies.No. 409. An Account of Paul Demereés for Pay advanced by him forSeveral Soldiers for Labour at Fort Loudoun £192:9:6. The Committee haveSettled this Account at the same Rates that were allowed by Lieutenant Shawat Fort Prince George for the same Services and have deducted £12 for FlagStaffs for the Indians & £42:11 for over Charges, By which it appears that adeduction of £54:11 ought to be made, The Ballance £137:18:6 to be allowed.No. 410. An Account of James Robertson, Constable, for Carrying PeterStowman, Charged with Murder, to Georgia amounting [to] £29; theCommittee think £10 ought to be deducted from the first Article, the Remainder£19 allow’d.No. 411. A Certificate of Paul Demeré in favour of George Nicklesonfor being Cattle driver at Fort Loudoun £30, indorsed to Benjamin Smith &Co., The Committee think ought not to be allowed.No. 412. A Certificate of Paul Demeré in favour of William Shorey forpork deliverd at Fort Loudoun £71:7:6, indorsed to Benjamin Smith & Co.Not allowed for the Reasons mentioned in No. 398.

156 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758No. 413. Another Certificate of Paul Demeré in favour of William Shorey£75, indorsed to Benjamin Smith & Co., for 3 Months Salary as Linguister atFort Loudoun at £25 per Month. As the House have allow’d no more than£15 per Month to other persons for the Like Services, the Committee are notat Liberty to allow more than £45.No. 414. An Account of Raymond Demeré for Money advanced by himto the Regulars for Work done at Fort Loudoun £691:2:6. The Province wereat the Expence of Sending up & maintaining 200 men to build fort Loudoun,and therefore the Committee are of Opinion that not one Penny of the aboveaccount Shall be allowed.No. 415. A Second Account of Raymond Demeré for the Like Serviceamounting to £60:12, Not allowed for the reasons Last Mentioned.No. 416. A third Account of Raymond Demeré Amounting [to] £599:8:6.The Committee are for allowing only 2 Articles, vizt., one for a Linguisteramounting [to] £45 & the other for Money advanced by his Excellency’sOrder Amounting [to] £40. The Committee observe that almost all the Restof the Account is for Presents to the Indians which if allowed woud open adoor to Great Impositions on the Public and that if Captn. Demereé had notcarried Good[s] into the Country it is probable the Indians woud not ExpectPresent[s], £85.No. 417. A Fourth Account of Raymond Demeré Amounting [to] £59,Not allowd for the Reasons mentioned in the Last.No. 418. A fifth Account of Raymond Demeré for Presents to the Indiansand other Services Amounting [to] £279:15 in which Account the Committeeallow £15 for a Linguister, £1:10 for Lines, £2:5 for a Letter from Mr.Outerbridge & £2:15 for thread to make Cartridges Amounting in the wholeto £21:10 to be allowed.No. 419. An Account of Margt. Olivier amounting to £984:7:3 for maintenanceof French Prisoners in which is an Overcharge of £4:10, the Ballance£979:17:3 to be allowed.No. 420. An Account of Raymond Demeré for Sundrys Supplyed to CommissaryChevillette at fort Loudoun amounting to £611, recommitted & allowed.No. 421. An Account of Hugh Anderson for Carpenters Work on theBarracks amounting to £205:15:8, an overcharge 30/ and Error in Casting up£9, the Ballance £195:5:8 to be allowed.No. 422. An Account of Elizabeth Larry for making Bedding for theSoldiers £16:17:6 to be allowed.No. 423. An Account of Elizabeth Jones for the same Service £31:2 tobe allowed.No. 424. An Account of Williams & Carne for Vinegar for the Soldiers£23:4:4 1 /2 to be allowed.

APRIL 21, 1758157No. 425. An Account of Catharina Scurlock amounting to £77:8:10 fortwo Rooms & a Cellar for the Highland Quarter Master Montgomery, oneof which Rooms was Employed For his Baggage & his Office, the Committeeare of Opinion that One Room with the Cellar char[ged] at £4 per Monthwas Sufficient & therefore have deducted £32:2:9, the Ballance £45:6:1 weRecommend to be allowed.No. 426. John Remington Junr. Account for Cooperage amounting to£136:15, [wrong Chargd £12:5, allowed £124:10.]No. 427. Oliphant & Garden Account for Medecines administred to theFrench prisoners by his Excellencys order Amounting to £37:7:6 allowed.No. 428. The Public Treasurers Account amounting to £26043:11:8 fromwhich to be deducted a Credit of £1522 Received from Mr. Lambton & anOvercharge of £50, the Ballance £24471:11:8 to be allowed. There are also fourArticles charged blank being for Services done [by] him which we Submitto the House.No. 429. A Second Account of Edward Legge Amounting [to] £51:13:8for Entertaining of Creek Indians & Ferriage, of which £34:9:4 1 /2 is alreadyReported & £7:4:4 overcharged, the Ballance being £10:4:11 1 /2 to be allowed.No. 430. A Certificate of Two Justices & three Freeholders of St.Bartholomews Parish in favour of Joseph Ash & the Estate of James Ash,Deceased, for a Slave Executed, amounting [to] £180, of which we Recommend£90 thereof to Joseph Ash & the other £90 to the Estate of James Ashmay be allowed.No. 431. An Account of Mary Whitford Amounting [to] £4:17:6 for Entertainingof Indians in which we find £1:17:6 Overcharg’d, the Ballance £3to be allowed.No. 432. An Account of Jonathan Badger, Messenger of the Assembly,amounting [to] £2:1:3, being for Firewood & Candles for the use of theHouse, we Recommend to be allowed.No. 433. An Order of Captn. Joseph Seabrook Amounting [to] £5:10 infavour of William Maxwell being for Provisions provided by him for the Militiaof Edistoe Island at an Alarm the 9th of March Last, to be allowed.No. 434. An order of Lieutenant Lachlan Shaw amounting [to] £100 infavour of John Cannon for Carriage of 2000 lb. Weight of Flour from theCongrees to the Garrison of Keowee to be allowed Agreable to our Reportof No. 407.No. 435. Eight Certificates from Sundry Royal American & Provincialofficers in favour of John Dargen amounting [to] £26:12:6 for Ferriage, Butas neither the Rates of the Ferry nor where the Ferry is Situated is mentioned,your Committee are of Opinion ought not to be allowed till moreproperly Vouchd.

158 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758No. 436. Three Accounts of Dennis Hayes Amounting [to] £9:15 beingfor Entertaining of Indians which your Committee are of Opinion ought notto be allow’d till better Certified.No. 437. An Account of Lauchlan McGilvray at Augusta Amounting [to]£171:15:0, in which we find Overchargd £80:6:9, the Ballance being £91:8:9 tobe allowed.No. 438. An Order of Captn. Paul Demeré Amounting [to] £94:10 in favourof Samuel Benn, being for Shirts given as Presents to the Cherokee Warriors,which not being Customary & a Bad precedent for Officers to make presentsto Indians without a Proper Authority, are of Opinion ought not to be allow’d.No. 439. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré Amounting [to] £21:15:4in favour of John Butler, being for Provissions for Fort Loudoun, which beingPosterior to the Time that Lord Loudoun undertook to Supply the Garrisonwith Provisions are of Opinion ought not to be allowed.No. 440. An Account of Samuel Wainwright Amounting [to] £45 beingfor Hire of the House for the Highlanders, to be allowed.No. 441. An Account of Luke Stoutenburgh Amounting [to] £50 beingfor hire of the House for the Highlanders, to be allowed.No. 442. An Account of Jane Price Amounting [to] £15, your CommitteeRecommend that not more than £5:7:6 may be allowed for Same in proportionfor Lodging only.No. 443. An Accoun[t] of Daniel Crawford Amounting [to] £104:15 beingfor Passage of 54 Provincials from Charles Town to Port Royal, your Committeeare of Opinion that the 3 first Articles being £60:15 ought to be allow’d& not More.No. 444. Five Certificates from Sundry Provincial Officers in favour ofMichael Cochran Amounting [to] £4:1:0 being for ferriage of Themselves &Recruits, to be provided for out of the Money for Raising the Regiment.No. 445. An Account of John Scott for Sundries for the Indians amounting[to] £10, allowed.No. 446. An Account of George Allison for Criminal Slaves amounting[to] £7:2:6, allowed.No. 447. An Account of William Cardogan for Entertaining Indiansamounting [to] £12:10, allowed.No. 448. An Accou[n]t of John Stevenson for work done at the Barracksamounting [to] £51:15, allowed.No. 449. A Memorial & Account of John Steuart Amounting to £354:17:6of which the Second & Seventh Articles were provided for the Last Year. Thefirst Article for horses from Fort Loudoun, the third & fourth articles forRum for the Indians in their own Country, the 5th for a Hog bought for theIndians at Ayree, the Sixth for a Quantity of Bacon, and the 9th for Presents

APRIL 21, 1758159to the Indians we think are unreasonable & unprecedented & ought not tobe allowed. The last article for his Expences & Extraordinary Liquor &Entertainement for the Indians The Committee Likewise think shou’d bededucted, Because Mr. Steuart at that Time received Captains Pay from theProvince and by a Resolution of the House only 7/6 per Day is allowed totravelling Indians. The 8th Article Amounting [to] £18 the Committee thinkproper to be allow’d.No. 450. An Account of John Ioor for the Repairs of the Parsonage atDorchester Amounting to £39:18, allowed.No. 451. An Account of John McQueen & Co. for the Barracksamount[ing] to £112:17:6, allowed.No. 452. An Account of Edward Brody for the Entertainment of Indians£6, Sundry Overcharges £3, allowed £3.No. 453. An Account of Charles Lowndes, Provost Marshall,Amount[ing] to £1372:17:6, Undercast 17/6 Makes £1373 15/, Overcharg’d forone Attendance & Bond £1:17:6 & one Years Salary £150, the Ballance£1221:17:6 to be allowed.No. 454. A Second Account of Charles Lowndes, Provost Marshal,Amount[ing] to £334:8:9, Overcharg’d for One Attendance £1:5:0 & for Prisonersnot Tryd £16:16:3 & for 2 Months Salary £25, The Ballance £291:7:6 tobe allowed.No. 455. An Account of John Milner, Gun Smith, Amounting [to]£1120:1:3 in which we find Sundry Overcharges Amounting to £597:5, theBallance being £522:16:3 we Recommend to be allowed.No. 456. An Account of James Laurens & Co. amounting to £103:2:6 inwhich is an Overcharge of 14/2, the Ballance £102:8:4 to be allowed.No. 457. A Certificate of John Chevillette in favour of Jno. GeorgeSmith, trader, amount[ing] to £52:18, £18 8/ of which being for the Carriageof 2 Swivell Guns from Saludy to Keowee we recommend to be allowed, theRemainder being for Carriage of Soldiers wives & their Baggage the Committeethink shoud not be allowed.No. 458. An Account of Daniel Bootwright, Constable, for apprehendingFellons amounting to £21:5, not being Certified by any Magistrate we thinkShoud not be allowed.No. 459. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré in favour of Patrick RillyAmounting [to] £89 for Flour delivered at Keowee which we Recommendto be allowed.No. 460. A Certificate of John Chevillette in Favour of John StevensAmounting [to] £40 for Carpenters Work at £20 per Month; as he was a Soldierof the Independant Companys we are of Opinion that £30 & not moremay be allowed.

160 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758No. 461. An Account of Robert Rawlins Amounting [to] £337:14 in whichwe find Charg’d £140:9 for Room Rent for 3 officers at one Shilling Sterlingper Day & as the said Sum is to be provided for another way by a Resolutionof the House we therefore deduct it & Severall other Articles Overcharg’dAmounting to £134:15, the Ballance being £62:10 to be allowed.No. 462. A Certificate of James Adams, a Provincial Officer, in favourof John Hudson for Ferriage of 68 Recruits at 1/3, which not appearing tothe Sattisfaction of your Committee, are of Opinion ought not to be allowed.No. 463. An Order of his Excellency the Governor to the CommissaryGeneral for £100, on the Public Treasurer, being for the Passage to Europeof Two French Prisoners, which we Recommend to be allowed.No. 464. An Account of John Keith, Indian Trader, Amounting [to]£821:10 being for the Apprehending Lieutn. Wall in the Creek Nation & bringinghim to Charles Town. As there was a Reward of £300 Offerd for takinghim, of Which he Received from the Governor £200, we Recommend thatthe other £100 may be allowed.Ordered that the said Report be Considered at three o’Clock in the afternoon.Mr. Stobo reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of theInhabitants of Edisto Island was referred, that the Committee had Examinedthe Matter of the said Petition & had directed him to report the Same, as itappears to them, to the House & he read the Report in his Place & afterwardsdelivered it in at the Clerks Table, Where the same was read & is as Follows, viz.That for Want of a Communication from the said Island to the Mainthe Inhabitants are Subjected to many Inco[n]vencencys and Exposed toGreat danger, in Case of an Enemy shou’d make a decent there, we thereforeRecommend that the Prayer of the said Petition be Granted.The Said Report being read a Second time.Orderd that Leave be Given to bring in a Bill Accordingly & that theGentlemen of the said Committee do prepare and bring in the Same.And then the House adjourned ’till Three of the Clock.P.M.The House (According to Order) proceeded to take into Considerationthe Report from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accounts of theCreditors of the Public.And the Severall Articles of the Said Report from No. 314 to No. 350being Severally read a Second time.To No. 314 on an Account of William Simpson Esqr., Clerk of the Council,the House agreed.

APRIL 21, 1758161No. 315 on a 2d Account of the Said William Simpson as Coroner ofBerkly County & Clerk to the Church Commissioners amounting to £80 wasdisagreed with.Resolv’d that the said account be allowed.No. 316, on an Account of Zachariah Villepontoux,No. 317, on An Account of John McQueen & Co.,No. 318, on An Account of John Joyner,No. 319 & 320, on two Accounts of Mary Whitford were Severally agreedto by the House.No. 321 on a third Account of Mary Whitford being read a Second time;A Resolution of the Assembly of the 2d of May 1750 with respect to providingfor the Entertaining of Indians, was read.Then the Said Article was (upon the Question being put thereupon)agreed to by the House.No. 322, 323 & 324 on three Accounts of William West,No. 325, On An Account of Nicholas Yonker,No. 326, On An Account of Philip Chichett,No. 327, On An Order in favour of John Wildermot,No. 328, On An Account of Oliphant & Garden,No. 329, On An Account of Inglis & Pickering,No. 330, On An Account of William King,No. 331, On An Account of Ancrum, Lance & Loocock,No. 332, On An Account of Priscilla Martin,No. 333, On An Account of William Sheather,No. 334, On An Account of Thomas Nightingale,No. 335, On An Account of Sarah Nightingale,No. 336, On An Account of Othniel Beale Esqr.,No. 337, On An Order in favour of Andrew Williamson &,No. 338, On An Order in favour of John Kennet were Severally agreedto by the House.No. 339, On An Account of John Guerard Esqr. was disagreed with bythe House.Resolved that £73:3 be provided for the said Account.No. 340, On An Account of William Laurence,No. 341, On An Account of George Nickleson,No. 342, 343 & 344 on three Accounts of Brunett & Hall were Severallyagreed to by the House.No. 345, On An Account of Benjamin Godfrey amounting to £14:2:6 wasdisagreed to by the House.Resolved that the said Account be provided for.No. 346, On An Account of Miss Ann Wragg,

162 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758No. 347, On An Account of Robert Quash,No. 348, On An Account of Tew & Roybould,No. 349, On An Account of Edward Weyman, &,No. 350, On An Account of Smith & Brewton were Severally agreed toby the House.Orderd that the further Consideration of the Said report be adjourned.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice Read “a Bill vesting Ashley Ferry in the PublicTreasurer for the time being for the Use of the Public; And for Keeping theCausey Leading to the said Ferry in repair.”And then the Messenger withdrew.And the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning nine of the Clock.Saturday the 22d of April 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered That the Clerk do write Letters to William Drayton, WilliamMoultrie, Thomas Lynch, Elisha Postell, Luke Stoutenburgh and Joseph PoolEsquire to require their attendance (all Excuses being Laid Aside) immediatelyon the Service of this House.Resolved, that Such Letters be sent to the said Gentlemen by a SpecialMessenger at their own Expence.Ordered that the Clerk do also write a Letter to Thomas Waties Esqr.to require his attendance (all Excuses being Laid aside) Immediately uponthe Service of this House; And that Such Letter be Sent to Mr. Waties by thefirst Oppertunity.Then the House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residueof the 4th Report from the Committee who were appointed to audit the Accountsof the Creditors of the Public.And the Severall Articles of the said Report from No. 351 to No. 391 bothinclusive being Severally read a Second time.The No. 351, on An Account of Benjn. Stead,No. 352, On An Account of Peter Crim,No. 353, On An Account of John Gordon,No. 354, On An Order assigned to Captn. James Postell,No. 355, On An Account of John Savage,No. 356, On An Account of Jacob Ladson,No. 357, On An Account of Robert Hume,No. 358, On An Account of Andrew Williamson were severally agreedto by the House.

APRIL 22, 1758163No. 359, on an Account of the Chief Justice, amounting to £208:15, & theNo. 360, on an Account of the Clerk of the Crown, amounting to £169:10, wereseverally disagreed with by the House.Resolv’d that the said Accounts be provided for.To 361, on an Order in favour of George Collis, was, upon the Questionbeing put there Upon, agreed to by the House.The 362, On An Account of Lieutn. Lachlan Shaw, was, upon the Questionbeing put thereupon disagreed with by the House.Resolv’d that £18:12:3 be allowed on the Said Account.The 363, On An Order in favour of John Elliott, was, upon the Questionbeing put thereupon disagreed with by the House.Resolved that no Provision be made for the Said Order.The 364, On An Account of James Henderson,The 365, On An Account of Marguerite Oliuié,The 366, On An Account of Fees due to the Secretary’s Office,The 367, On a 2d Account of Lachlan Shaw,The 368, On An Account of Peter Crim,The 369, On An Account of McCarten & Campbell,No. 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, on 5 Accounts of John Marley,No. 375, On An Account of Nathaniel Bulline,No. 376, On An Account of David Dott,No. 377, On An Account of Humphry Sommers,No. 378, On An Account of Elisha Poinsett,No. 379, On An Account of Mary Cannon,No. 380, On An Account of Samuel Carne,No. 381, On An Account of Thomas Lining,No. 382, On An Account of James McKelvey,No. 383, On An Account of Hugh Anderson,No. 384, On An Account of George Sommers were Severally agreed toby the House.Ordered that the Account of Hugh Branchman mentioned in the No.385th Article of the Report be recommitted.The 386, On An Account of Elizabeth Poole,No. 387, On An Account of Benjamin Simmons,No. 388, On An Account of Williams & Carne,No. 389, On An Account of Elfe & Hutchinson,No. 390, On An Account of Benjamin Godfrey were Severally agreed toby the House.No. 391, On An Account of Thomas Wright Esqr. The Question beingput that the House do agree with the Committee that 7/6 per Cord on 506Cords of Wood be charge[d] to & deducted from the Commissary’s Account.

164 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758It Passed in the Negative.And the Last Part of the said Article was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that the said Account amounting to £3746:3:3 be provided for.Ordered that the further Consideration of the Report be [adjourned].[And the Question being put that the House do] adjourn ’till MondayMorning Ten of the Clock.It passed in the Negative.Ordered that the Severall Committees do Sit next Monday Morning.And the Question being put that the House do adjourn till Monday afternoonThree o’Clock under a Fine of 40/ upon every Member absent.It Passed in the Negative.And then the House adjourned till Monday afternoon Five o’Clock.Monday the 24th of April 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till tomorrow Morning Nine of theClock.Tuesday the 25th of April 1758.The Journal of Saturdays Proceedings was Read.Mr. Mazyck Presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill Establishinga Road Lately laid out from Tippicut Law old feild in St. Johns Parishto Murrays Ferry Road in St. Stephens Parish, and for discontinuing suchPart of Murrays Ferry Road as is therein Mentionned” and the same was receivedand read the first Time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second time.Mr. Lamboll presented to the House (according to Order) “an additionalBill to the Acts for the better Relief of the Poor of this Province” &the Same was received and read the First time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.Then the House Resumed the Adjourned Consideration of the Residueof the fourth Report from the Committee who were appointed to Audit theAccounts of the Creditors of the Public.And the Several Articles of the Said Report from No. 392 to No. 427 bothinclusive, being Severally read a Second Time.To the 392d, On An Account of Gabriel Guignard,The 393d, On An Account of John Rice,The 394th, On An Account of Morreau Sarrazin,The 395th, On An Account of John Oxton,The 396th, On An Order in favour of John Stephens,

APRIL 25, 1758165The 397th, On An Order in favour of James Cappock,The 398th, On An Order in favour of Samuel Benn,The 399th, On An Order in favour of William Shorey &,The 400th, On An Account of Bremar & Neyle, the House severallyagreed.To 401st, On An Account of Alexander Rantowle, was disagreed with bythe House.Resolv’d that the said Account amounting to £12 be provided.The 402d, On An Account of Mary Scott,The 403d, On An Account of the Church Wardens of St. BartholomewParish,The 404th, On An Account of James Laurens & Company,The 405th, On An Account for Waggon hire at Fort Prince George,The 406th, On An Account of Lachlan Shaw,The 407th, On An Order in favour of John Hatton,The 408th, On An Account of Captn. Paul Demeré,The 409th, On An Account of James Robertson,The 410th, On An Order in favour of George Nicholson,The 411 & 412, on two Orders in favour of William Shorey,The 413d, 414, 415, 416, & 417, on 5 Accounts of Capn. Raymond Demeré,The 418th, On An Account of Margaret Olivier,The 419th, On a 6th Account of Captn. Raymond Demeré,The 420th, On An Account of Hugh Anderson,The 421st, On An Account of Elizabeth Larry,The 422d, On An Account of Elizabeth Jones,The 423, On An Account of Williams & Carne,The 424, On An Account of Catharine Scurlock,The 425, On An Account of John Remington Junr.,The 426th, On An Account of Oliphant & Garden were Severally agreedto by the House.The 427th Article on an Account of the Public Treasurer was agreed toby the House.And on Considering the Last Part of the said Article, Submitting to theConsideration of the House an allowance for the following Articles LeftBlank in the said Account, Viz.1st, For receiving & Issuing the Sum of £42,000 raised for the Defenceof North America,The 2d for attending the Press &ca., & Issuing Fortification Order[s]to the Amount of £25,000.The 3d for Paying out £40,000, raised by the Schedules to the Tax Lawsfor 1754 & 1755.

166 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758For Paying out £8750 to Send for Musquets, £7000 to Send for warlikeStore[s] & £8000 for Constructing Barracks.And the Question being put that the Treasurer be allowed £600 [for]Issuing the said Severall Sums.It Passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that he be allowed £500.It Passed in the Negative.Resolved that the Sum of three hundred & fifty Pounds be provided forthe Treasurer as a Recompence for his Trouble in receiving & Issuing theSeveral Sums mentioned in the said four Articles.Ordered that the Further Consideration of the Said Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned ’till Three of the Clock.P.M.Ordered That the Clerk of this House do forthwith write a Letter toThomas Wright Esqr. to require his Attendance (all Excuses being LaidAside) immediately upon the Service of this House.Resolved that the Said Letter be Sent to Mr. Wright by a Special Messengerat his own Expence.The House Resumed the Adjourned Consideration of the Residue ofthe fourth Report from the Committee who were appointed to audit the Accountsof the Creditors of the Public.And the Said Report being read a Second time throughout Article byArticle.To the 428 On An Account of Edward Legge,The 429th, On An Order in favour of Joseph Ash & the Estate of JamesAsh, Deceas’d,The 430th, On An Account of Mary Whitford,The 431st, On An Account of Jonathan Badger,The 432d, On An Account of William Maxwell &The 433d, On An Order in favour of John Cannon, the House agreed.The 434th on Eight Certificates in favour of John Dargen was upon theQuestion being put thereupon, disagreed with by the House.Resolved upon the Question that £10, Part of the Said Certificates, beingfor the Ferriage of Recruits for the Carolina Regiment, be paid out ofthe Sum Granted for raising the Said Regiment.Resolved That £16:12:6, Residue of the said Certificates, be provided for.The 435, On three Accounts of Dennis Hayes,The 436th, On An Account of Lachlan McGuillivray,

APRIL 25, 1758167The 437th, On An Order in favour of Samuel Benn,The 438th, On An Order in favour of John Butler,The 439th, On An Account of Samuel Wainwright,The 440th, On An Account of Luke Stoutenburgh, And,The 441st, On An Account of Jane Price, were Severally agreed to by theHouse.The 442d on an Account of Daniel Crawford Esqr. was disagreed withby the House.Resolvd that the Sum of £60 15/ be paid for the said Account out of theMoney provided for raising the Carolina Regiment.The 443d, On An Account of Michael Cochran,The 444th, On An Account of John Scott,The 445th, On An Account of George Allison,The 446th, On An Account of William Cardogan,The 447th, On An Account of John Stevenson,The 448th, On a Memorial & Account of John Steuart,The 449th, On An Account of John Ioor,The 450th, On An Account of John McQueen & Company,The 451st, On An Account of Edward Brody,The 452d & 453d, on two Accounts of Charles Lowndes Esqr., Late ProvostMarshall, were severally agreed to by the House.Ordered that the Account of John Milner (mention’d in the 454th Article)be recommitted.The 455th, On An Account of James Laurens & Company, was agreedto by the House.The 456th, On An Order in favour of John George Beder, was disagreedwith by the House.Resolv’d That £42:18 be provided for payment of the Said Order.The 457, On An Account of Daniel Bootwright,The 458, On An Order in favour of Patrick Ryley,The 459, On An Order in favour of John Stevens,The 460th, On An Account of Robert Rawlins, were Severally agreed toby the House.The 461st, On An Order in favour of John Hudson, was disagreed withby the House.Resolved that the said Order amounting to £4:5 be paid out of theMoney granted for raising the Carolina Regiment.The 462d, On An Order in favour of the Commissary, was agreed to byHouse.Order’d that the Account of John Keith mentioned in the Last Articlebe recommitted.

168 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758And then the House adjourned till To morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 26th of April 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Ordered That it be an Instruction to the Committee who were appointedto Audit the Accounts of the Public Treasurer [to] Examine the Stateof the Accounts of the Tax Collected for defraying the Charges of this Governmentfor the Year Ending the 25th day of March 1756 & that they do reportthe Same as it appears to them to the House.“An additional Bill to the Acts for the better Relief of the Poor of thisProvince” was read a Second time, with Blanks which were filled up, andSeveral Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered That Mr. Laurens do Carry the Bill to the Council.“A Bill Establishing a Road Lately Laid out from Tippicut-Law old Feildin St. Johns Parish to Murrays Ferry Road in St. Stephens Parish & for discontinuingsuch Part of Murray’s Ferry Road as is therein mentioned,” wasread a Second time.Ordered that Mr. Moultrie do Carry the Bill to the Council.The House being informed that Mr. Doyley from the Commissarys Officeattended at the Door, he was Called in & presented to the House pursuantto the Governors Order,List of the Officers who have removed from their Quarters before the30th of November and of those who never had any assigned them. 14And then he withdrew.And the Said List was read.Order’d that the Said List be referred to the Consideration of the Committeeappointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Report fromthe Committee appointed to inspect the Severall Laws for Establishing Ferriesin this Province be now taken into Consideration.It Passed in the Negative.Order’d that the Said Report be Considered to Morrow Morning.“A Bill vesting Ashley Ferry in the Public Treasurer for the time beingfor the use of the Public, And for Keeping the Causey Leading to the saidFerry in repair” was read a third time.Resolved that the Bill do pass, and that the Title be “an Act vestingAshley Ferry in the Public Treasurer for the Time being & for Keeping theCausey Leading to the Said Ferry in repair.”14See below, p. 172.

APRIL 27, 1758169Ordered that Mr. Lowndes do Carry the Bill to the Council & desiretheir Concurrence.And then the House adjourned ’till tomorrow Morning Nine of theClock.Thursday the 27th of April 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceeding[s] was read.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to Consider of the most Effectualand Cheapest Method of Carrying Provisions to the Several Garrisonsin the back Parts of this Province of the following Gentlemen, Viz., Mr.Laurens, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Ralph Izard, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr.Moultrie, & Mr. Poole.A Petition of Samuel Fayerweather, Rector of the Parish of PrinceGeorge Winyah, was presented to the House & read Setting forth as Viz.That your Petitioner being in a bad State of Health, by his Physiciansis advised and Intends God Willing, to Depart the Province in hopes of Recoveringthe Same, and purposes to return to his Parish as soon as Convenientlyhe Can.And therefore humbly prays that this Honorable House will please toContinue his Salary for Such Term, during his absence, as to the House ShallSeem reasonable & as hath been usual in other Cases of the Like Nature, Andyour Petitioner Shall ever Pray.Resolved that the Salary of the reverend Mr. Samuel Fayerweather, Rectorof the Parish of Prince George Winyah, be continued during his absencefrom this Province not Exceeding Eight Months.A Petition of Thomas Mellichamp was presented to the house and readSetting forth as Viz.That your Petitioner in the Latter End of August Last did make a discoveryin the Making of Indico of a very fine Quality of which he producedSeveral Samples. That being Sensible it woud be for the Benefit of hisMajestys Subjects in this Province to have that Discovery made Public, didproceed to Charles Town in order to make an Offer thereof to the Assemblybut finding there was then none, was advised to Communicate for a Gratitudeto be rais’d by Subscription payable in January Last. That he did thenCommunicate his Method to his Subscribers; That Severall have by themDirections in divers parts of the Country produced the Same QuantityIntirely to their Sattisfaction. That Some of the Subscribers have paid him,Some will Pay, some will pay half, and Some will not pay any, alledging ’tis ahardship that Some shoud pay for the Good of the whole. In this unsettledState is at present that Defeicency.

170 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758That your Petitioner by many Experiments tryed this winter, has madean Infallible Discovery of making Indico of the very finest and purest Qualitythe Herb is Capable of producing, and a Certain plain & Simple Methodwherein no maker may fail. That by this Discovery if the Maker has by anymeans got any Impure Quality in his Indico, he has a Method Laid down howto Seperate them.Your Honours petitioner Conceiving this discovery to be of Importanceto his King and Country makes the Offer thereof to Your Honours uponSuch a Gratuity as you in your Great Wisdom Shall think adequate.Your Petitioner Humbly hopes your honours will take it into Considerationas he Apprehends there will be great Difficulty in Collecting the Subscriptions.And he as in Duty Bound will Ever pray.Ordered That the Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee& that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the same withtheir Oppinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Middleton, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. RalphIzard, Mr. Drayton, Mr. Glover, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Bull, Mr. Crawford, Mr.McQueen, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Manigault.Ordered That all Members of the House who will attend the said CommitteeShall have Voices.Ordered That Mr. Rattray & Mr. Crawford be added to the Committeeto whom the representation of the Commissioners for building & Keepingin repair a Bridge over Edisto River at Orangeburgh & making a Road &Causey Leading to the Same, was referred.The House (According to the Order of Yesterday) proceeded to takeinto Consideration the Report from the Committee who were appoint’d toInspect the Several Laws for Establishing Ferries in this Province.And the said Report was read a Second Time. And the Question beingput, that Balls or Strawberry Ferry be vested in Trustees for the use ofthe Public.It Passed in the Negative.Resolv’d upon the Question That Bassnetts or Hobcaw Ferry be vestedin Trustees for the use of the Public.Resolv’d That Grays Ferry in Christ Church Parish & Grange’s orParkers Ferry over South Edisto River be vested in Trustees for the use ofthe Public.Resolv’d That Scotts or Daniels Island Ferry be vested in Trustees forthe use of the Public.Ordered That a Bill be brought in upon the Said Resolution and thatthe Gentlemen of the Said Committee do prepare & bring in the Same.

APRIL 27, 1758171Ordered That it be an Instruction to the said Gentlemen That they doinsert a Clause or Clauses in the Said Bill for Establishing a Ferry fromCharles Town to Hobcaw, to Grays Landing in Christ Church Parish & toDaniels Island.Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accountsof the Creditors of the Public, that the Committee had Examined theResidue of the Accounts which were referred to their Consideration & haddirected him to report the Same as they appeared to them, to the House,and he read the Report in his Place & afterward delivered it in at the ClerksTable w[h]ere the Same was read & is as follows, viz.Report No. 5, from No. 465 to No. 473.No. 465. An Account of Commissary Pinckney for Sundry DisbursmentsAmount[ing] to £1958:3, allowed.No. 466. A Second Account of Mr. Pinckney for wood amounting to£405 Supplied from 8th of March to the 8 April, at which Time Mr. Wrightrefused to Supply Wood, allowed.No. 467. An Account of Samuel Prioleau amounting [to] £111:18:9 forRent of a House for the Highland Soldiers, which being dated the 15th ofApril are of Opinion ought to Lye Over till provisions is made for defrayingthe Charges of the Current Year.No. 468. An Account of Hugh Branchman, Recommitted, for a CriminalAmounting [to] £49:3, Sundry Overcharges Amounting to £20:2:3, Paidby the Treasurer £20 Ballance £9:0:9 allowed.No. 469. An Account of John Milner, Gunsmith, Recommitted, Amounting[to] £1120:1:3, In which we find Overcharg’d on 369 Bayonets Scabbards10/ Each, being upon the Examination of Several Tradesm[e]n Valued atLowest Price at 12/6 Each, Likewise £266:12:6 Overcharg’d on 237 Scabbardsnot finished & deliver’d till after the 25th of March, which your Committeeare of Opinion Ought not to be provided for till next Year, the Ballance being£668:18:9 we Recommend to be allowed.No. 470. An Account of John Kith, Indian Trader, Recommitted,amounting [to] £821:10, In which we find Overcharg’d £487:10 in sundry Articles& £200 already paid him by his Excellency the Governor by an Orderon the Treasurer, the Ballance being £134 we Recommend to be allowed.No. 471. An Account of Daniel Pepper, Recommitted, Amounting [to]£4208 5/; there has been three Letters writ to him about Same & to Send theCommittee his Journals. His Answer was that he was Sick & Could not Attend& as to his Journal he did not Receive any Order or Directions to Keepone, neither did the Law Pass’d for Regulating the Indian Trade Mentionany Agent So doeing, So that your Committee have not been able to Gettany further Enlight or Information Relating to the Said Account, Therefore

172 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758beg Leave to Submitt it to the Consideration of the House.No. 472. A Third Account of Commissary Pinckney amounting [to]£32:10 being for Boat Hire to Carry Soldiers to Fort Johnson at Sundry Times,we Recommend to be allowed.No. 473. A List of the officers who have removed from their Quartersbefore 30th November & of those who had never any assignd them: Captn.Harding, Ensign James Grant, Lieut. Archibald Robertson, Lieut. WilliamMcKenzie, Lieutn. Duncan Bayne & Lieutn. Collin Campbell, EnsignMcDonald, Ensign Houston & Doctr. McLean. Names Mentioned in the SaidList have already been provided for at 50/ per Week; as Collo. MontgomeryCharges only £3:10 per Week for the Captains, 50/ whereof has already beenagreed to, the Committee recommend 20/ per Week more to be added tothe allowance for Captains Quarters & 50/ per Week to Major Tulliken. Andwe recommend the further following allowances for Gentlemen who havehad no Quarters or have removed before the 30th November Last.Collo. Montgomery, £62:10, Major Grant, £62:10, Lieut. Sutherland, £31:5,Lieutn. Phillips, £43:15, Adjutant Stewart, £10, Lieut. Collo. Stevens, £62,Captn. Mercer, £43:10, Lieutn. Stewart, £5:14, Captn. Lander, £21, CaptainSinclair, £35, Captn. Hugh McKenzie, £35, Ensign Hagart, £2:10, Lieutn. Blagg,£10:14, Ensign Jenkins, £43:15, Surgeons Mate Macdunnetts, £17:10.And finish’d their Report.The Committee having now Gone through all the Accounts take Leaveto make A General Observation or two, which have occurred to them in theExamination of the Said Accounts. And 1st the Committee observe that asthe Accounts are not all Delivered to the Committee at the same Time theyhave not an Oppertunity of ranging them under their proper Heads by whichmuch Confusion is introduced; 2dly That as this House provides for theCharges of the Government from the 25th March to the 25 of March it hasbeen thought reasonable to Committ all Accounts delivd before that Day bywhich Means the Sessions is protracted to an unreasonable Length & Gentlemenfrom the Country are obliged to attend in Town at a Time when theirPresence in the Country is of the Utmost Consequence to their Private Affairs.To Remedy which Inconveniences the Committee recommend it to theHouse to provide for Defraying the Charges of the Government for the futurefrom the 1st January to the 1st of January (Especially as the Style is nowaltered by Act of Parliament). To receive no Accounts after the first Day ofJanuary next for the Charges of the Current Year & to Order the Clerk torange every Account for Distinct Services under their proper heads, So thatthe House may See at one View the Charge for Every Different Services &the Tax bill may be passed Early in the Spring.

APRIL 28, 1758173Ordered that the said Report be Considered to Morrow Morning.Mr. Guerard reported from the Committee appointed to audit the TreasurersAccounts,That in Obedience to the Order of the House they have Examined theState of the Tax for the Year ending the 25th March 1756, & find the Treasurerhas received the Sum of £93,745:7:0 & that the Estimate annexed to theTax Law of that years amounts to £93,629:10:0 which being Substracted Leavesa Ballance of £115:17 in the Hands of the Treasurer Exclusive of those Returnsnot yet finally Settled.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Friday the 28th of April 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The Order of the Day for Considering the Last Report from the Committeewho were appointed to audit the Accounts of the Creditors of thePublic being read.The said Report was read a Second time Article by Article.The 1st, No. 465, The 2d, No. 466, on two Accounts of CommissaryPinckney were Severally Agreed to by the House.The 3d, No. 467, On An Account of Samuel Prioleau was disagreed withby the House.Resolved that £56:5:4 be provided toward payment of the said Account.The 4th, No. 468, On Hugh Branchman’s Account was agreed to by theHouse.The 5th, No. 469, On John Millners Account was, upon the Questionbeing put thereupon, disagreed with by the House.Resolved that £715:1:3 be provided toward Payment of the said Account.The 6th, No. 470, on John Kith’s Account was agreed to by the House.The 7th, No. 471, On Daniel Peppers Account, the allowance of whichthe Committee Submit to the Consideration of the House.Two Letters from the said Pepper to the Committee were Read.And the Question being put that £3750 be provided toward paying thesaid Account.It Passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that £3500 be provided toward paying theSaid Account.It Passed in the Negative.Resolved upon the Question That £2000 be Inserted in the Scheduleto the Tax bill toward paying the said Account.

174 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Resolved That this House will make Provission for paying the SaidDaniel Pepper fifty Six Shillings Proclamation Money per Diem, for his Servicesas Agent to the Creek Nation with two Servants to attend him as theLaw directs, when it Shall be made appear to the House, the Time he wasActually in that Service.The 8th, No. 472, on a third Account of Commissary Pinckneys &The 9th, No. 473, On a List of the officer’s who had no Quarters assign’dthem, were Severally agreed to by the House.The Last Article of the Report was Agreed to by the House.Ordered That a Message be prepared to be sent humbly to acquaint hisExcellency the Governor with the purport of the Said Last Article of the saidReport.A Message from his Excellency the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I have received a Letter from the Right Honorable William Pitt Esqr.,one of his Majestys Principal Secretaries of State, dated the 30th day of DecemberLast, wherein he is pleas’d to Express himself in the following terms. 15“His Majesty having nothing more at heart than to repair the Losses anddisappointments of the Last inactive & Unhappy Campaign and by the mostvigorus & Extensive Efforts to Avert by the Blessing of God on his Arms, theDangers depending on North America, And not doubting That all hisfaithfull & brave Subjects there will chearfully Co-operate with, and Secondto the utmost the Large Expence & Extraordinary Succours supply’d by thisKingdom for their Preservation & Defence, And his Majesty Considering thatthe Several Provinces from Pensylvania inclusive to the Southward are wellable with proper Encouragements to furnish a body of Several ThousandMen, to Join the Kings Forces in those Parts for Some Offensive Operationsagainst the Enemy, and His Majesty not Judging it Expedient to Limit theZeal & Ardor of any of his Provinces by making a Repartition of the Forcesto be rais’d by Each respectively for this most important Service, I am Commandedto signify to You the Kings Pleasure, That You do forthwith use yourUtmost Endeavours and Influence with the Council & assembly of your Provinceto Induce them to raise with all Possible Dispatch as Large a Body ofMen within Your Government as the Number & Situation of Its Inhabitantsmay allow, And Forming the Same Into Regiments as far as Shall be foundConvenient; that You do direct them to hold themselves in Readiness as earlyas may be to March to the Rendezvous at Such Place or Places as may be15Cf. William Pitt, Original Correspondence of William Pitt when Secretary of State with Colonial Governorsand Military and Naval Commissioners in America, ed. Gertrude Selwyn Kimball (1906; reprint ed., New York:Kraus Reprint Co., 1969), 1: 136–43.

APRIL 28, 1758175named for that purpose by Brigadier General Forbes Appointed to CommandHis Majestys forces in those parts, in Order to proceed from thencein Conjunction with a body of his Majestys British forces, and under the SupremeCommand of Brigadier Forbes Appointed as above, so as to be in aSituation to begin the First of May, if Possible, or as soon after as Shall beany way Practicable, such offensive Opperations as Shall be judged by theSaid Commander of his Majestys forces in those Parts most Expedient forAnnoying the Ennemy & most Efficacious towards removing & repelling theDangers that threaten The Frontiers of any of the Southern Colonies or theContinent of America.“And all Officers of the Provincial forces as high as Collonels inclusiveare to have Rank Acording to their Several respective Commissions in Likemanner as is already given By His Majestys Regulations to the Captains ofProvincial Troops in America.“The King is further pleas’d to furnish all the Men so raised as above,with Arms, Amunition & Tents as Well as to Order Provisions to be Issuedto the same, By His Majestys Commissaries in the Same proportion & manneras is done to the rest of the Kings Forces. And a Sufficient Train of Artillerywill also be provided at His Majestys Expence for the Operations ofthe Campaign.“The whole therefore that the King Expects & requires from the SeverallProvinces, is the Levying Cloathing & Pay of the Men, and on those headsalso, that no Encouragement may be wanting to the fullest Exertion of yourForce, The King is farther most Graciously pleased to permit me to Acquaintyou that Strong Recommendations will be made to Parliament in their sessionnext Year, to Grant a proper Compensation for Such Expences as aboveAccording as the Active Vigor & Strenious Efforts of the respective Provincesshall Justly appear to merit. I am further to inform You that Similar Ordersare Sent by this Conveyance to Pensylvania, Maryland, Virginia & NorthCarolina. The Northern Governments are also directed to raise Men in thesame Manner to be Employed in Such Offensive Operations as the Circumstances& Situation of the Enemys Possessions in those Parts may Point out,which ’tis hoped will oblige them so to divide their attention & forces as willrender the Several Attempts more easy & Successfull.”I have also received a Letter of the 16th of March from his ExcellencyMajor General Abercrombie wherein he Says, “as the King has Judg’d properto appoint Brigadier General Forbes to Command His Majestys Forces to theSouthward & has named Colonel Montgomerys Highland Battallion to bepart of those Forces,“I Shou’d think that Whatever number of Men Your Province shall raisewou’d be intirely allotted for their own defence and Protection & I make no

176 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758doubt, as it is so Strongly recommended to you by His Majesty, That you willExert your Self to your utmost to Put the Province in Such a respectablePosture of Defence as to fear no insult from the Enemy.”His Majesty’s Paternal Sollicitude for the Wellfare of his American Colonies& the Great & very Ample Encouragement he is most graciously pleas’dto Give you to Employ your utmost endeavours for Effectuating the Servicespropos’d in this most interesting and momentous Conjuncture of affairs,appear so Conspicuously in Mr. Secretary Pitts Letter, that Nothing remainsfor me, but to Exort you as I do most Earnestly to Come to Such Resolutionsas may Carry the Kings pleasure into Execution with the Utmost dispatch &Vigor. The making Draughts from the Militia, The Enabling the Magistratesto Inlist Vagrants, and the Giving a Large Bounty to those who Shall Enterinto the Service appear to be the most Effectual means even for theCompleating the Regiment of this Province.To do that & to grant the necessary Supplies for Continuing it in payfor another Year I persuade myself you will think is the Least that can answerHis Majesty’s Expectations, & a regard for your own Safety alone Shou’d induceyou to do thus much, Considering the danger this Country will Soonbe Exposed to, when deprived of all regular forces Except the threeIndependant Companies.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to take the Said Message intoConsideration, And that they do report their Opinion thereupon to theHouse.And it is referred to Mr. Taylor, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. DanielCrawford, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Raph Izard, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Rattray, Mr.Laurens, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Stobo.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “an Additional Bill to the Acts for betterReleif of the Poor of this Province.” And also,The Council have Twice read “A Bill Establishing a Road Lately laid outfrom Tippicut-law Old Feild in St. John Parish to Murray’s-Ferry Road in St.Stephens Parish, And for discontinuing such part of Murrays-Ferry Road asis therein Mentioned,” And also,The Council have read a Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants onPedee in St. Marks Parish, and also,A Petition of the Inhabitants of Pedee in Craven County, & also,

APRIL 28, 1758177A Petition of Several of the Inhabitants of Edisto Island, severally addressedto The Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.Mr. Laurens reported from the Committee appointed to Consider themost Effectual & Cheapest Method of Carrying Provissions to the SeveralGarrisons in the back Parts of this Province, That the Committee had Consideredthat Matter Accordingly, & had directed him to report their Opinionthereupon to the House, & he read the Report in his Place & afterwardsdeliverd it in at the Clerks Table, where the Same was read & is as follows,Vizt.The Committee upon Inquiry, find that the Persons heretofore Employed[in] this Service are very Poor & of indigent Circumstances requiringpayment for their Labour immediatly after it is performed, and that mostof them do now refuse to transport or Carry any more Provisions for thePublic unless they have assurance of Such payment.Therefore the Committee recommend that The Treasurer may be directedto pay for Such Services upon Sight of Proper Certificates Signd bythe Contractors Agent or such other Person as to the house Shall Seem gooduntill there be Some new Regulations.And the Committee having great reason to beleive from a representationmade to them by Mr. Stead (the Contracter’s Agent) that there be a ConsiderableSaving in the Public Money paid for Carriage of Provisions to beSupplied by People Living at or near the same, do further recommend thatthe Said Mr. Stead who has offerd his Service to the Public on this Occasionwithout Fee or Reward or some other Fit Person may be Impowerd to Contractfor the Carriage of Provisions to be delivered at the severall Garrisonsas aforesaid.Ordered that the Said Report be Considered in the afternoon.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee appointed to Audit theCommissarys Accounts That the Committee had Examined the Said Accounts& had directed him to report the State of the Same to the House &he read the Report in his Place & afterwards delivered it in at the ClerksTable w[h]ere the same was read & is as follows, viz.That the said Commissary’s Accounts are Compris’d under two distinctHeads, Vizt., first, Money Received & Paid by him on the Fund for SettlingThe Townships in this Province; Secondly, Monies received & paid by himon the Fund for defraying the additional pay of His Majestys independantCompanys. The Committee have Examined each of the Said Accounts, andthe Several Articles both of Debt & Credit therein contain’d, with the Vouchers,& adjusted the whole, & Accordingly Settled and Signd Each Accountin the said Commissarys Book. The State of the said two Accounts is as follows:

178 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Public on the Township Fund to Commissary General, 1758.Debits.To Sundry Payments as per Vouchers £ 5327: 3: 7 1 ⁄2To Commission at £2 per Ct. 133: 3: 7£ 5460: 7: 2 1 ⁄2April 20th. Ballance in theCommissary Generals Handsdue to the Public this Day 539:12: 9 1 ⁄2£ 6000:00:00Credits.By Receipts of the Treasurer atthrice Each £2000£ 6000:00:00Public on the Fund for additional Pay to Commissary General, 1758.Debits.To Sundry Payments as per Vouchers £ 6382:19: 5To Commissions at £2 per Ct.on £6276:8:8 156:18: 5£ 6539:17:10April 26th. Ballance in the CommissaryGenerals Hands due to the Public 773: 4: 4£ 7313: 2: 2Credits.By Receipts of the Treasurer at times £ 7184: 9: 8By an Error to be deducted 128:12: 6£ 7313: 2: 2Debits.1758 April 26th. The CommissaryGeneral on the additional payfund to the Public Dr. for the Lastabove mentioned Ballance £ 773: 4: 4The Commissary overcharged on the£128:12:6 above 3: 4: 0£ 776: 8: 4

APRIL 28, 1758179Your Committee further Report that as the two pence Sterling has beenallowed and paid to the Soldiers of the Independant Companys on Account ofProvisions & the Public has also been Charged with Sundry Sums for ProvisionsSent to Fort Prince George & Fort Loudoun where the said Soldiers areGarrissoned, it Appears to the Committee that the Public is doubly Charg’d inthat Respect.Read the Petition of Severall Inhabitants of Edisto Island Setting Forth asViz.That Whereas Edisto Island hath been Settled upwards of Seventy Years andnever had a Road Off to the Main, for which Road we understand there is a Petitionnow laid before the [House], we are humbly of Opinion that in all thatPeriod those Gentlemen could not have Pick’d out a more unreasonable timethan the present, a time when we are Involved in a war, & Loaded with heavyTaxes, & our produce Sells for Little or Nothing, besides its well known thatthings have taken a Different Turn from what they were some years ago in thisProvince. When we went upon Rice, there was some Small Space of Time betweenhoeing & Harvest, but now it is Otherwise for as the Winter is too Coldfor the Slaves to work in mud in Water, & as the Hotter Weather is the only timefor us to follow our Indico works, in Order to Get Money, to Support our famillys,& pay our Taxes. So If we are deprived of that, Inevitable Ruin must follow; besidesthe difficulty of the Understaking is so great, that we despair of ever Seeingit Accomplished, there being several Miles of Casway to be Made thro veryLow Lands, and also a bridge to be made over a Navigable Creek, & no Timbernear, Besides the Main Creek where they propose to have the Ferry, & If everSuch An Undertaking shou’d take place, which we hope will not, Because Its ofno Service but of Great Detriment to us, so Leaving it to the Wisdom of thishonourable House who we hope will do us Justice & your Petitioners Shall everPray.Ordered that the Petition be referred to the Consideration of the Committeeto whom the Petition of the Inhabitants of Edisto Island was referred; andthat they do Examine the matter thereof & report the same with their Opinionthereupon to the House.Read also the Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants on Pedee in St. MarksParish, Setting Forth as Viz.That the said Parish of St. Marks is too Extensive for One Minister to Officiateand that a Church at Santee Cannot be of any Service to us the Inhabitantsof Peedee.We therefore humbly Pray that St. Marks Parish be divided by LynchesCreek and that the deviding Line of Prince Fredericks Parish be Extended AcrossPedee River to the North Boundaries. And your Petitioners as in duty Boundwill Ever Pray &c.

180 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Read also a Petition of the Inhabitants of Pedee in Craven County Settingforth as Viz.That your Petitioners finding themselves under the Necessity of Praying adivision of Craven County, it being So Exstensive that the Greater part of theInhabitants are often put to Expence and trouble to attend the affairs of said County,Where their appearance is requisite, which is very prejudicial, Especially to the frontierswhich Lies Exposed to the Insult of the Heathen & Fugative Vagabonds.And as there is a Great Charge & Burthen on the Several Frontiers Settlementsof this Province by being Obliged to repair from the Several distant partsof this Province to Charlestown for the tryal of Civil Causes, which is of verypernitious Consequence, as few Estates in the Frontiers are of ability to Supportthe Great Expence attending such a Journey, as well as the Expence of Suit, theDread of Which Occasions Several to Loose their Debts rather than hazard theirInterests, besides other Evident risques attending, and as there is a Law providedfor reddressing Such Grievance, which Law passed in the Time of the administrationof Governor Nicholson in the Year 1721, Which Act is perpetual, as alsoan Additional Act passed 1722[/23] which we Pray may be put in Execution. 16Also as the Ignorance which Divers Labour under, as to knowledge of theLaws, of this Province, which Occasions Great frauds and often rong Judgementis Sustained in the tryall of Causes Cognizable before a Private Magistrate, whichOccasions Severall to put up with Considerable Losses, as being incapable ofRectifying mistakes of that Nature, for want of a Corrected and Revised Collectionsof the Laws, Printed for the use of those who are not Learned in the Laws.And as we Conceive the Printing of the Laws of the Province, would be of GreatService, if done in a Commodious Volume and Induce Several to purchase themwhich now they cannot, they being disper’d in Several Small Tracts, We humblypray that the above, which we presume to Lay before you for your Considerationthereon, may meet with your Approbation, and grant thereof, as it will bean Effectual means to remove the Great difficulties which we now Labour under,and prevent the Growth of Contentious and Litigious Suits, which Wouldpromote a harmony in our frontiers; We Submit the whole to your Appointment, asyour’s in your Wisdom Shall See fit, not Doubting but You’ll Consult the Good of yourPetitioners, for Which Great Service we Shall As in Duty bound for Ever Pray.Ordered that the Said Petitions be referred to the Consideration of a Committee& that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the same with theirOpinion thereupon to the [House].And they are referred to Mr. Lynch, Mr. Trapier, Mr. John Crawford, Mr.Cantey, Mr. Poole, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. John Waties.16The county court acts of 1721 and 1723 are printed in Thomas Cooper and David J. McCord, eds.,The Statutes at Large of South Carolina (Columbia, 1836–41), 7: 166–76, 178–83.

APRIL 28, 1758181And then the House adjourned till 3 o’Clock.P.M.Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that he had receiv’d a Letter from ThomasWright Esqr. of this days date, purporting that he was very much indisposed& incapable of attending the Service of the House, & desireing that the Housewill please to dispense with his absence.And the Question being put that Mr. Wright be Excused on the Said Letter.It Passed in the Negative.Then Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that he had received anotherLetter from Mr. Wright, dated the 26th Instant, which was read.And the Question being put That Mr. Speaker do I[s]sue his Warrant for takingMr. Wright into Custody of the Messenger attending the service of this House.It Passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that Mr. Wright be not permitted to take hisSeat in this House till he has made proper Concessions to the Sattisfaction ofthe House.It Passed in the Negative.Resolved That Mr. Wright hath behaved in an indecent Manner to theHouse & unbecomming a Member of the House.Ordered That Mr. Wright do forthwith attend the Service of this House orsend a Certificate from Some Physician that his bad State of health will not admitof his Coming up to Town.Then the House (according to Order) proceeded to take the Report fromthe Committee appointed to Consider of the most Effectual & Cheapest Methodof Carrying Provisions to the Several Garrisons in the back Parts of this Provinceinto Consideration.And the first Paragraph being read a Second time.Resolved that the Treasurer do Pay all Such Certificates for the Carriageof Provisions to the said Garrisons as Shall be Countersignd by Mr. BenjaminStead, the Contractors Agent, not Exceeding the Sum of £1500 in the whole.Ordered that the Consideration of the Residue of the said Report be postponed.Read a third Time “a Bill Establishing a Road Lately Laid out from Tippicut-Law Old-feild in St. John Parish to Murrays Ferry-Road in St. Stephens Parish& for Discontinuing such part of Murrays Ferry Road as is therein mentioned.”Resolved That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Act, Establishinga Road lately laid out from Tippicut Law Old Field in St. John’s Parishto Murrays Ferry Road in St. Stephens Parish, & for discontinuing suchpart of Murrays Ferry Road, as is therein mentioned.”

182 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Ordered that Mr. Mazyck do Carry the Bill to the Council & Desire theirConcurrence.Read also a Third time “an additional Bill to the Acts for the better releifof the Poor of this Province.”Resolved That the Bill do pass. And that the Title be “an additional Actto the Acts for the better Releif of the Poor of this Province.”Ordered That Mr. Roper do Carry the Bill to the Council & desire theirConcurrence.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow afternoon, Five of the Clock.Monday the 1st of May 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Tomorrow Morning Nine of theClock.Tuesday the 2d of May 1758.The Journal of Fridays Proceedings was read.Mr. Mazyck reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of theInhabitants of the South side of the Wateree River & Parts adjacent was referred;that the Committee had Examined the Matter of the said Petition andhad directed him to report the Same as it appears to them to the House &he read the Report in his place & afterward deliver’d it in at the Clerks Table,Where the same was read & is as follows, Vizt.The Committee have (pursuant to the Order of the House) consideredthe matter of the said Petition & having Inspected the Journals of this Housefind that on the 15th March 1757 Leave was Given to bring in a Bill to Establisha Road made by Thomas Howell & for Vesting a Ferry over Congree Riverin the Said Howell. The Committee are of Opinion that Leave be now Givento bring in a Bill for those purposes & for Continuing said Howell’s Roadupwards Opposite to the upper part of the Waxsaw Settlement as is prayedfor by the said Petition.The Said Report being read a Second time.Ordered that Leave be Given to bring in a Bill accordingly and that theGentlemen of the Said Committee do Prepare & bring in the Same.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committeewho were appointed to audit the Treasurers accounts into Consideration.And the Said Report being read a Second Time.Resolved that the Sum of £1238:16:4 be inserted in the Schedule to theTax Bill to make Good the Deficiency in the General Duty Fund to the 29thSeptember Last.

MAY 2, 1758183Resolved that £928:9:1 being Ballance in the Fund arising by Tax onGoods Sold at Auction in Charles Town be applied in aid of the Tax to beraised for the Year Ending the 24th March Last.Resolved that £7038:18:7, being Surplus of the Country Proportion of theTax raised for the year ending the 24th March 1755, be applied in aid of theCountry Proportion of the Present Tax.Resolved that £101:15:10, being Surplus of the Town Proportion of thesame Tax, be applied [in] aid of the Town Proportion of the Present Tax.Resolved that £12 be inserted in the Schedule to the Tax Bill to pay theTreasurer for an Eight Pounds & Four Pounds issued in the Year 1740 for theimmediate releif of Georgia & Defence of this Province which were Cancelled& destroyed by the said Committee.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee appointedto audit the Commissarys Accounts into Consideration.And the said Report being read a Second time.Ordered That an Address be prepared to be presented to the Governorhumbly to desire that his Excellency will please to Order the Commissarynot to pay an Additional Pay to the Men of the Independant Companies,from the 18th January Last, being the day this House resolv’d to Provide forthe Expence of Sending Provisions to the Garrisons in Lieu of the said AdditionalPay.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom the GovernorsMessage in relation to making provission for the Carolina Regiment for oneyear Longer was referred, that the Committee had Considered the matterof the said Message & had directed him to report their Opinion thereuponto the House & he read the Report in his Place and afterwards delivered itin at the Clerks Table, Where the same was read & is as follows, Viz.The Committee have Inquired into the Present State of the Fund providedfor defraying the Charges of the Carolina Regiment, intended to Consistof Seven Companies for one Year, to End the fifth of July next, & find bythe Treasurers Account thereof, that besides the Expence of Cloathing sentfor to Great Britain & other Charges & Disbursements incurr’d to this Time& also deducting the Sum of £20,000 Lately resolved by the House to be taken& used for raising a Body of Cherokee Indians to march to the Assistanceof His Majestys Northern Collonies against our Enemies there, is Still remainingunexpended upwards of £75,000 Current Money, which the Committeeare of Opinion will be Sufficient to defray the Levi-money & pay off the wholeRegiment a Considerable Time Longer after the Said Year Shall be Expired,and therefore think it will be unnecessary to make any additions thereto.The Committee humbly conceive the making Draughts from the Militiato Compleat the said Regiment is unconstitutional.

184 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758That the Compelling Vagrants to inlist in the said Regiment will notanswer the End proposed in as much as Such persons cannot be relied on.But the Committee are of Opinion that the most [proper] Method ofprocuring Recruits for filling up the said Regiment will be by sending Officersto the Northward & inlisting Volunteers for that Purpose.And as to the Bounty-Money for Inlisting, it does not Appear to theCommittee that any Sum was Limited in that Case by the Act of Assembly.Ordered that the Said Report be Considered To morrow Morning.A Member acquainted the House that Some of the Paper bills of CreditCurrent Money of this Province had been counterfeited & Several of themLately uttered & that the Public Treasurer had discovered one of the Personsconcern’d therein, who it was supposed is fled toward the Cherokee Country,& moved the House for their directions therein.Ordered That the Treasurer do take Such Measures for apprehending& bringing to Justice all Such Persons as he Shall have reason to beleive areConcernd in the Counterfeiting or uttering the said Counterfeited Billsknowing them to be Counterfeited as he the said Treasurer shall Judge willbe most Effectual.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.According to Order the following address was Drawn, viz.May it Please your Excellency,This House having in Consequence of a Message from your Excellencyof the 18th of January Last, resolved to provide for defraying the Expenceof Sending Provisions to the Independant Companies in the back Settlementin Lieu of the Two Pence per Diem additional Pay Granted by this Governmentto the Men belonging to the said Companies, we humbly desire thatyour Excellency will be pleased to order the Commissary not to pay the SaidTwo Pence per Diem from the Said 18th day of January.Ordered That the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Gadsden & Mr. Bull.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee who were appointed toprepare a Schedule to be annexed to the Tax Bill that the Committee hadprepared a Schedule accordingly which they had directed him to report tothe House & he read the Report in his Place & afterwards delivered it in atthe Clerk’s Table, Where the same was read.Resolved That this House will tomorrow Morning take the said Reportinto Consideration.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.

MAY 3, 1758185Mr. Speaker,The Council have Agreed to the Bill intitled “an Additional Act to theActs for the Relief of the Poor of this Province” without any Amendments.And also,The Council have Agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act Establishing a RoadLately Laid out from Tippicut-Law Old Feild in St. Johns Parish to Murray’sFerry Road in St. Stephens Parish and for discontinuing Such Part of MurraysFerry-Road as is therein mentioned” without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the said Bills be ingrossed.Mr. Stobo reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of Severalof the Inhabitants of Edisto Island was referred, that the Committee had Examinedthe Matter of the said Petition & had directed him to report the same as itappears to them to the House, & he read the Report in his Place & afterwardsdelivered it in at the Clerks Table where the same was read and is as follows, Viz.That they observe several of the Subscribers to the said Petition are inthe Station of Overseers, & the Major Part of the Inhabitants, Possessors ofEstates on that Island, have Petitioned for a Road, and Ferry, your Committeeare therefore of Opinion the Prayer of this Petition ought to be rejected.The Said Report being read a Second Time was upon the Questionbeing put thereupon agreed unto by the House.And then the House adjourned till Tomorrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 3d of May 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The House According to the Order of Yesterday took into Considerationthe Report from the Committee to whom his Excellency the GovernorsMessage of the 28th of Last Month in relation to providing for the Continuingthe Carolina Regiment in pay for another Year.And the first & Second Paragraphs of the said Report being severallyread a Second Time, were severally agreed to by the House.The third Paragraph, That the Compelling Vagrants to inlist in the SaidRegiment will not Answer the End proposed in as much as such PersonsCannot be relied on, being read a Second time & the Question being putthat the House do agree with the Committee in the said Paragraph.It Passed in the Negative.Ordered That a Bill be brought in for Compelling Vagrants to Inlist inthe South Carolina Regiment, And that Mr. Lynch, Mr. Gasden, Mr.Crawford, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Pinckney & Mr. Lowndes do prepare & bring in theSame.

186 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758The 4th Paragraph being read a Second time was disagreed with by theHouse.Resolved that it is the Opinion of this House that the sending recruitingofficers to inlist Men in the Northern Collonies will farther tend to theSpeedy raising of the said Regiment.The Last Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time was agreedto by the House.A Motion was made & the Question being put, That his Excellency theGovernor be humbly desired to order Osznabrigs Cloaths, to be made forthe Men of the said Regiment, not Exceeding the Value of £1000, CurrentMoney, to be paid out of the Money granted for raising the Said Regiment.It Passed in the Negative.Ordered that an Answer be prepared to his Excellency’s Said Message.Then the House (according to Order) proceeded to take the Reportfrom the Committee who were appointed to prepare and bring in a Scheduleof the Charges of this Government to be annexed to the Tax-Bill intoConsideration.And the Several Articles under the Several Heads in the said Scheduleas far as Parochial Charges being Severally read a Second time, were Severallyagreed to by the House.Then a motion being made.Resolved that the Sum of £120 be inserted in the Said Schedule for threeYears Rent of a House for the Rector of the Parish of St. Peter Purrysburgh.Another Motion being made and the Question being Put, That TheSum of £700 be inserted in the said Schedule, towards reimbursing theChurch Wardens & Vestry of the Parish of Prince George the Expence of purchasinga Glebe & building a Parsonage.It Passed in the Negative.Resolved upon the Question, that the Sum of Five hundred Pounds beinserted in the Said Schedule for the said Purposes.Ordered That the farther Consideration of the said Schedule be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee who were appointed to prepare & bring in aSchedule to be annexed to the Tax bill.And Severall other Articles under the Several heads in the said Schedule,as far as Expences for Indians, being Severally read a Second Time, wereSeverally agreed to by the House.

MAY 5, 1758187Then a Motion was made & the Question being put that £45 be allowedon the Account & Order of Robert Gowdey for which £22:10 only is insertedin the Said Schedule.It passed in the Negative.A Motion was made & the Question propounded that Leave be givento withdraw the said Account & Order.And the previous Question being put That, that Question be put.It passed in the Negative.And the said Report being read a Second time throughout Article byArticle was agreed to by the House.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning nine of the Clock.Thursday the 4th of May 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The House proceeded to read “a Bill for raising & Granting His Majestythe Sum of ______ to defray the Charges of this Government from the25th day of March 1757 to the 24th Day of March 1758, And for other Servicestherein mentioned,” a Second time.And the Question being put that Free Negroes, Mullattos and Mestizosbe Tax’d at 36s per Head.It was resolved in the Affirmative.A Motion was made and the Question being put that a Tax of 3/7 perhead be imposed on all Calves mark’d in and throughout this Province.It Passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that a Tax of 2/ 6d per head be imposed& Levied on all Calves marked in and throughout this Province.And the Question being put that Monies at Interest, Annuities & BlackCattle be return’d upon Oath as well as Lands & Slaves.It was resolved in the Affirmative.Ordered that the Further Consideration of the Bill be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Friday the 5th of May 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Second readingof the Residue of the “Bill for raising & Granting to His Majesty the Sum of______ to Defray the Charges of this Government from the 25th day of March1757 to the 24th Day of March 1758 and for other Services therein Mentioned.”An Amendment was proposed, Viz., Leave out the Proviso to prevent

188 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758the assessors from rating Goods consigned to Factors to dispose of as Factorsonly.And the Said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Another amendment was proposed, viz.That Overseers & other Persons who receive Wages in the Country betaxed.And the said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Another Amendment was proposed Shall all Tradesmen & others inCharles Town, the Profits of whose Buiseness do not Exceed £500 per Annumbe Exempted from Paying any Part of the Said Tax.And the said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Then the Question being put that Such Profits under the Value of £400per Annum be Exempted from Paying any Tax.It Passed in the Negative.And the Question being put that Lands & Buildings, monies at Interest& Stock in Trade in Charles Town be rated Equally to make up the Residueof the Sum to be raised on the Parishes of St. Philip & St. Michael afterComputing what the Tax upon the Lands on Charles Town Neck, the Slaves,Black Cattle & the Poll Tax upon Free Negroes will raise.It Passed in the Negative.Another amendment was proposed, Viz., That Houses & Land & Stockin Trade in Charles Town be rated the same as Monies at Interest.And the said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed unto by the House.Ordered that the farther Consideration of the Bill be adjournd.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Joseph Ash and also a Petition ofthe Inhabitants on the north side of Black River in St. Marks Parish, as faras Lynches Creek, severally addressed to the Governor, Council & Assembly. 17And then the Messenger withdrew.And then the House adjourned ’till Three of the Clock.17The journal contains no text of the Black River petition, nor any reference to its being read. TheUpper House Journal contains an abstract of it, and there is also an extant manuscript copy (with signatures)printed in South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 26 (1925): 122–23.The petitioners prayed that David Anderson, Henry Cassels, Samuel Jones, Robert Lewis, andJohn Newman might be appointed commissioners for laying out such roads as might be commodious tothem in bringing to town their produce.

MAY 5, 1758189P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Second readingof the residue of the “Bill for raising & Granting to His Majesty the Sumof ______ to defray the Charges of this Gov[ernment] from the 25th day ofMarch 1757 to the 24th Day of March 1758 and for the other Services thereinmentioned.”An Amendment was Proposed to the Oath of the Assessors, viz., Folio8, Line 11, add “and no more” between the words “Worth” and “and.”And the Said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.And the Bill was read a Second time throughout with Blanks, whichwere filled up, And Several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.And the Title was made “a Bill for raising & Granting to his Majesty theSum of £166,055:9:7 1 /4 & for applying the Sum of £8069:3:6 (being the Surplusof Taxes & the Ballance of a Fund in the public Treasury) making together£174,124:13:1 1 /4 to defray the Charges of this Government from the 25th dayof March 1757 to the 24th day of March 1758, And for other Services thereinmentioned.”Ordered That Mr. Mazyck & Mr. Guerard do Carry the Bill to the Council.Read the Petition of Joseph Ash Setting Forth as Viz.That the Petitioner is informed a Law is ordered to be brought in toEstablish a Ferry from Edisto Island in St. Johns Parish to Boones Island inSt. Pauls Parish. And as a Road must Inevitably be made across a Small Islandthe Property of the Petitioner which road will Greatly detriment andhurt the Interest of the said Petitioner & therefore prays as a Small Compensationfor the said Damage that the said Ferry may be vested in him & hisHeirs for a Term of Years &ca.Ordered that the Petition be referred to the Committee to whom theSeveral Petitions of the Inhabitants of Edisto Island were referrd, and thatthey do Examine the Matter thereof & report the Same with their Opinionthereupon to the House.Ordered that the Clerk of this House do write a Letter to ThomasWright Esqr. to acquaint him with the Resolutions of this House of Last Fridayin regard to him.Resolved that the Said Letter be Sent to Mr. Wright by a Special Messengerat his own Expence.A Motion was made & the Question being put that Leave be given toBring in a Bill for raising a Sum upon the Estates in the Parishes of St. Helena& Prince William to Supply the Defeciency in the Fund appropriated formaintaining a Pilot Boat for the Port & Harbour of Beauford, Port Royal.It Passed in the Negative.

190 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758And then the House Adjourned ’till Tomorrow afternoon Six of theClock.Saturday the 6th of May 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday afternoon Six of theClock.Monday the 8th of May 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till To morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 9th of May 1758.The Journal of Fridays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I transmit to You herewith a Letter I have received from the Commissionersof the Scout Boats & also Lists of Stores, refer’d to in the said Letter,& must also acquaint you that by a former Letter of the 4th of February,those [Gentlemen] inform’d me that three hundred pounds Currency weredue to Certain Persons in Georgia, with whom the Commissioners had Contractedto build a new Scout Boat, in Consequence of a Resolution of yourHouse Last sessions, And I desire you’ll provide the Said Sum, & also theother Articles Expressed in the Letter and Lists I send to you, in the Estimateof this year[s] Tax Bill.I also transmit to you an Account of James Laurens & Co., of SundryArticles furnish’d by him to the Commissary for the use of the Garrison atFrederica in December 1756, which was done by Virtue of an Order from meto the Commissary for that Purpose, & I Send you a Copy of a Letter whichI received from Ensign Taylor at Frederica, by which you’ll perceive hownecessary it was to Supply that Garrison, Mr. Gray’s Letter & the Affidavitsthat are referd to Contain’d Advices of an intended Attack from the Enemy.Willm. Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read also a Letter from the Commissioners for the Scout Boats to hisExcellency the Governor Dated Beauford 25th February 1758, Enclosing Lists

MAY 9, 1758191of Stores wanted for the said Scout Boats, which were also severally read.Read also Copy of Ensign Taylors Letter to his Excellency datedFrederica 9th December 1756.Read also the Account of James Laurens & Company amounting to£119:10 for the use of the Garrison at Frederica.And the Said Message & other Papers being Severally read a Secondtime.Resolved that the Sum of £300, be inserted in the Schedule to the TaxBill, to pay for the new Scout Boat mentioned in the said Message.Resolved that this House will provide for the Several Articles Containedin the said Lists of Stores for the use of the said Scout Boats.Then the Question being put, that Provision be made for Paying theAccount of James Laurens & Co. for the use of the Garrison at Frederica.It Passed in the Negative.Ordered That An Answer be prepared to be Sent to his Excellencys saidMessage.Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that the Clerk of this house had Receiveda Letter from Thomas Wright Esqr. in Answer to the Letter which theClerk sent him by Order of the House.And the Said Letter being read.Ordered (upon the Question) That Jonathan Badger, one of the Messengersattending the Service of this House, do forthwith take into his CustodyThomas Wright Esqr., a Member of the House, for Contempt of theAuthority of this House, and That Mr. Speaker do Sign this Warrant.Mr. Lowndes presented to the House (According to Order) “A Billimpowering Magistrates to inlist Vagrants in the South Carolina Regiment,”And the Same was received and read the first Time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second time.According to Order the following Addresses to the Governor wereDrawn.May it Please Your Excellency,The Sessions of the General Assembly having been hitherto protractedto a very Great Length by the making provision for the Charges of Governmentup to the 25th day of March in every year, we have resolved to providefor the Charges of the Current Year from the 25th of March Last to the 31stof December next & that from thence forth such Charges be Annually Providedfor from the 1st day of January to the Last day of December, which weare persuaded will tend to facilitate the Public Bussiness, to the Great Benefitof the Country Gentlemen who are obliged to Attend the Service of theHouse at a Season of the Year when their Attention is most requir’d to theirprivate affairs.

192 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758And we humbly desire that Your Excellency will please to Order theTreasurer to Give Public Notice of this our Resolution as soon as Convenientlymay be, & to Continue such Notice for a Reasonable Time that allthe Accounts of the Creditors of the Public may be ready to be Laid beforeus at our first meeting after Christmass.May it Please your Excellency,We return your Excellency our most Sincere Thanks for what you werepleased to Communicate to this House in your Message of the 28th Ultimate,and having maturely Considered the Subject matter thereof and made Inquiryinto the Present State of the Fund provided for raising our ProvincialRegiment, and finding that upwards of Seventy five Thousand Pounds areStill remaining of that Fund unexpended, we are of Opinion that the Samewill be Sufficient to defray the Expence of Levy Money & pay the whole Regimentfor a Considerable Time after the Year which they are to be ContinuedShall be Expired; And therefore think it will be unnecessary to make anyAdditions thereto, Nor can we be of Opinion that it is proper to makedraughts from the Militia to Compleat the said Regiment, But that the mostEffectual means for that purpose will be to Enable the Magistrates to InlistVagrants as propounded by your Excellency, & we have Orderd a Bill to bebrought in accordingly; we are Likewise of Opinion that the Sending RecruitingOfficers to Inlist Men in the No[r]thern Colonies, will further tend tothe Speedy raising of the said Regiment. And with respect to the giving aLarger Bounty to those who shall Enter into the Service, that Matter is restedintirely with your Excellency (as it appears to us) by the Law for raising theRegiment.May it Please your Excellency,Having Considered your Excellency’s Message with regard to the ScoutBoats, we have resolved to insert the Sum of three Hundred Pounds to payfor the new Boat in the Schedule to the present Tax-Bill, & to provide in theusual manner for the several Articles Expressed in the Letter from the Commissionersfor the Scout Boats & the Lists of Stores therein referred to, whenthe Account of those Charges shall be laid before this House.And with regard to the Account of James Laurens & Company transmittedto us by your Excellency, we beg Leave to Acquaint Your Excellency, thatin An Account of that Company’s Laid before the Late Assembly, Last Session,these Articles for the use of The Garrison at Frederica in Georgia, wereinserted, which being a Charge for the Use of a Garrison in anotherColloney, that Assembly did not think the same shoud be provided for by thisGovernment; And this House, being of Opinion that the Paying the SumMentioned in this Account (altho it be but a Small one) may be productiveof heavy Charges in time to Come, cannot make any Provision for the Same.

MAY 10, 1758193And then the House adjourned till Tomorrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 10th day of May 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Orderd that the three Addresses of Yesterday be presented to his Excellencythe Governor by Mr. Murray & Mr. McQueen.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “A Bill for the Amendment of the MilitiaLaw & for the further Continuance thereof.” 18And then the Messenger withdrew.And the Said Bill was read a First time.And the Question being put that the Bill be read a Second time.The House divided.The Yeas go forth.Tellers for Noes, Mr. Lamboll—14.Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Mazyck—15.So it was Resolved in the Affirmative.Mr. Stobo presented to the House (According to Order) “A Bill Establishinga Ferry from hooping Island to Boones Island & to Open a Communicationfrom thence to the high Road on Edisto Island” & the Same wasreceived & read the first time.Resolv’d That the Bill be read a Second time.“A Bill impowering Magistrates to Inlist Vagrants in the South CarolinaRegiment” was read a Second time.A Motion was made & the Question being put that a Fee of 50s be paidto the Magistrates who Shall inlist Vagrants.It Passed in the Negative.And then the Question being put that £5 be paid to the Constable orother Person who Shall apprehend Any Vagrant.It Passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that such Constable or other Person bepaid 20s for that Service.It Passed in the Negative.And the Bill was read throughout with Blanks which were filled up &Severall Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered That Mr. Trapier do Carry the Bill to the Council.18This bill originated in the Upper House.

194 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758And then the House adjournd till Three of the Clock.P.M.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Upon reading a third time “a Bill vesting Ashley Ferry in the PublicTreasurer for the Time being for the use of the Public” & we think the followingamendments necessary to be made in the same, Viz.Folio 2, Eight Lines from the bottom, after the words “Equipage &Horses” to add the words, “Members of his Majestys Council & Members of the Assemblyfor the time being, their Equipage, Servants & Horses in Goeing to & fromCharles Town upon the Public Service.”That in Lieu of the Clause at the bottom of the Second Folio and theSucceeding Clause to that, The following Clause be inserted.“And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Lessee of the saidFerry, his, or her Executors, administrators or Assigns Shall be and they arehereby obliged & required to Keep the Causey on the N.E. Side of the RiverLeading to the said Ferry in good & Constant repair & Condition and alwaystwelve feet wide at Top at Least with a Stand in the middle part of the saidCausey at Least Eighteen feet wide & forty feet Long with a Convenient Shadeat the End of the said Causey next the River to Shelter Passengers who maybe obliged to wait for the Ferry Boat and also a Convenient Stand at the samePlace, so that no Passengers, Horses, Cattle or Carriages may be impeded inPassing the Said Ferry. And that for neglect in keeping the said Causey,Shade or Stands in proper repair, the said Lessee, his Executors, administratorsor Assigns Shall be Subject to a fine not Exceeding Twenty five Pounds,Proclamation Money, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Informationin any Court of Record in this Province wherein no Privilege, Protection,Essoign, wager of Law, or any more than One Imparlance shall beadmitted or allowed, And the said fine when recovered Shall be applied &disposed of, One half to His Majesty, His Heirs & Successors to be appliedby the General Assembly for the use of this Province, and the other half tohim or them who will Inform [and] Sue for the Same.” To which amendmentswe desire your Concurrence.In the Upper House of Assembly, the 10th day of May 1758.By Order of the House, Edmd. Atkin, President.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And the said Amendments were once read throughout.

MAY 11, 1758195And the first of the said Amendments being read a Second time wasupon the Question being put thereupon disagreed with by the House.And the Last of the said Amendment[s] being read a Second Time, was,upon the Question being Put thereupon disagreed with by the House.And the following Message was drawn, Viz.Honorable Gentlemen,We have Consider’d the amendments proposed by your Honours to bemade to the Bill, intitled, “an Act vesting Ashley Ferry in the Public Treasurerfor the time being for the use of the Public, And for keeping the CauseyLeading to the said Ferry in repair” & disagreed with the Same.Ordered that Mr. Laurens do Carry the Message to the Council.A Motion was made & the Question being put that the Country dutiesbe remitted on Certain Prize Sugars Lately imported from new Providenceby the Surveyor & Controller of His Majestys Customs, belonging to HisMajesty.It passed in the Negative.And then the House adjourned till Tomorrow Morning Nine of theClock.Thursday the 11th of May 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Ordered that an Address be prepared to be presented to the Governorhumbly To desire that his Excellency will Please to Order the several Personsto be paid the Money due to them for Contingent Services & for the CarolinaRegiment.And Accordingly the following one was drawn, Vizt.May it please your Excellency,Among the Accounts laid before this House (pursuant to yourExcellencys Order) are severall for Expresses to & from the Indian Nationswhich being usually defrayd out of the Article provided for Contingent Services;we humbly desire that your Excellency will be pleas’d to order the followingPersons to be paid the following Sums out of the Article inserted forthat Service in the Schedule to the Present Tax-Bill when the said Bill shallbe passed by the Legislature, Viz.Frederick Closeman, Twenty five pounds; Henry Gallman, Ten Pounds;John McQueen & Company, One hundred & twelve Pounds (on two Orders,one of Lachlan McIntosh for one hundred Pounds & the other of CorneliusCockley for twelve Pounds); Stephen Tarraway, fifteen Pounds; & BenjaminDart (on John Hattons Order), twenty pounds.There are other Accounts for the Use of the Carolina Regiment which

196 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758we desire that Your Excellency will please to Order to be paid out of themoney provided for that Regiment, viz., to Daniel Crawford Esqr., SixtyPounds fifteen Shillings; John Dargen, Ten Pounds; Michael Cockran, Fourpounds one Shilling; & John Hudson, Four Pounds & five Shillings.“A Bill for the amendment of the Militia Law, and for the further Continuancethereof” was read a Second time.And the Question being put that the Clause augmenting the Fines onthe Charles Town Regiment be dashed.It was Resolved in the Affirmative.And the said Clause was dashed Accordingly.Then the Question being put That a Clause obliging some Persons toMuster & exempting others be dashed.It was Resolved in the Affirmative.And the Said Clause was dashed Accordingly.Resolved (Nemine Contradicente) That the Bill be rejected.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,As it is necessary in the Present juncture of Affairs to take every measurethat may most Contribute to the Safety of the Province, I think it properto Acquaint You that the Militia Law now in force has been Judg’d defectivein Several respects & an Act for the Amendment thereof wou’d be of greatPublic benefit.William Henry Lyttelton.And also a Message from the Council.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,As the Amendments proposed by this House to the Ashley ferry Billwhich were communicated to your House this day, for your Concurrence,have been disapproved by you, we think the following Amendments proper,Viz.That the Words “All the Male Inhabitants from sixteen to Sixty Years ofAge in the Parish of St. Andrew (James Island Excepted)” be Struck out, Andin Lieu thereof “all the Male Inhabitants in the Parish of St. Andrew Livingon the North Side of Ashley River” be Inserted, And that the words “Parishof St. Andrew James Island Excepted” in Folio 3, Line 10th from the Bottom,be Struck out, and in Lieu thereof the Word “District” be inserted, To whichAmendments we desire your Concurrence.In the Upper House of Assembly, the 11th day of May 1758.By order of the House, John Cleland.

MAY 11, 1758197And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read his Excellencys Message to the House.And the Said Message being read a Second time.Ordered That an Answer be prepared to be Sent to his Excellencys SaidMessage.Then the Councils Amendments to the Bill intitled “an Act vestingAshley Ferry in the Public Treasurer, for the Time being, for the use of thePublic, And for keeping the Causey Leading to the Said Ferry in repair” wereonce read throughout.And being read a Second Time, were disagreed with by the House.And severall other Amendments being agreed by the House to be madeto the Bill.Ordered that a Message be prepared to be Sent to the Council with thesaid Amendments.And Accordingly the following one was Drawn, viz.Honorable Gentlemen,This House being of Opinion that Obliging the Inhabitants on thenorth East side of Ashley river to repair the Causey Leading to the Ferry, &to make the Stands & Shade mentioned in the Bill, & afterwards to keep theSame in Constant repair, will be too heavy a Burthen on the Said Inhabitants,hath disagreed to the Amendments Last proposed by your honours, tobe made to the Bill: But as we think it will be more equal to oblige all theInhabitants of St. Andrews Parish (James Island Excepted) to put the Causeyin repair and to make the Stands & afterwards to Oblige the Inhabitantson the north East side of the River to Keep the Same in repair, we proposethat the Bill be amended in the following manner & we desire your Concurrencetherein, Viz.Page 2, Last Line, Leave out from “required” to “Causey” in the first Lineof the 3d Page & add “to put the.”Page 3, Line 2d, Leave out “Constant” & add “Sufficient.”Same Line, Leave out “And allways.”Same Page, Line 4th, between “River” and “so” add “And after the saidCausey shall be put in good & Sufficient repair & Condition & the Standsmade by the Said Inhabitants as aforesaid, the Same Shall from thence forwardbe Constantly kept in the Like good repair and Condition by all theMale Inhabitants from Sixteen to Sixty years of age, Living in the District,in which the said Ferry is Situate on the North East Side of the Said River.”Same Page, Line 8, Leave out from the Word “Expence” to the End ofthe Clause & add “of putting the Said Causey in good and Sufficient repairand making the Stand as aforesaid, upon the severall Male Inhabitants of thesaid Parish of St. Andrew (James Island Excepted) from Sixteen to Sixty years

198 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758of Age; and after the Said Causey Shall be put in good and Sufficient repairand the said Stands made as aforesaid, the said Commissioners or a Majorityof them Shall have power & Authority & they are hereby fully authorized& impowered to Assess, Levy & Collect the Expence which Shall from Timeto Time be incurred for repairing the Said Causey & Stands, in the mannerherein beforementioned, upon the several Male Inhabitants as aforesaid,Living in the District wherein the said Causey is Situate.”“A Bill for Establishing a Ferry from Hooping Island to Boones Island& to open a Communication from thence to the High Road on Edisto Island”was read a Second time.And the Question being put that the Said Ferry be vested in Joseph Ashfor the Term of Seven years, it was Resolved in the Affirmative.And the Question being put that the Blank for the Ferriage of Foot Passengersbe filled up with 2/6.It was resolved in the Affirmative.And the Question being put that the Blank for Ferriage of Cattle be fiveShillings per head.It passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that the Said Blank be filled up with 2/6per Head.It was resolved in the Affirmative.And the Several Blanks were filled up, and several Amendments weremade by the House to the Bill.Ordered that Mr. Stobo do Carry the Bill to the Council.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have Twice read “a Bill for raising & granting to his Majestythe Sum of £166,055:9: 1 /4 &ca.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Mr. Badger, the Messenger, Acquainted the House, that he went to theHouse of Thomas Wright Esqr. in the Country, & finding him Sick in Bed,acquainted him that he (the Messenger) had a Warrant to take him intoCustody.Ordered that the Messenger do go to Mr. Wright’s & Either continuethere with him, or Carry him to any other convenient Place till he is able toTravell.According to Order the following Address was Drawn, Viz.May it Please your Excellency,When we received your Excellency’s Message with respect to the MilitiaLaw we had a Bill for the Amendment of & further Continuance of thatLaw under Consideration, which Bill having been rejected by this House we

MAY 12, 1758199cannot resume the Consideration thereof during the Present Session of theGeneral Assembly.And then the House adjourned till Tomorrow Morning Nine of theClock.Friday the 12th day of May 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Ordered That the Two Addresses of Yesterday to the Governor be presentedto his Excellency by Mr. Roper.Ordered that Mr. Gadsden do Carry the Message Containing Amendmentsto the “Bill vesting the Ferry over Ashley River &ct.” to the Council. 19Order’d That Leave be given to bring in an Ordinance for appointinga Country Waiter for the Port of Charles Town. And that Mr. Manigault &Mr. Mazyck do prepare & bring in the Same.Then the House proceeded to read the “Bill for raising & granting toHis Majesty the Sum of £166,055:9:7 1 /4 & applying £8069:3:6 (being the Surplusof Taxes & Ballance of a Fund in the Public Treasury) making together£174,124:13:1 1 /4 to defray the Charges of this Government from the 25th dayof March 1757 to the 24th day of March 1758, And for other Services thereinmentioned” a Third time.And the Schedule to be Annexed to the Said Bill was read a third Time.Then two Accounts of Ensign John Bogges which had been return’d tohim to be attested, one Amounting to £81:7:6 and the other to £208:1:6 beingfor Expresses & for Rum & Sugar given in Presents to the Indians, werepresented to the House & Severally read.Resolved that Sixty Seven Pounds 10s for the Expresses mention’d in thefirst of the Said Accounts be Provided for & no more, as the Residue of theSaid Account is for Rum & Sugar given in presents to The Indians.Resolved (upon the Question) That the Account amounting to £208:1:6being for Rum & Sugar given to the Indians be rejected.Ordered that the said £67:10 be inserted in the said Schedule.And the same was inserted in the Schedule Accordingly.And Several Other Amendments were made by the House to the SaidSchedule.And the Said Schedule is as followeth, Vizt.The Schedule of the Charges of this Government from the Twenty fifth day of Marchin the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven hundred and Fifty Seven inclusive to the19According to the Upper House Journal for May 13, the Upper House read this bill a third timeand resolved unanimously to reject it.

200 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Twenty Fifth day of March One Thousand seven hundred and Fifty Eight Exclusive.Allowances to Public officers.To his Excellency the Governor £ 3500:00:00To the Clerk of the Council £ 300:00:00To the Master in Chancery £ 200:00:00To the Messenger of the Council £ 200:00:00To the Door Keeper of the Council £ 200:00:00To the Clerk of Assembly £ 600:00:00To the Messengers of the Assembly£200 Each £ 400:00:00To the Commissary General £ 400:00:00To the Agent in Great Britain forthe 7th of October to the24th March £ 548:09:10 1 /4To the Clerk to the Committee ofCorrespondance £ 50:00:00To the Clerk to the Board of ChurchCommissioners £ 30:00:00£ 6,428:09:10 1 /4House Rent for the PublicService.To His Excellency the Governor forone Years Rent £ 700:00:00To John Murray Esqr. for Rent of theSecretarys Office £ 80:00:00To William Henderson for a Housefor the Free School in CharlesTown £ 250:00:00£ 1,030:00:00Writing for the Public Service.To the Clerk of the Council forCopies of the minutes ofCouncil, Entries in the IndianBook & Copies of Lawsfor the use of the Council £ 1425:07:08

MAY 12, 1758201To the Clerk of the Assembly forCopies of Journals, drawing Bills &ct. £ 1962:16:02To Robert Wells for Binding Journals £ 33:10:00To John Murray Esqr. for Fees due tothe Secretarys office £ 707:04:03To the Public Treasurer for this Service £ 337:02:06To James Crokatt Esqr., LateAgent, disbursments forthis Service £ 112:00:00£ 4,578:00:07To be raised by particular Lawsappointing the Same.For Sinking 1 /4 part of the £33600Orders Issued in 1755 fordefending the Kings rights inNorth America £ 8400:00:00For Sinking 1 /5 part of the £160,000Orders issued Last Year to raise& pay the South CarolinaRegiment £ 32000:00:00To Charles Lowndes Esqr., LateProvost Marshall, for ServingWrits of Election, SummoningJurors & attending the Courts £ 150:00:00To Clement Lampiere Annuity on theMilitia Law £ 90:00:00£ 40,640:00:00For the Forts.To the Commander of Fort Johnsonone years Pay £ 200:00:00To the Gunner of the Said Fort at £18per Month £ 216:00:00To two Quarter Gunners at £8 perMonth Each £ 192:00:00To pay 21 Men for 5 Months & 5 daysService at £8 per Month Each £ 867:09:00Provisions for 4 Men at £25 per

202 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Annum Each & for 21 Men5 Months & 5 days £ 334:04:09To the Gunner of Fort Moore (if notbelonging to the IndependantCompanies) One years pay at£14 per Month £ 168:00:00To the Gunner of Charles townOne Years Pay £ 225:00:00To the Gunner of Craven Bastionone Years Pay £ 100:00:00To the Gunner of BroughtonsBattery one Years Pay £ 100:00:00To Downes & Nicholson for SeveralArticles £ 26:00:00To Margaret Boone for makingof Flags £ 50:17:06To Benjamin Stead for White Rope £ 6:02:06To David Brown for flag Staffs £ 63:00:00To Barnard Beekman for SeveralArticles £ 520:01:03To Henry Kennan for Several Articles £ 13:17:06To John McCall for Bunting £ 74:18:01To John & Edward Neufville forScales & Weights £ 22:10:00To James Laurens & Co. for SeveralArticles £ 207:14:09To James Reid for Gun Match &Gun Wadding £ 119:10:00To John Stone Junior for Tomkins £ 12:00:00To Benjamin Dart for Bunting &Sheet Lead £ 72:08:11To Bremar & Neyle for CartridgePaper £ 21:10:00£ 3,613:04:03For the Garrisons at Fort PrinceGeorge & Fort Loudoun in theCherokees.To Benja. Stead for Sundrys in hisAccount £ 114:06:01

MAY 12, 1758203To Benja. Stead on CorneliusDogheartys Orders forCattle £195, for Carriageof Baggage £49:7:6 &for Carriage ofStores £199:10 £ 443:17:06To Benjamin Stead, on a FourthOrder of Cornielius Dogheartyfor Cattle £ 250:00:00To Patrick Troy for Carriage of Salt £ 76:10:00To Henry Gallman on Several Ordersfor Provisions & Carriage ofStores &ct. £ 2292:12:09To Ancrum, Lance & Loocock onJames Moons Order for horsehire £24 & on Thomas Millsorder for Carriage of Stores £10 £ 34:00:00To Ulrick Beekman for Carriageof Artillery £ 48:00:00To William Banbury for Bread £ 246:02:04To Thomas Harrison for Bags £ 48:16:00To Glen, Cooper & Co. on BarnabyMcMullens Order for Carriageof Salt £49, on Richard SmithsOrder for Carriage of Stores£105 £ 154:00:00To Smith & Brewton on Orders of thefollowing Persons, viz., Margt.Glosters for Provisions £200,Frederick O’Neale’s for drivingCattle £126, Robert Walls forHorse Hire £45, Capn. PaulDemere’s for Cash paidLabourers £137:18:6, WilliamShoreys Interpreter to theGarrison £45, Capn. RaymondDemeres for Several Articles£717:10 £ 1271:08:06To Smith & Brewton Articles in theirAccount for this Service £ 84:06:06To Thomas & Willm. Ellis on William

204 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Shorey the Interpreters Order£45 & On An Order of JohnStevens for Carpenters work £45 £ 90:00:00To Willm. Henderson on JosiahHortons Order for makingChimneys £ 25:00:00To Robert Pringle Esqr. on ChristianMinnicks Order for 50 head ofCattle £ 700:00:00To John McQueen and Company onOrder of the Following Persons,Viz., Charles McLean forCarriage of Flour £23:12, JohnButler for Carriage of Stores£115, John Elliott for 1000Bushels of Corn £1300,Samuel Benn for Carriage ofFlour £221[:18], TheSame forCorn £777[:7:6], John Elliottfor Carriage of Artillery £600,The Same for Corn £147:10,Charles Butler for Carriage ofFlour £42, Thomas Hawkins forCarriage of Stores £300:10,William Shorey, the Interpreter,£150, Robert Gowdeyfor Carriage of Provisions £149,James Beamer for Carriage ofStores £39:11:6, PatrickCallihaun for the like Service£13:10, Cornelius Cookley forthe Like Service £225:1:6, JohnStevens for Carpenters Work£45, William Gibbes for Horsehire £20, Patrick Reilly forFlour £89, John Stevens forCarpenters work more £30 £ 4319:00:06To Alexr. Petrie on the Orders ofJohn Elliott for the hire of aWaggon & Horses £21 & forProvisions £337:12, Thomas

MAY 12, 1758205Foster, Indian Interpreter atFort Loudoun, £20, & JohnHatton for Carriage of Flour£70 £ 448:12:00To John Guerard Esqr. for musquetBalls £ 62:10:00To James Laurens & Co. Articles intheir Account for this Service £ 433:13:08To Peter Benoist on three Orders ofJohn Kennet for Carriage ofStores £273:6 & on HenryGallmans Order for the LikeService £180, on Lewis Colsons,Clerk of the Stores at FortLoudoun, for £25 & PeterCrims for Flour £157:12:6 £ 635:18:06To John Paul Grimkie on an Order ofAbraham Walker for Smith work£22:10:0, on an Order ofBenjamin Mathison for the LikeService £30 & on an Order ofThomas Smith for the LikeService £30 & on WilliamGibbes order for horse hire£40 & Ephraim Ellis’s order fortwo Canoes £27 £ 149:10:00To John & Henry Gallman forProvisions £ 361:13:06To William Seawright for Carriageof Store[s] £30 and on an OrderOf Philip Puhls for provisions£180 £ 210:00:00To John Rae on an order of BarnardSnell, Storewaiter £ 138:00:00To Barnard Snell on Lewis ColsonsOrder for horse hire £ 10:00:00To Captain John Steuart on JosephGalways Order for Horse hire£21, on Several Men’s Order forCarriage of Provisions £50, onCaptn.Paul Demeres order for

206 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Provisions £16:13 & on HenryLucas’s Order for Carrying twoSwivell Guns to Fort Loudoun£40 £ 127:13:00To Daniel Cannon on James Welch[s]order for Carriage of Stores £ 93:10:00To John & Edwd. Neufville on PeterCrims order for the LikeService £ 83:10:00To William Strawder for Horse Hire £ 16:00:00To Thomas Keiler for makingFascines £ 40:00:00To Benjamin Singelton on twoOrdersof John Elliott for Carriage ofProvisions £ 642:05:00To Smith & Scott on PatrickCampbell’s Order £46 &Tobias Holmes £54 for Horsehire & on James Coppocksfor baking Bread £30 £ 130:00:00To Isham Clayton for Driving Cattle £ 6:00:00To Thomas Calker on JohnRagnous order for Carriage ofStores £ 63:00:00To Austin & Laurens on JohnKennets Order for the hire of aWaggon & horses £ 78:00:00To Jacob Tyler for Provisions £ 100:00:00To James Beamer for Carriage ofFlour £ 292:19:00To Michael Calfskin for Horse Hire £ 54:00:00To John Gibson for Provisions £ 154:00:00To John Wildermot for Waggon hire£51 & for Carriage of Flour £75 £ 126:00:00To Andrew Williamson for DrivingCattle & hogs £ 81:15:00To John Kennet for Carriage of Flour £ 100:00:00To Capn. John Postell on WilliamRoths Order for horse hire £ 24:00:00To John Savage for Rum £ 254:00:00

MAY 12, 1758207To Lieutn. Lachlan Shaw for SeveralArticles £ 87:05:03To Peter Crim for Cattle £ 1764:00:00To John Cannon for Carriage ofProvisions £ 100:00:00To John Turner for the Like Service £ 47:10:00To John George Smithbeader forCarrying Swivel Guns £ 42:18:00To the Commissary for SeveralArticles £ 187:17:06To Ensign John Bogges for SeveralArticles £ 67:10:00£17,411:10:07For the Forces, Viz.To the following Persons forQuarters for the Officers.To Barnard Beekman £ 22:10:00Henry Bedon £ 31:08:06John Raven Bedon £ 95:06:08Sarah Baker £ 21:15:08Jane Boone £ 56:00:00Rebecca Bennett £ 31:08:00William Bissett £ 27:02:06William Carwithin £ 41:01:05Isabella Robinson £ 33:03:08Moses Mitchell £ 79:13:00Mary Cranmer £ 140:13:00Magdelen Prioleau £ 98:15:00Elizabeth Richardson £ 173:15:00Samuel Perkins £ 62:16:00Henry Kennan £ 36:08:06Peter Leger £ 217:14:09John Matthewes £ 55:00:00Robert Fairweather £ 62:05:00Gabriel Guignard £ 47:13:04Robert McKenzie £ 9:12:06William Mason £ 26:08:00Rice Prices Estate £ 46:08:06

208 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758James Reid £ 100:11:06Susanah Rose £ 174:10:09John Quash £ 61:07:06Lieutn. Robinson, William McKenzie,Duncan Bayne, EnsignMcDonald & Ensign Housston £ 85:10:00William Robertson £ 62:10:00Ann Rogers £ 5:00:00Elizabeth Leacraft £ 25:00:00Margaret Sheppard £ 75:00:00James Neilson £ 3:03:00Thomas Walker £ 55:00:00Sarah Clifford £ 25:00:00Susanah Walker £ 40:00:00Ann Watson £ 87:10:00To Arnout Schermerhoorn £ 6:05:00Edward Weyman £ 53:15:00John Gordon £ 245:07:11Nathaniel Bulline £ 30:00:00David Dotte £ 108:00:00Samuel Carne £ 18:15:10Thomas Linning £ 62:10:00Elizabeth Poole £ 93:15:00Catharin Scullock £ 77:08:10Jane Price £ 5:07:06To the Following officers whoremoved from their Quartersbefore the 30th of Novemberor had none assigned them.Collo. Montgomery £ 62:10:00Lieutn. Collo. Stephen £ 62:00:00Major Grant £ 62:10:00Captn. Lander £ 21:00:00Captn. Sinclair £ 35:00:00Captn. Hugh McKenzie £ 35:00:00Lieutn. Sutherland £ 31:05:00Lieutn. Phillips £ 43:15:00Lieutn. Steuart £ 5:14:00Lieutn. Blagg £ 10:14:00

MAY 12, 1758209Ensign Haggart £ 2:10:00Ensign Jenkins £ 43:15:00Adjutant Stewart £ 10:00:00Surgeons Mate McDunnet £ 17:10:00To Discharge the additional Payof 1 sh. Sterling per Diem to16 Subaltern Officers of theRoyal Americans £644, 34Subaltern officers of theHighland Battallion £1368:10& 6 Subaltern Officers ofVirginia Regiment £241:10 inlieu of Quarters from the 30thof November Last £ 2254:00:00To the following Persons for Rentof Houses for barracks & Hospitals& for Materials & Workmanship infitting the Same.William Banbury £ 287:19:05Daniel Bourgett £ 48:00:00William Bampfeild £ 450:00:00Thomas Booden £ 65:00:00Lambert Lance £ 62:10:00Jonathan Scott £ 75:00:00Richard Berresford Esqr. £ 144:00:00Mrs. Ann Wragg £ 237:06:08Mary Scott £ 100:00:00Hugh Anderson £ 195:05:08Samuel Wainwright Esqr. £ 45:00:00Luke Stoutenburgh Esqr. £ 50:00:00Robert Rawlings £ 62:10:00To Samuel Prioleau £ 56:05:04Brunett & Hall £ 891:02:05To Benjamin Stead for Rum,Duffils & brown Rolls £ 6643:05:09Sarah Nightingale for Damagessustained by the RoyalAmerican Encampment in herPasture £ 75:00:00

210 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758To Hugh Anderson for Barracksnecessairies £ 170:02:00To Elizabeth Jones for Bedding £ 30:18:10To Smith & Brewton for Blanketts,Rolls, & Pepper £ 2350:10:04To Ancrum, Lance & Loocockfor Brown Rolls £ 135:13:09To John Guerard Esqr. for BarracksNecessaries £ 268:04:00To James Laurens & Companyfor Blanketts & other Articles £ 1772:05:10To Ruth Hartman for Bedding £ 20:19:04To Elizabeth Larry for Bedding £ 16:17:06To Elizabeth Jones for Bedding £ 31:02:00To John McQueen & Company forRum, Glass & Nails £ 341:17:06To Inglis & Pickering for Blanketts& brown Rolls £ 1035:11:10To Othniel Beale Esqr. for Blanketts £ 171:10:00To John Savage for Blanketts £ 212:10:00To Williams & Carne for Vinegar £ 23:04:04 1 /2To Bremar & Neyle for BarrackNecessaries £ 153:03:01 1 /2To John Remington Jur. Tubs &Buckets £ 124:10:00To Daniel Crawford Esqr. for wood£23:12:6, To John Marley forwood & Cartage £1873:18:9,To Thomas Wright Esqr. forwood £3746:3:3, To CommissaryPinckney for wood£828:5 £ 6471:19:06To Commissary Pinckney forCartage & several other Articles £ 823:19:09To James Henderson for Candles £ 1308:15:00To John Parnham for Pepper £ 36:00:00To Thomas Buckle for transportinga detachment to Fort Johnson £ 5:00:00To William Brandford for Straw £ 119:00:00To Mary Frost for Hay £ 20:00:00To John Harvey for Hay £ 162:00:00

MAY 12, 1758211To William Laurence for Straw £ 27:00:00To reimburse the Treasureradvanced for Materials &workmanship for Constructingnew Barracks £8000 & fortransporting Parties &Provisions to Fort Johnson £40 £ 8040:00:00To John Stevens, Glasier, for workingat the barracks £ 51:15:00To defray the Expence ofConstructing Barracks for theOfficers £ 3750:00:00To the Church Wardens of St. Philipsfor Subsisting the Wives &Children of the IndependantCompany sent to Virginia £ 420:02:05To the same Church Wardens forSupplies to several Invalidsdischarged from the Service £ 116:12:03£43,314:19:05For the Scout Boats.To Pay for a Scout Boat lately built £ 300:00:00To two Commanders one years Pay at£25 per Month Each £ 600:00:00To pay 20 Men at £10 per MonthEach from 25th of Marchinclusive to 15th May Exclusive £ 307:18:04 1 /4To pay 22 Men from 15th May to the24th March both days inclusiveat £12 per Month Each £ 2725:08:00 3 /4Provissions for 22 Men at £28 per AnnumEach £ 616:00:00Provisions for 2 additional Men atSame Rate from the 15th of May £ 48:04:00 1 /2To Gordon & Elliott for SeveralArticles £ 77:06:10To John Joyner for Several Articles £ 110:19:00£ 4,785:16:03 1 /2

212 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758For Lookouts.For 8 Lookouts each Consisting of3 men at £12 per Month eachMan £ 3356:00:00To Margueret Boone for making Flags £ 30:00:00To Joshua Grimball for SeveralArticles £ 112:10:00To Barnard Beekman for SeveralArticles £ 22:00:00To William Eddings for a Flag Staff& Freight of Cannon £ 25:00:00To James Laurens & Co. for SeveralArticles £ 21:03:09To John Scott, Merchant, for SpyGlasses £ 8:00:00To William King for a flag Staff £ 12:00:00To Brunett & Hall for Carriages £ 195:00:00£ 3,781:13:09For the Public Arms.To John Milner for mending &keeping them Clean [&] forScabbards to the Bayonetts £ 668:18:09£ 668:18:09Parochial Charges.To the Church Wardens of St. JamesSantee to finish the ParsonageHouse £ 350:00:00To Robert Hume for repairs to theParsonage of St. James GooseCreek £ 50:04:07To David Maybank for repairs toSt. Bartholomews Parsonage £ 124:10:00To John Ioor for repairs to St.Georges Parsonage £ 39:18:00

MAY 12, 1758213To the reverend Mr. Henry Chiffelle,Rector of St. Peter Purrysburghfor three Years Rent of aParsonage House £ 120:00:00To the Church Wardens and Vestryof theParish of Prince GeorgeWinyaw toward defraying theExpence of purchasing aGlebe & building a ParsonageHouse £ 500:00:00£ 1,184:12:07For Coroners Inquests.To Francis Kinloch Esqr. on an Order ofJames Roberts Esqr., Coroner ofCraven County £ 60:00:00To John Skene Esqr. £ 20:00:00To William Simpson Esqr., Coronerof Berkley County £ 50:00:00To James Carney, Constable, forsummoning Jurors £ 7:00:00£ 137:00:00For Criminals.To the Chief Justice, Fees onProsecuting them at March &October Sessions £ 208:15:00To the Clerk of the Crown, Fees[for the like Service] £ 169:10:00To the Late Attorney General, Fees[for the like Service] £ 119:15:00To the Present Attorney General,Fees [for the like Service] £ 121:00:00To Charles Lowndes Esqr., LateProvost Marshall, for theirSubsistance £ 1513:05:00To Samuel Fry, Constable, for

214 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758conveying Malefactors toGoal £ 9:07:06To Mark Hayes, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 10:14:02To John & Ulrick Tobler, Constables,[for the like Service] £ 17:00:10To William West, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 9:07:06To George Bland, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 2:12:06To Charles Badingfeild, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 5:15:00To Thomas Conway, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 50:00:00To Nicholas Yonker, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 11:08:09To William Streather, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 29:14:00To James Robertson, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 19:00:00To Hugh Branchman, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 9:00:09To the Treasurer which he paidConstables for the Like Service £ 72:18:09£ 2,379:04:09For Criminal Slaves.To John Giessendanner for [a] SlaveExecuted £ 200:00:00To William Dalton for Slave[s]Executed £ 400:00:00To Hugh McCutchins Estate for [a]Slave Executed £ 200:00:00To James Ladson for [a] SlaveExecuted £ 200:00:00To James Ash’s Estate for [a] SlaveExecuted £ 90:00:00To Joseph Ash for [a] SlaveExecuted £ 90:00:00To William Osborn £ 29:02:06

MAY 12, 1758215To William Bonneau £ 6:19:09To John Gibbes £ 15:15:00To Christopher Holson £ 3:06:03To James Rochford £ 3:17:06To Jacob Rumph £ 9:07:06To Henry Orr £ 14:15:00To John Coone £ 18:00:00To Samuel Wood £ 7:07:06To Jacob Ladson £ 8:08:09To John Rice £ 25:07:06To George Allison £ 7:02:06£ 1,329:09:09Indian Expences.To the Commissioner for Indianaffairs one Years Salary £ 100:00:00To Daniel Pepper Esqr., Agent tothe Creeks £ 2000:00:00£ 2100:00:00To the following Person[s] forPresents, Viz.To Tew & Roybould £ 210:10:00Margaret Boone £ 20:00:00Benjamin Stead £ 67:10:00Ancrum, Lance & Loocock £ 127:12:06Jerome Courtonne (to be paidupon his Accounts beingAttested upon Oath) £ 1350:00:00John Spencer £ 84:06:00Smith & Brewton £ 1979:14:04John Paul Grimkie £ 4:10:00John Dodd £ 49:00:00James Laurens & Company £ 6:00:00Thomas Nightingale £ 289:06:03John Scott, Gun Smith £ 71:05:00Rae & Barksdale £ 7:01:00Alexander Petrie £ 15:00:00Thomas Smith Junior £ 14:00:00

216 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758Ogilvie & Ward £ 24:17:06John McQueen & Company £ 2467:00:04Inglis & Pickering £ 266:05:00McCartan & Campbell £ 2466:19:03Gabriel Guignard £ 16:13:06Bremar & Neyle £ 36:11:03Jacob Motte Esqr. £ 32:10:00£ 9606:11:11And to the following Persons forProvissions &c.Sarah Nightingale £ 1025:11:06James Sawyers £ 2:12:06Henry Gallman £ 2:03:09Daniel Burnett £ 26:05:00George Jackson £ 8:00:00John Gallman £ 52:10:00John Frentz £ 6:15:00Daniel Droze £ 47:17:01John McQueen & Company on anOrder of McIntosh & Johnston£4:2:6 & on Robert GowdeysOrder £22:10 & on NicholasBlacks Order £10 £ 36:12:06White Outer Bridge £ 1:17:06William Seawright £ 22:10:00Henry Smith £ 13:01:03James Germany, Interpreter £ 100:00:00Simeon Theus £ 81:10:00Edward Legge £ 29:14:04Elizabeth Mercer £ 26:05:00Samuel Wyley £ 62:10:00Mary Whitford £ 59:07:06William West £ 51:15:00Ancrum, Lance & Loocock onHannah McGregor’s Order £ 127:12:06Benjamin Godfrey £ 19:12:06Margaret Olivier £ 33:19:08Mary Cannon £ 10:05:00James McKelvie £ 4:10:00

MAY 12, 1758217George Sommers £ 5:18:04Alexander Rantowl £ 12:00:00Lachlan McGillivray £ 80:06:09William Cardogan £ 12:10:00Captn. John Stuart £ 18:00:00Edward Brody £ 3:00:00Commissary Pinckney £ 513:10:09Lionel Chalmers attending SickCherokees £ 14:05:00Oliphant & Garden for the LikeService £ 7:05:00£ 2519:13:05[£14,226:05:04]For Prisoners of War.To Judith Postell for the board ofSeveral £ 680:17:06To Thomas Gordon £ 220:15:00To James Akin £ 16:12:06To Anthony Bonneau’s Estate £ 62:05:00To Peter Butler £ 32:16:00To Mark Antho. Besselleu £ 13:17:06To Robert Collins £ 43:17:06To Paul Combé £ 34:17:06To Frederic Holzendorff £ 60:15:00To James Marion £ 39:15:00To Mary Langley £ 349:17:06To Peter Pegguin £ 33:15:00To Francis Simmons £ 59:12:06To Philip Chichett £ 9:00:00To Robert Quash £ 30:00:00To Benjamin Simmons £ 15:07:06To Margaret Olivier £ 979:17:03To John Channing for Medecines £ 17:10:00To Oliphant & Garden for Ditto £ 37:07:06To the Treasurer advanced byhim to pay the Passagesof Several to Great Britain £ 750:00:00To the Commissary for this Service £ 42:00:00

218 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758To Pay Timothy Philips & theMen under his Commandfor Guarding the SaidPrisoners to the 2d of July £ 181:14:10To pay William Wilkins & his Menfor the Like Service £ 180:06:06To pay Richard Collis & his Men forthe Like Service £ 189:13:04£ 4,082:10:05For the French Accadians.To the following Persons formaintaining them.Joseph Palmer of St. Stephens Parish £ 33:00:00Stephen Crell of Saxe GothaTownship £ 54:00:00Henry Gallman of Saxe GothaTownship £ 53:00:00Henry Hertell of Saxe GothaTownship £ 24:00:00Henry Sertrunk of Saxe GothaTownship £ 12:00:00Joshua Grimball of Edisto Island £ 48:10:00Elias Ball on two Orders of GeorgeJune of St. John BerkleyCounty £ 171:00:00William Burd of Edisto Island £ 16:00:00Church Wardens of St. Helena £ 184:10:00Church Wardens of St. Philip £ 541:17:08Joseph Norman of Beach Hill £ 91:12:09John Glover of St. Pauls £ 180:00:00John Hayes of St. James Goosecreek £ 14:10:00Henry Hartley of Amelia Township £ 26:00:00William Heathley of Same Township £ 171:10:00Samuel Jeanes of St. Pauls £ 107:18:08Edward Parry of St. Pauls £ 76:00:00Mary Postell of St. Georges £ 115:00:00John North of St. Bartholomews £ 620:03:01John Sharpe of St. Bartholomews £ 70:00:00

MAY 12, 1758219Thomas Mitchell of Prince GeorgeWinyaw £ 71:08:00Christopher Rowe of Orangeburgh(to be paid when duelyCertified) £ 64:00:00Thomas Heyward of Prince William(to be paid when duely Certified) £ 8:10:00Zachariah Villepontoux of St. JamesGoosecreek (to be paid whenduely Certified) £ 28:00:00John Marley for Wood £ 11:12:06£ 2,794:02:08Extraordinary Charges.To Thomas Gordon repairs to theGuard House £ 3:05:07 1 /2To Jonathan Badger for the use of theAssembly £ 63:05:00To the Church Wardens of St. PhilipFor Subsisting Poor fromremote Parts where no Poorrates are Collected £ 163:14:06To William Matthewes for Provissionsto the Militia on an Alarm £ 6:00:00To William Maxwell for Provissions tothe Militia on an Alarm £ 5:00:00To Timothy Philips for making Tents £ 91:00:00To John Elliott, Ballance of hisAccount for Subsisting twoFrench Prisoners taken by theCherokees in 1753 £ 67:00:00To Benjamin Smith Esqr. for CrimsonDamask to Cover the Chairs inthe Council Chamber £ 77:10:00To the Fire Masters in Charles Town(to be paid by the Inhabitantsof the said Town) for the use ofthe fire Engines £ 286:12:03To Elff & Hutchinson for Chairs &Tables for the Council Chamber £ 728:02:06

220 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758To the Treasurer, Ballance of Moneyadvanced by him to [send]for Musketts, Warlike Stores &other Articles £ 15095:13:00To the Treasurer a Recompence forreceiving and Issuing £42000Granted for defending HisMajestys Rights in NorthAmerica & for his trouble inattending the Press, indenting,filling up, Signing & payingout £25000 in Orders issuedor the use of the Fortifications& for Paying out £40,000raised for the use of theFortifications by the TaxLaws for the Years 1754 &1755 and for paying outthe Money mentioned in theLast preceeding Article £ 350:00:00To John Kitt for apprehendingRobert Wall, a deserter fromFort Loudoun £ 134:00:00Annuity to the Negroe Sampsonfor discovering a Cure forthe Bites of RattleSnakes £ 50:00:00To the Treasurer, Ballance dueto him from the GeneralDuty Fund the 29thSeptember Last £ 1238:16:04To the Treasurer for Orders Sunkwhich were Issued in 1740for the relief of Georgia &defence of this province £ 12:00:00To the Commissioners for theStreets in Charles Town(to be paid by theInhabitants of the saidTown) £ 500:00:00To the Commissioners for the

MAY 12, 1758221Roads on Charles townNeck to be paid by theInhabitants of St. Philip& St. Michael Charlestown £ 50:00:00To Benjamin Stradtman for takingCare of the Artillery £ 200:00:00Towards defraying the ContingentCharges of the Current Year £ 3000:00:00£22,121:19:02 1 /2£174,507:18:02 1 /4 20And the House proceeded in the Third Reading of the Bill.An Amendment was proposed, Viz., Page 1, 7th Line from the Bottom,Leave out “18 Shillings” & insert “16/ 8d on every Hundred pounds of Moniesat Interest.”And the Said Amendment was, upon the Question being Put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Another amendment was proposed, Same Page, Line 5th from the Bottom,Leave out the Tax on Calves, and the said amendment was, upon theQuestion being put thereupon, disagreed with by the House.Another amendment was proposed that Persons who do not raise, markor Sell thirty Calves a year be Exempted from the Tax.And the Said Amendment was agreed to by the House.Ordered that the farther Consideration of the Bill be adjourned.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have Twice read “a Bill impowering Magistrates to InlistVagrants in the South Carolina Regiment.”And then the Messenger Withdrew.Ordered That no Member do presume to go out of Town without Leaveof the House.And then the House adjourned till three o’Clock.P.M.Mr. Mazyck presented to the House (according to Order) “an Ordinanceto appoint ______ Country Waiter for the Port of Charles Town.”And the Same was received & read the First time.Resolved that the Ordinance be now read a Second time.20The clerk’s arithmetic has been checked to verify the accuracy of the transcription.

222 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758And the same was read a Second time accordingly.An Amendment was proposed, viz., Leave out “absolutely” in the Preamble,Line 3d.And the said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereuponagreed unto by the House.And the severall Blanks were filled up and the Ordinance amended.And the Title was made “an Ordinance to Appoint Mr. Henry BedonCountry Waiter for the Port of Charles Town.”Ordered That Mr. Laurens do Carry the Ordinance to the Council.Then the House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the thirdreading of the Residue of the Tax Bill.And the Question being put that Lands upon Charles Town neck berated according to Value.It was resolved in the affirmative.And the Question being put that the Proprietors of Land in CharlesTown be obliged to return the number of Feet claimed by every Such Proprietor.It Passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put That the Tax upon St. Philip & St. Michaelbe Levied in the Same manner as it hath heretofore been done Exceptingthe Lands upon Charles Town Neck.It Passed in the Negative.And the Bill was read a third time throughout and Several amendmentswere made by the House to the Bill.Resolved that the Bill do pass. And that the Title be “an Act for raising& Granting to His Majesty the Sum of £166,438:18:1 1 /4 & applying £8069:3:6(being the Surplus of Taxes & Ballance of a Fund in the Public Treasury)making together £174,507:18:1 1 /4 to defray the Charges of the Governmentfrom the 25th of March 1757 to the 24th day of March 1758, and for other Servicestherein Mentioned.”Ordered that Mr. Manigault do Carry the Bill to the Council and desiretheir Concurrence.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow morning Nine of the Clock.Saturday the 13th of May 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.“A Bill impowering Magistrates to inlist Vagrants in the South CarolinaRegiment,” was read a third time.An Amendment was proposed, Viz., That all Persons who came into thisProvince to take up Lands upon His Majestys Bounty; & all Persons who had been

MAY 16, 1758223Employed as an Overseer or Artificer within Twelve Months, be Excepted.And the Said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Another Amendment was proposed, Vizt., That all Persons who hadserv’d as an Overseer or been Employed as an Artificer or Labourer duringNine Months of the Last preceding Twelve Months be Excepted.And the said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Another Amendment was proposed that two Freeholders be Joined withthe Justice of the Peace who is to Examine Vagrants in the first Instance.And the Said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereuponagreed unto by the House.And the Bill was amended at the Table Accordingly.Another amendment was proposed, Viz., That Vagrants be re-examinedbefore the Court of Common Pleas or Court of Generall Sessions.And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.And other Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Resolved that the Bill do Pass. And that the Title be “An Actimpowering Magistrates to Inlist Vagrants in the South Carolina Regiment.”Ordered that Mr. Bull do Carry the Bill to the Council and desire theirConcurrence.Ordered That Mr. Trapier, Mr. Thomas Waties, Mr. John Wattes, Mr.Horry, Mr. Raph Izard have Leave to go out of Town upon ExtraordinaryOccasions.And then the House adjourned ’till Monday afternoon, Five of theClock.Monday the 15th day of May 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Tomorrow Morning Nine of theClock.Tuesday the 16th day of May 1758.The Journal of Saturdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act for raising & Grantingto His Majesty the Sum of £166,438:18:1 1 /4 & applying £8069:3:6 (being theSurplus of Taxes & the Ballance of a Fund in the Public Treasury) making

224 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758together £174,507:18:1 1 /4 to defray the Charges of this Government from the25th day of March 1757 to the 24th day of March 1758, And for other Servicestherein Mentioned” and also,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act impowering Magistratesto inlist Vagrants in the South Carolina Regiment” without anyAmendment & also,The Council have twice read “an Ordinance to Appoint Mr. HenryBedon Country Waiter for the Port of Charlestown.”And then the Messenger Withdrew.Ordered that the said Bills be Ingrossed.Then the Ordinance was read a third time.Resolv’d that the Ordinance do Pass.Ordered That Mr. Manigault do Carry the Ordinance to the Counciland desire their Concurrence.Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter from James Crokatt Esqr.,Late Agent, to the Public Treasurer, dated London 15th February 1758, whichwas read purporting that besides the said Mr. Crokatt’s Account ofdisbursments (Amounting to £16 Sterling) from October 1755 to October 1756that he had disbursed the further Sum of £6:7 for the Service [of] the Provinceto the Last of March 1757 & desiring the Public Treasurer to Lay thematter before this House that provision may be made for the Same.Ordered That the Treasurer do when he remits the Said Sum of £16 Sterlingto the said James Crokatt Esqr. also remit the further Sum of £6:7 Sterling.Resolved that this House will Provide for reimbursing the Treasurer inthe Said Sum of £6:7.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to Correspond with JamesWright Esqr., agent for Solliciting the affairs of the Inhabitants of this Provincein Great Britain, of the following Gentlemen, viz., Mr. Guerard, Mr.Lamboll, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Rattray,Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Murray, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Pinckney, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Roper, Mr. Drayton, Mr. McQueen.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 17th day of May 1758.The House adjourn’d till to morrow afternoon 3 of the Clock.Thursday the 18th day of May 1758. P.M.The Journal of Tuesdays Proceedings was read.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.

MAY 18, 1758225Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the “Ordinance to appoint Mr. HenryBedon Country Waiter for the Port of Charles Town,” without any amendment& also,The Council have twice Read “a Bill for Establishing a Ferry from HoopingIsland to Boones Island & to open a Communication from thence to theHigh Road on Edisto Island.”And then the Messenger Withdrew.Ordered that the Ordinance be ingrossed.The Bill was read a Third time.Resolved That the Bill do pass. And that the Title be “an Act for Establishinga Ferry from Hooping Island to Boones Island and to open a Communicationfrom thence to the High Road on Edisto Island.”Ordered That Mr. Freer do Carry the Bill to the Council & desire theirConcurrence.Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that 500 of the Musketts which wereordered to be Sent for by the Late Assembly were arrived in Captn. Curling& that the remaining 500 were Shipped in Captain Ball & might be hourlyExpected & That Mr. Austin, Mr. Middleton & himself, who had been Appointedto Send for the Said Musquets, desired the Directions of the Housewith respect to the disposal of them.Resolved That Mr. Speaker, Mr. Austin, Mr. Middleton & Mr. Laurensdo dispose of the said Musquets at Prime Cost for the better arming theMilitia of this Province pursuant to the Resolution of the Late Assembly inthat regard; And that as soon as the said Gentlemen Shall have received asmuch Money by the sale of these Musquets as will Purchase 500 More, theydo Send for So many to be Disposed of in the same manner.Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter from the agent in GreatBritain to the Committee of Correspondance dated London 15 February 1758,which was read relating his Several Sollicitations in the affairs of this ProvinceSince his Arrival in Great Britain & Enclosing,An humble Representation & Memorial of the Said Agent to the Kingsmost Excellent Majesty in Council praying for Cannon, Warlike Stores &other Articles for the Service of this Province. 21The Said Letter and Representation was Sent to the Clerk to the Committeeof Correspondance.The Several Bills being ingrossed According to Order were laid upon the Table.Ordered that Mr. Rattray & Mr. Guerard to Examine the ingrossed Bill21The representation and memorial of James Wright, agent in Great Britain, was dated November22, 1757. The text appears in BPRO Transcripts, 27: 318–22.

226 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758intitled “an Additional Act to the Acts for the better relief of the Poor of thisProvince,” & that they do carry the Said Bill to be Examined by Such Membersof the Council as Shall be appointed for that purpose, and afterwardattend the Governor & humbly desire that his Excellency will please to Orderthe Great Seal to be affixed thereto.Ordered that Mr. Lowndes & Mr. Gadsden do Examine the ingrossedTax Bill & then carry the said Bill to be examined by Such Members of theCouncil as shall be appointed for that purpose, and afterward Attend theGovernor & Humbly desire that his Excellency will please to Order the GreatSeal to be affixed thereto.Ordered that Mr. Mazyck & Mr. Moultrie do Examine the ingrosed Billintitled “an Act establishing a Road Lately Laid out from Tippicut Law oldFeild &c.,” and then Carry the said Bill to be Examined by Such Membersof the Council as Shall be appointed for that purpose, And afterward attendthe Governor and humbly desire that his Excellency will please to Order theGreat Seal to be affixed thereto.Ordered That Mr. Crawford & Mr. McQueen do Examine the ingrossedBill intitled “an Act impowering Magistrates to inlist Vagrants in the SouthCarolina Regiment” & then Carry the Same to be Examined by Such Membersof the Council as shall be appointed for that purpose, and afterwardattend the Governor & humbly desire that his Excellency will please to Orderthe Great Seal to be Affixed thereto.Ordered that Mr. Pringle & Mr. Wainwright do Examine the ingrossed“Ordinance to Appoint Mr. Henry Bedon Country waiter for the Port ofCharles Town” & then Carry the same to be Examined by Such Members ofthe Council as Shall be appointed for that Purpose, And afterward attendthe Governor & humbly desire that his Excellency will please to Order theGreat Seal to be affixed thereto.Mr. Rattray Reported from the Committee appointed to Audit the PowderReceiver’s Accounts as follows:That they Have Examined the Powder Receiver’s Books and Receiptsand find that there is Twelve Thousand four hundred & forty seven PoundsWeight of Gun Powder now in the Public Magazine Exclusive of three thousandWeight Borrowed from the public by Captain Hale, Commander of hisMajestys Ship Winchelsea, and two Thousand Weight Borrowed by Capt.Arbuthnot of his Majestys Ship Garland, which remainder of Powder now inhand the Committee have View’d in the Said Magazine and find the Samein good Order.Ordered that the Treasurer do Monthly advance to Mr. BenjaminStrodtman the allowance resolv’d by this House to be provided for him forhis Care of the Artillery being Nine Pounds Six Shillings per Week.

MAY 19, 1758227Resolvd That this House will Provide for reimbursing The Treasurer inthe Same.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Friday the 19th of May 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.The House being informed that the Powder Receiver attended at theDoor, he was Called in and presented to the House his Book of Account.And then he Withdrew.Resolved that the Accounts of the Powder Receiver (the Ballance of GunPowder in the Public Store being 12447 1 /2 lbs.) do Pass.Ordered that Mr. Speaker do Sign the said Book.And Mr. Speaker Signd the Same Accordingly.And the said Book was Sent out to be delivered to the Powder Receiver.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act for Establishing aFerry from Hooping Island to Boone’s Island, and to open a Communicationfrom thence to the High Road on Edisto Island” without any Amendment.And then the Messenger Withdrew.Ordered That the Bill be ingrossed.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I transmit to you herewith a Letter I have receiv’d from the Lords Commissionersfor Trade & Plantations Acquainting me with his Majestys Appointmentof Edmond Atkin Esqr. to be Agent for and Superintendant ofthe affairs of the Southern Indians, & Expressing the Expectations of theirLordships that you will be ready to Concur in what ever may be necessaryto promote His Majesty’s Interest & render Mr. Atkins Commission Effectualto the Good purposes for which it is intended, particularly in making Provisionfor Presents & Such other Contingent Expences as are necessary toSupport & Maintain our Interests amongst the Indians.The present Conjuncture is Such as renders it necessary in the highestdegree that Mr. Atkin shoud Visit the Indians & particularly the great CreekNation and that he shou’d Endeavour by the earliest Applications to thatPeople to improve the favourable disposition they now manifest to us, intoa Closer Attachment to his Majesty’s Interest.His Personal residence among them might probably not only Effect this,

228 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758but also open the way to Such an Intercourse with the Chactaws as this Governmenthas Long wish’d to Establish.As Mr. Atkin has a Considerable Quantity of Presents furnish’d by theCrown, I have only to recommend to you to Provide for the Charge of Carryingthose Presents and also for defraying the Expence of proper attendantsfor Mr. Atkin when he Shall repair to any of the Indian Nations.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Then the Letter from the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantationsto his Excellency, dated Whitehall 1 July 1756 was read.And his Excellencys Message being read a Second time.Resolved (upon the Question) That this House will make provision fordefraying the Expence of Carrying the Presents granted [by] His Majesty tothe several Indian Nations.Then the Question being put that Provision be made for Paying an Interpreterand another Man to attend Mr. Atkin when he Shall Visit the IndianNations not Exceeding Six Month[s] at the rate of Fifteen pounds Eachper Month.The House divided.The Yeas go forth.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Moultrie—14.Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Manigault—14.And the Votes being Equal, Mr. Speaker voted with the Yeas.So it was resolved in the affirmative.Order’d that an Answer be prepared to his Excellency’s said Message.And Accordingly the following one was drawn, vizt.May it Please your Excellency,As we are desirous of Contributing every thing in our power that maytend to his Majesty’s Service, we have resolved to Provide for defraying theExpence of Sending the Presents granted by His Majesty to the Indian Countriesas also to pay two Men (one of them to be an Indian Interpreter notExceeding Six Months) at the Rate of Fifteen Pounds per month Each toAttend Mr. Atkin on his intended Visit to the Indians.Ordered that the Said Answer be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Gadsden & Mr. Graeme.The Bill Intitled “an Act for Establishing a Ferry from Hooping Island&ct.” being ingrossed (According to Order) was Laid upon the Table.Ordered That Mr. Freer do Carry the Said Bill to be Examined by Suchmembers of the Council as Shall be appointed for that Purpose.

MAY 19, 1758229The Gentlemen who had the Severall Ingrossed Bills in Charge severallyreported to the House that the said Bills had been examined by SuchMembers of the Council as had been appointed for that purpose & that theGreat Seal was affixed to the said Bills.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Governor Commands this House to attend his Excellency immediatelyin the Council Chamber.And then the Messenger Withdrew.And accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to Attend hisExcellency in the Council Chamber.And being returned Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attendedthe Governor in the Council Chamber, Where his Excellency was pleased toGive his assent to the following Public & Private Acts, Viz.“An Additional Act to the Several Acts for the better Releif of the Poorof this Province.”“An Act Impowering Magistrates to Inlist Vagrants in the South CarolinaRegiment.”“An Act for raising and Granting to his Majesty the Sum of One hundredSixty Six Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Eight Pounds Fourteen Shillings& Seven pence farthing & applying Eight Thousand Sixty nine poundsthree Shillings & Six pence being the Surplus of Taxes & Ballance of a Fundin the Public Treasury making together One hundred and Seventy fourThousand Five hundred and Seven pounds Eighteen Shillings & one pennyfarthing to defray the Charges of this Government from the 25th day ofMarch 1757 to the 24th day of March 1758 & for other Services therein Mentioned.”“An Act Establishing a Road Lately Laid out from Tippicut Law old Feildin St. John Parish to Murray’s Ferry Road in St. Stephens Parish and for discontinuingsuch Part of Murrays Ferry Road as is therein Mentioned.”“An Act for Establishing a Ferry from Hooping Island to Boones Islandand to open a Communication from thence to the High Road on Edisto Island.”“An Ordinance to Appoint Mr. Henry Bedon Country Waiter for thePort of Charles Town.”A Petition of Thomas Wright Esqr., now in Custody of the Messengerof this House, was presented to the House & read Setting forth, Viz.That the Petitioner had been very ill with different disorders for sometime past, as well as at present, has been unable to attend the business of theHouse or pay that Obedience to the resolutions of the House, which his inclinationswould have led him to do; That the Part of his Conduct which has

230 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758given Offence to the House has been accidental and owing to Sickness, andvery far from any design or intention to give umbrage or disgust to theHouse: Yet if it has appeared to the House in such a light he is very sorry,and asks pardon of the House. He Submits himself to the determination ofthe House, & humbly prays their justice and favour.Ordered That the Messenger do bring Mr. Wright to the Barr of theHouse immediately.And Mr. Wright attended at the Bar accordingly where he was Reprimandedby Mr. Speaker.Ordered that Mr. Wright be discharged from the Custody of the Messengerupon paying his Fees.Ordered that Mr. Pringle & Mr. Roper do wait upon the Governor andhumbly desire his Excellency’s permission to this House to adjourn ’till Mondaythe 23d of October Next.The said Gentlemen Accordingly withdrew, and being return’d Mr.Pringle reported that his Excellency had been pleased to Give the HouseLeave to adjourn Accordingly.And then the House adjourned till Monday the 23d of October next.Return to contents ➔

231Session Beginning October 23, 1758and Ending October 26, 1758Monday the 23d Day of October 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the Meeting of the House ’till to Morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 24th Day of October 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the Meeting of the House ’till to Morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Wednesday the 25th Day of October 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the Meeting of the House ’till to Morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Thursday the 26th Day of October 1758.Mr. Speaker informed the House that Childermas Croft Esquire, Clerkof this House, having obtained His Majesty’s Leave of Absence for the Recoveryof his Health; had, with the Approbation of His Excellency the Governor,appointed Mr. John Bassnett to act as Clerk of the House during hisAbsence; which Appointment and Leave of Absence were severally read byMr. Speaker to the House; and,Mr. Bassnett attending at the Door, was called in, and the following Oathwas administred to him by Mr. Speaker, One of His Majesty’s Justices of thePeace.“You shall well and faithfully execute the Trust and Office of Clerk tothis House according to the best of your Skill and Knowledge, and that youwill keep all such matters secret as shall be enjoined you by the House. Sohelp You God.”Then Mr. Bassnett took his Seat at the Clerk’s Table as Clerk of the House.The Journal of the Proceedings of the 19th of May last was read.Ordered that a Message be prepared to be sent to desire the Governorand Council to issue a new writ for Electing One Member to serve in this

232 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 23, 1758–OCTOBER 26, 1758present General Assembly for the Parish of St. John Colleton County in theRoom of John Cole Esqr., deceased; and a new writ for Electing One Memberto serve in this present General Assembly for the Parish of St. Mark inthe Room of Joseph Poole Esqr., deceased.A Message was drawn accordingly and is as follows, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency and Honors,John Cole Esquire, late a Member of this House for the Parish of St.John Colleton County, and Joseph Poole Esquire, late a Member of thisHouse for the Parish of St. Mark, being both dead since the last Sitting ofthe House, We desire that Your Excellency and Honors will please to issueNew Writts for the Electing Members to represent the said Parishes respectivelyin the Room of the said Mr. Cole and Mr. Poole, deceased, And Wedesire that the said Writs may be made returnable the 21st Day of Novembernext.In the Commons House of Assembly, the 26th Day of October 1758.By Order of the House, Ben. Smith, Speaker.Ordered that the Public Treasurer do advance the Sum of One thousandPounds Currency for defraying the Expence of carrying Provisions tothe Out Garrisons.Ordered that the Public Treasurer be served with a Copy of the saidOrder.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to inspect the Laws which imposeany Duty or Tax on Transient Persons, and to report to the House whatAlterations or Amendments are necessary to be made to the said Laws, and,It is referred to Mr. Lynch, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Guerard,Mr. Broughton, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Laurens and Mr. Manigault.Ordered That Mr. Gadsden and Mr. Drayton do wait upon The Governorand Council with the above Message, and at the same time humbly todesire his Excellency’s Leave to adjourn ’till Monday the 20th Day of Novembernext.The said Gentlemen withdrew and being Returned, Mr. Gadsden reportedThat They had delivered the Message given them in Charge; And alsothat His Excellency had been pleased to give the House leave to adjourn tillMonday the 20th Day of November next.And then the House adjourned ’till Monday the 20th Day of Novembernext.Return to contents ➔

233Session Beginning November 20, 1758and Ending December 14, 1758Monday the 20th Day of November 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 21st Day of November 1758.The following Gentlemen met, Vizt., Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Freer,Mr. Trapier, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Thomas Waties, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Glover, Mr.Guerard, Mr. Crawford.And the said Gentlemen made Choice of Joseph Elliott Esquire to betheir Chair-man, to adjourn the Meeting of the House, and He by the Desireof the Rest of the Gentlemen adjourned the Meeting of the House ’tillto Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 22d Day of November 1758.The Journal of the Proceedings of the 26th of October last was Read.Ordered that the Committee appointed to inspect what Laws are expiredor near Expiring, do make a Report thereon as soon as conveniently they can.Ordered that Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Moultrie and Mr. Thomas Waties beadded to the Committee, To whom the Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitantson Pedee in St. Mark’s Parish and the Petition of the Inhabitants ofPedee in Craven County are referred.Mr. Speaker informed the House that he had several Letters and OtherPapers in his Hands directed to the Committee of Correspondence fromJames Wright Esqr., Agent to transact the Affairs of the Inhabitants of thisProvince in Great Britain, which were delivered in at the Clerk’s Table, andseverally read and are as follow, Vizt. 221st. A Letter dated the 28th of February 1758.2dly. A Letter dated the 18th of May 1758.22See James Wright to the committee of correspondence, June 13, August 5, 1758, James Wright-CharlesGarth Letterbook, 1758–1766, William L. Clements Library (microfilm at SC Archives); BPRO Transcripts, 28:1, 7–8, 17–25, 167–76; Journals of the House of Commons (London, 1803–), 28 (1757–61): 85–86.

234 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 17583dly. A Letter dated the 13th of June 1758.4thly. A Letter dated the 5th of August 1758.5thly. A Copy of a Minute of the Lords Committee of Council dated 17thFebry. 1758.6thly. A Copy of a Petition of Robert Hunter Morris Esqr. to The HonorableThe Commons of Great Britain.7thly. An Extract of a Minute of the Board of Trade.8thly. An Extract of a Minute of the Board of Trade of the 16th March 1758.9thly. A List of Stores from the Board of Ordinance.Ordered that the Committee appointed to correspond with JamesWright Esquire, Agent for this Province in Great Britain, do draw up Answersto the said Agent’s several Letters.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have ordered the Treasurer to call in and lay before You the Accountsof all such Persons as have any Demands upon the Public which no Provisionhas been made for the Discharge of, and also to give Notice of yourResolution of the 9th of May according to your Desire expressed to me inyour Message of that Day.William Henry Lyttleton.And then the Messenger withdrew.A Memorial of the Commissioners of the Free-School in Charles Townwas presented to the House and read, setting forth That the Memorialistshave been informed by Mr. Henderson, Master of the said School, that Mr.Chisholme, Proprietor of the House and Lands where the School is atpresent kept, has signified to him his Resolution to sell the same very soon,in Order that a suitable House may be provided in time; That it appears tothe Memorialists to be very difficult if not impracticable to hire such an Oneat present; That the keeping the said School in an hired House will alwayssubject it to be removed or perhaps for some time interrupted to the greatDisadvantage of the Youth who are placed there for Education and to thegreat Discouragement of Parents who are inclined to send them there: Thatthe keeping the School at the Place formerly appropriated for that Use beingfrom it’s Distance found very inconvenient to the Children’s Health ingoing and returning so far through the Heat and Rains, was removed intoTown, in which Removal the Memorialists had the Satisfaction of Meetingwith the Approbation of this House; That the said School is at present in avery flourishing Condition, there being One hundred and ten Scholars nowtherein, Twelve of Whom are taught freely without any manner of Fee or

NOVEMBER 22, 1758235Reward: The Memorialists from a due Attention to these matters and theTrust by Law reposed in them, think it their Duty to represent that if a Pieceof Land were purchased in Town and a suitable Edifice erected thereuponfor the Purposes of the said Provincial Free-School, all the above mentionedInconveniences would be obviated to the great Emolument of the Public, butthat the Memorialists are totally unprovided with any fund enabling themto begin and proceed in such Work without the Aid of this HonourableHouse, all which is submitted to the Consideration of the House for suchRelief and Direction therein as to the House shall seem meet.Ordered that the said Memorial be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee and that they do examine the matter thereof and report the sameas it shall appear to them, to the House, and It is referred to Mr. Lamboll,Mr. Pringle, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Crawford.A Petition of Jermyn and Charles Wright was presented to the Houseand Read Setting forth That a Public Road between Day’s Creek and SavannaRiver will be of great Convenience to all Persons travelling from CharlesTown to Savannah in Georgia; by making the swamps passable the Journeywill be reduced to about One hundred and five Miles and render a muchEasier Correspondence between His Majesty’s two Provinces than heretofore.That the Petitioners having surveyed the Woods find the Distance to be nineMiles and half or thereabouts from the Bank of Savanna River to Day’s Creek;That not only many of the Inhabitants of this Province are desirous to havethis Road compleated, but the Inhabitants of Georgia in Order to promoteso public a Service have subscribed as by the Paper hereunto annexed. Thatthe Petitioners most humbly pray a Bill may be brought in to confirm thesame and to oblige the Petitioners and such other Inhabitants as now are,or hereafter may settle on the South side of Day’s Creek within Ten Milesof such Road to work thereupon and keep it in Repair; And that a Ferry overSavannah River to the Land of Mr. Jonathan Bryan in Georgia may be vestedin the Petitioners, their Heirs or Executors for the Term of fourteen Years.Ordered that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee and that they do examine the matter thereof and report thesame, as it shall appear to them, to the House; And It is referred to Mr. RalphIzard, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Bull, Mr. McQueen, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Roper, Mr.Leigh, Mr. Murray, Mr. Drayton.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to inspect the Act for ElectingMembers to represent the Inhabitants of this Province in Assembly,passed the 21st Day of September 1721: That they do Consider what Alterationsor Amendments are necessary to be made to the said Act, and reportthe same as it shall appear to them to the House, and,

236 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758It is referred to Mr. Lynch, Mr. Trapier, Mr. Ralp Izard, Mr. Pringle, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. John Waties.A Petition of John Chevilette Esqr. was presented to the House and readSetting forth, [That having rendered & delivered an account of his Transactionsas Commissary in the Cherokee Nation, which account the Petitioneris informed was referred to a Committee of the House, who Reported thatan account of Hides & Tallow sold, ought to be rendered, by the Petitioner.That the Petitioner begs leave to lay before the House an affidavit as the onlyaccount he can render of the Tallow and Hides required, & praying his accountas delivered in may pass in such manner as the House shall think fitt.]Ordered that the said Petition do lie upon the Table.Ordered That it be an Instruction to the Committee appointed to inspectwhat Laws are expired or near expiring, That they Consider what Alterationsare necessary to be made in the Act intitled “An Act to preventStealing of Horses and neat Cattle,” and report the same as it shall appearto them, to the House.Ordered that all Committees do sit this Afternoon.And then the House Adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 23 Day of November 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.On Motion, Ordered That Robert Pringle Esqr. have leave to resign theOffice of Cashier of the House.Resolved that William Roper Esqr. be Cashier of the House.Resolved (upon the Question) that a House-keeper is necessary to takeCare of the State-House and to keep the same clear and clean.The Question being put that the Sum of Two hundred Pounds be allowedfor that Service for One Year.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that One hundred Pounds be allowedfor that Service for One Year.Ordered That a Message be prepared to be presented to the Governorto acquaint him that the House have resolved to provide One hundredPounds for One Year to such Person as his Excellency shall appoint to takeCare of the State House and as a further Security to the said House, and thePublic Arms therein, humbly to desire His Excellency will please to Order aCentinel to be posted at the Great Door thereof every Night.And accordingly the following Message was drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,

NOVEMBER 24, 1758237This House (apprehending great Damage may happen to the State-House, the Repository of the Records and other Papers belonging to thePublic of this Province) for want of a Person to be appointed not only constantlyto take Care of the said House but likewise to keep the Court-Roomand the other Rooms therein (the Assembly Room excepted) as also thePassages and Chimneys at all Times clear and clean, have resolved to providethe Sum of One hundred Pounds as a Recompence for One Year to thePerson your Excellency shall appoint for that Service and as a further Securityto the said House and the Public Arms therein We humbly desire YourExcellency will be pleased to order a Centinel to be posted at the Great Doorthereof Every Night.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson, Vizt.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Jermyn and Charles Wright addressedto the Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.The said Petition being Read.Ordered that the Petition be referred to the Consideration of the Committeeto whom the Petition of Jermyn and Charles Wright was referred.Ordered that the Committee appointed to inspect what Laws are expiredor near Expiring do sit this Afternoon.Then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 24th Day of November 1758.The Journal of yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom the Memorial ofthe Commissioners for founding, Erecting, Governing, Ordering and Visitinga School for the Use of the Inhabitants of the Province of South Carolinawas referred, That the Committee had examined the Matter of the saidMemorial and had directed him to report the same to the House, and heread the Report in his place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Tablewhere the same was read and is as follows, Vizt.That for the Reasons set forth in the said Memorial It appears to yourCommittee necessary that a convenient piece of Ground should be purchasedor procured as near as possible can be to the Centre of Charles Townand that a commodious Brick House of suitable Form and Dimensionsshould be constructed thereon, Containing Commodious Rooms as well forteaching the Scholars as for accomodating the Masters of the said Schoolagreeable to the Intent and Meaning of the Original Free-School Act passedthe 12th of December 1712, That for effecting and Compleating the same a

238 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758Sum not exceeding . . . should be provided and applied as shall be hereafterappointed.Resolved that this House will on Thursday Morning next take the saidReport into Consideration.Ordered That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to prevent burning theWoods, destroying Fences and Other Damage by Fire near the Roads byWaggoners and Others and that Mr. Mazyck and Mr. Manigault do prepareand bring in the same.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to agree with a Printer to printthe several Acts of the General Assembly lately passed in this Province whichhave not hitherto been printed, And It is referred to Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Guerard, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Trapier, Mr. Lynch.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the said Committee that they doConsider the most proper and effectual method to Compleat a Digest of theLaws of this Province to be published as soon as may be and report the sameas it shall appear to them to the House.Ordered that the Clerk do forthwith write Letters to the following Gentlemen,Vizt., Colonel Izard, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Middleton, Mr. StephenBull and Mr. Cantey requiring their Attendance (all Excuses being laid aside)upon the Service of the House on Tuesday Morning next Ten of the Clock.Ordered that the Engrossed Message of yesterday be signed by Mr.Speaker.Ordered that the said Message be presented to the Governor by Mr.Moore and Mr. Moultrie.Then the House adjourned till to morrow Afternoon Five of the Clock.Saturday the 25th Day of November 1758. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till Monday next Nine of the Clock A.M.Monday the 27th Day of November 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning ten of theClock.Tuesday the 28th Day of November 1758.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that a Committee to audit the Accounts of the Creditors of thePublic from the 25th Day of March 1758 to the 31st Day of December 1758 inclusivebe appointed, of Mr. Trapier, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Roper, Mr. McQueen,

NOVEMBER 29, 1758239Mr. Berresford, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Moore, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Thomas Waties, Mr. John Waities.Ordered That a Committee to audit the Accounts of the Public Treasurerbe appointed, of Mr. Guerard, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Blake,Major Stoutenburgh, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Wainwright, Mr.Glover.Ordered that a Committee to audit the Commissary General’s Accountsbe appointed, of Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Pringle, Captain Taylor, Mr.Freer.Ordered that a Committee to audit the Powder Receiver’s Accounts beappointed, of Mr. Ralph Izard, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Murray, Mr. Drayton, Mr.Faucheraud.Ordered that all Committees do sit this Afternoon.Then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 29th Day of November 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Lynch reported from the Committee appointed to inspect the Actintitled “An Act to ascertain the manner and form of Electing Members torepresent the Inhabitants of this Province in the Commons House of Assembly&ca.” That the Committee had inspected the said Act and Consideredwhat Alterations and Amendments are necessary to be made thereto, andhad directed him to report the same, as it appeared to them, to the House,and he read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at theClerk’s Table, where the same was read and is as follows, Vizt.That it is their Opinion that the Qualification of Electors ought to beEvery White Man and no other Person, professing the Christian Religion whohas attained to the Age of twenty One Years and hath been a Resident andInhabitant in this Province for the Space of One Year before the Date of theWrits issued for that Election at which he offers to give his Vote, and hath aFreehold Estate in a settled Plantation or not less than three hundred Acresof Land unsettled for which he paid in the last preceding Tax or hath a Freeholdin Houses, Lands or Town Lots or parts thereof of the Value of SixtyPounds Proclamation Money, in Charles Town or any other Town in thisProvince, for which he paid in the last preceding Tax, or any free white Personof the Age of twenty One Years, who hath paid five Pounds Currency inthe last preceding Tax before such Election.That the Qualification of the Elected should be a free born Subject ofthe Kingdom of Great Britain or of the Dominions thereunto belonging ora foreign Person naturalized by Act of Parliament of Great Britain or Ireland

240 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758that hath attained the Age of twenty One Years, professes the Christian Religionand hath been resident in this Province for one Year at any time beforethe Date of the said Writs and having in this Province a settled Plantationor free hold Estate of at least five hundred Acres of Land and twenty Slavesover and above what he owes, or has in his own proper Person or in his ownRight to the Value of One thousand Pounds Proclamation Money in Houses,Buildings, Town Lots or other Lands in any part of this Province over andabove what he owes.That the last mentioned Clause should be read to any Person offeringhimself to be qualified, instead of the Clauses appointed for that purposein the Election Law now of Force.And that the third and Eighth Clauses of the said Act should be repealed.Resolved that this House will on Wednesday Morning next take the saidReport into Consideration.Robert Gibbes, One of the Church Wardens of the Parish of St. JohnColleton County, made Return of the Writ which was issued for the Electingof a Member to serve in this present General Assembly for the said Parish,in the Room of John Cole Esqr., deceased, which Return being read itappeared that William Wragg Esqr. was duly Elected to serve as a Memberfor the said Parish.Ordered That all Committees do now sit.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 30th Day of November 1758.The Journal of yesterday’s Proceedings was read.David Davis, Church Warden of St. Mark’s Parish, made Return of theWritt which was issued for the Electing of a Member to serve in this presentGeneral Assembly for the said Parish in the Room of Joseph Poole Esqr.,deceased.And the said Return being read it appeared that Richard RichardsonEsqr. was duly Elected.And The House being informed that Mr. Richardson attended at theDoor, he was called in, and Mr. Speaker acquainted him with his having beenreturned for the said Parish and then asked him if he was willing to qualifyhimself as a Member of this House to which he answered in the Affirmative.Ordered That Mr. Cantey and Mr. Moultrie do attend the Governor withMr. Richardson and humbly desire that His Excellency will please to permitMr. Richardson to take the Oaths, and made and subscribe the Declaration,

DECEMBER 1, 1758241and take and subscribe the Oath of Abjuration pursuant to the Laws madefor those Purposes.Mr. Moultrie reported that Mr. Richardson had taken the Oaths beforeHis Excellency.Ordered That John Rattray Esquire, a Member of this House and Oneof His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath, appointed bythe Election Law to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members ofthe General Assembly, to Mr. Richardson.And Mr. Rattray adminstred the said Oath accordingly.And then Mr. Richardson took his Seat as a Member of the House.Ordered That the Order of the Day for Considering the Report fromthe Committee to whom the Memorial of the Commissioners for foundinga School for the Use of the Inhabitants of South Carolina be now read.And the said Order being read accordingly.The said Memorial was read a Second Time.And the Report being read a Second Time.The Act for founding the said School was read.Then the said Report was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Ordered That all Committees do sit this Afternoon.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Friday the first Day of December 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Lynch reported from the Committee appointed to inspect the Lawswhich impose any Duty or Tax on transient Persons, that the Committee hadinspected and examined the said Laws, and had directed him to report thesame, as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report in hisPlace, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table where the same wasread and is as follows, Vizt.That They are of Opinion the present Act imposing a Duty on transientPersons is insufficient to answer the Purposes thereby intended, especially as theyfind a great part of it repealed by the last Clause of the General Duty Law,wherefore they recommend that a Clause or Clauses in the next Tax-Bill maybe framed obliging Every Master of a Vessel or other transient Person whoshall import or bring into Charles Town any Goods or Merchandize for Saleto make an Oath (a form of which shall be inserted in the Act) of a true andjust Entry of the said Goods or Merchandize with the Prime cost of them tothe Comptroller immediately on his Arrival in the Harbour under a Forfeiture,and that the Comptroller shall forthwith send a Copy of such Entry to

242 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758the Treasurer who shall collect or receive from such transient Person two perCentum on the said first Cost of all Goods which do not pay any other Dutyto the Province, and One Per Centum on all such as are taxed by any otherLaw of this Country.Resolved that this House will now take the said Report into Consideration.And the Report was read a Second Time.Resolved (upon the Question) that a Tax be imposed on all TransientPersons bringing Goods or Merchandize into this Province for Sale.Resolved That the Tax to be imposed on all transient Persons importingGoods or Merchandize into this Province for Sale, be at the Rate of Oneper Centum on the first Cost of all such Goods as do not pay any other Taxor Duty in this Province and half per Centum on the first Cost of all suchGoods as pay a Tax or Duty by any other Law in this Province.A Motion was made, and the Question being put That the Tax to beimposed on all transient Persons importing Goods for Sale into this Provincebe inserted in the next Tax Bill, and that a Clause or Clauses be preparedfor that purpose.It passed in the Negative.Ordered that Leave be given to bring in a Bill to impose a Tax on transientPersons, agreeable to the said Resolutions, and that the Gentlemen ofthe same Committee do prepare and bring in the same.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Afternoon five of theClock.Saturday the 2d Day of December 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till Monday Morning Ten of the Clock.Monday the 4th Day of December 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 5th Day of December 1758.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.The House being informed that William Wragg Esqr., who was returnedduly elected a Member to serve in this present General Assembly for theParish of St. John Colleton County, attended at the Door, he was called in,and Mr. Speaker acquainted him with his having been returned for the saidParish, and then asked him if he was willing to qualify himself as a Memberof this House, to which he answered in the Affirmative.

DECEMBER 5, 1758243Ordered that Mr. Freer and Mr. Pringle do attend the Governor with Mr.Wragg, and humbly desire His Excellency will please to permit Mr. Wragg to takethe Oaths, and make and Subscribe the Declaration and take and subscribe theOath of Abjuration pursuant to the Laws made for those Purposes.Mr. Mazyck presented to the House (according to Order) “a Bill to preventthe burning of Wood lands and Savannahs in this Province” and thesame was received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.Mr. Rattray reported from the Committee appointed to inspect what Lawsare expired or near expiring and to report their Opinion to the House whichof them are fit to be revived or continued; That the Committee had inspectedthe said Laws and Considered which of them are fit to be revived and Continuedand had directed him to report the Same as it appeared to them to theHouse, and he read the Report in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at theClerk’s Table, where the same was read, and is as follows, Vizt.No. 1. “An Act for the better regulating the Militia of this Province.”Passed the 13th Day of June 1747, & revived the 14th of May 1755 for 3 Yearsand from thence to the End of the next Sessions of the General Assembly.2. An Additional and Explanatory Clause to the said Act about Fines,Contained in the said reviving Act of the 14th of May 1755.3. “An Act for the better preventing of excessive & deceitful Gaming.”Passed 16th May 1752. Revived 14th May 1755 for three Years.4. “An Act to regulate the Price and Assize of Bread.” Passed the 29thof May 1744. Revived the 16th of May 1752 for 6 Years. 235. “An Act for regulating the making of Dams or Banks for reservingWater where the Same may effect the Property of other Persons.” Passed the29th of May 1744. Revived the 16th of May 1752 for 6 Years.6. “An Act for establishing a Market in the Parish of St. Philip CharlesTown, and for preventing ingrossing, Forestalling, Regretting and unjust Exactionsin the said Town & market.” Passed the 11th of April 1739. Revivedthe 16th of May 1752.7. “An Act to restrain and prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods,Wares & Merchandize at Out-Cry in Charles Town & for preventing suchSales.” Passed the 4th of May 1751. Revived the 14th of May 1755 for 3 Years.8. “An Act for making more useful Fort Johnson & Fort Frederick andthe several Look-Outs that now are or shall hereafter be kept or establishednear any of the Inletts in this Province.” Passed the 5th of April 1740. Revivedthe 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.9. “An Act for rendering and making the Office of a Constable more23This act was passed March 16, 1737/38, not May 29, 1744.

244 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758easy & less expensive to the Persons concerned.” Passed the 8th of March1741[/42]. Revived the 14th of June 1751.10. An Act intitled “An Additional Act to An Act intitled ‘An Act for thebetter regulating Taverns and Punch-houses.’” Passed the 8th of March1741[/42]. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years. And the Moneys arisingby Tavern-Licences otherwise applied.11. “An Act to prevent frauds and Deceits in selling Rice, Pitch, Tar,Rosin, Turpentine, Beef, Pork, Shingles, Staves and Fire-Wood and to regulatethe Weighing &ca.” Passed the 17th of June 1746. Revived the 14th ofJune 1751 for 7 Years.12. “An Act for the better establishing & regulating of Patrols in this Province.”Passed the 17th of June 1746. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.13. “An Act for licencing Hawkers, Pedlars & Petty Chapmen and to preventtheir trading with indented Servants, Overseers, Negroes and other Slaves.”Passed the 13th of September 1737. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years. 2414. “An Act Concerning Masters & Apprentices.” Passed the 28th ofFebruary 1740[/41]. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.15. “An Act for the better Security of this Province against the Insurrectionsand other wicked Attempts of Negroes and other Slaves.” Passed the7th of May 1743. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.And respecting the said several Laws, the Committee are of Opinionthat it is fitting and for the Public Good that Each of them be revived andcontinued for the Term of five Years longer at least and from thence to theEnd of the then next Session of the General Assembly; but respecting theAct for reviving the Additional Act to An Act for regulating Taverns andPunch Houses the Committee submit the same to the Consideration of theHouse touching the Application of Moneys arising from Tavern Licences.And the Committee upon inspecting,No. 16. “An Act to prevent the stealing of Horses and Neat Cattle & forthe more effectual Discovery and Punishment of such Persons as shall unlawfullyBrand, Mark and kill the same.” Passed the 7th of May 1743. Revivedthe 16th of May 1752 for 6 Years.Are of Opinion that this Law has not in all Respects answered the Intentionof the Legislature and therefore recommend the repeal of this andthe Introduction of a new Law.And upon inspecting,No. 17. “An Act for allowing mutual Debts to be discounted & for explainingthe 6th Paragraph of an Act intitled ‘An Act for making more effectualLast Wills and Testaments; And for making valid all former Wills in24This act was passed March 11, 1737/38, not September 13, 1737.

DECEMBER 5, 1758245this Province according to the Tenour of the same & for putting in force&ca.’” Passed the 29th of May 1744. Revived the 16th of May 1752 for 6 Years.The Committee are of Opinion that the whole Law relative to Discountsought to be comprized in One Act, and recommend the Introduction of aBill for that purpose.And the Committee have also inspected and considered the followingLaws, Vizt.No. 18. “An Act for the more effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors andfor that purpose putting in force & effectually carrying into Execution in thisProvince such part of an Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in theSecond Year of his present Majesty’s Reign intitled ‘an Act for Relief of Debtorswith respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons as is therein mentioned.’”Passed the 29th of May 1744. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.No. 19. “An Additional and Explan[a]tory Act to an Act of the GeneralAssembly of this Province intitled ‘An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors&ca.’” Passed 25th May 1745 without Limitation of Time.No. 20. “An Additional Act to the Acts of the General Assembly now inForce in this Province concerning Insolvent Debtors, and for Continuance ofthe said Acts.” Passed May the 31st 1750. Revived June the 14th 1751 for 7 Years.No. 21. “An Additional Act to the Several Acts of the General Assemblynow in force in this Province which relate to insolvent Debtors and forthat purpose putting in force and effectually carrying &ca.” Passed the 4thof May 1751. These Laws revived & continued by an Act passed the 14th ofJune 1751, Excepting such parts of any of the said Acts as may have beenamended, altered or repealed by any subsequent Act or Acts, all which subsequentAct or Acts in so far as they amend, alter or repeal any of the beforeenumerated Acts are declared to be of force for 7 Years from the said14th of June 1751 and from thence &ca.”And respecting these several Laws, the Committee are of Opinion thatthey ought to be discontinued and that the whole Law for the Relief of InsolventDebtors ought to be comprehended in One clear and Consistent Actand for that purpose recommend the Introduction of a new Bill.And the Committee are of the same Opinion concerning the followingLaws, Vizt.No. 22. “An Act for the further preventing the spreading of contagiousor malignant Distempers in this Province.” Passed the 29th May 1744. Revivedthe 14th of June 1751.No. 23. “An Additional Act of the General Assembly of this Provinceintitled ‘An Act for preventing as much as may be the spreading of ContagiousDistempers and to revive and Continue an Act intitled “An Act for theEstablishment of a Market in the Parish of St. Philip &ca.”’” Passed the 13th

246 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758of June 1747. Revived the 14th of June 1751. Nevertheless by An Act passedthe 13th of April 1756 this Act was continued in force for One Year.No. 24. An Additional Clause to the last mentioned Act, added by a RevivingAct for nominating Physicians. Passed the 13th of April 1756 for one Year.And the Committee recommend the Introduction of a new Bill for preventingthe spreading of Contagious and malignant Distempers in this Province.And the Committee have also perused and Considered the followingLaws, that is to say,No. 25. “An Act for the better ordering and Governing Negroes andother Slaves in this Province.” Passed the 10th of May 1740, and revived by,No. 26. An Act Intitled “An Additional Act to An Act of the GeneralAssembly of this Province Intitled ‘An Act for the better ordering & GoverningNegroes and other Slaves in this Province, and for continuing such Partof the said Act as is not altered or amended by this present Act for the Termtherein mentioned.’” Passed the 17th of May 1751, to be in force for 7 Years,but part of the former Act is hereby altered.And the Committee are of Opinion that all such Clauses and parts ofthe first of these Laws as are not repealed or altered by the Second of them,together with the said Additional Act itself be revived and continued for theTerm of five Years longer: And the Committee submit it to the Considerationof the House whether all Matters relating to the Government of Slaves oughtnot to be thrown together in One Law; And respecting the Act Intitled,No. 27. “An Act for appropriating the Dutys imposed by Law on Goods,Wares and Merchandizes imported into and exported out of the Port ofBeaufort Port Royal for the Term therein mentioned toward building andkeeping in Repair a Pilot Boat or Boats to attend the Bar of the Harbour ofthe said Port &ca. and for appointing a Comptroller and Receiver of theCountry Dutys for the said Port &ca.” Passed the 16th of May 1752 to be inforce for five Years.The Committee are of Opinion that the same ought to be Continuedfor the Term of five Years, excepting those parts of the Law which constituteand appoint Mr. Pury and Mr. Hurst Comptroller and Receiver of the CountryDutys, both these Persons being dead;And as to the two following Laws, Vizt.No. 28. Part of “An Act appointing Commissioners to lay out a Roador Causeway over Lynch’s Island Situated in Santee River, and for establishingthe Ferrys therein mentioned &ca.” Passed the 11th of March 1737[/38].Revived the 16th of May 1752 for 6 Years. And,No. 29. “An Act to Encourage the making of Flax & Hemp in the Provinceof South Carolina.” Passed the 13th of April 1756, To be in force for 3Years.

DECEMBER 6, 1758247The Committee beg leave to submit the Same to the Consideration ofthe House.And concerning An Act Intitled,No. 30. “An Additional, Explanatory Act to An Act Intitled ‘An Act toimpower the several Commissioners of the High-Roads, Private Paths &ca.’”Passed the 17th of May 1751 to be in force for 7 Years.The Committee are of Opinion that the same be Continued for 5 Years,Excepting such Parts of the same as have been altered or amended by anySubsequent Act or Acts passed since the said 17th Day of May 1751.Resolved That this House will on Thursday Morning next take the saidReport into Consideration.Mr. Pringle reported that Mr. Wragg had taken the Oaths before HisExcellency.Ordered that Robert Pringle Esqr., a Member of this House and Oneof His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace do administer the Oath appointed bythe Election Law to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members ofthe General Assembly, to Mr. Wragg.And Mr. Pringle administred the said Oath accordingly.And then Mr. Wragg took his Seat as a Member of the House.Ordered That Collonel Richardson be added to the Committee Towhom the Petitions of the Inhabitants on Pedee in St. Mark’s Parish, and ofthe Inhabitants of Pedee in Craven County are referred.And The House adjourned till to morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 6th Day of December 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered That The Order of the Day for Considering The Report fromthe Committee appointed to inspect the Laws for Electing Members to representthe Inhabitants of this Province in General Assembly, be now read.And the said Order being read accordingly,The “Act for enlarging the Qualifications of the Electors, as well as thePersons to be Elected to serve as Members of the General Assembly of thisProvince,” passed the 25th of May 1745, was read.And the first Resolution of the Committee (vizt.) That It was the Opinionof the Committee that the Qualification of Electors ought to be “Everyfree White Man, and no other Person, professing the Christian Religion whohas attained to the Age of Twenty One Years and hath been a Resident andInhabitant in this Province for the Space of One Year before the Dates of theWritts issued for that Election at which he offers to give his Vote, and hath aFree hold Estate in a settled Plantation or not less than three hundred Acres

248 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758of Land unsettled for which he paid in the last preceding Tax or hath a freehold in Houses, Lands or Town Lots or parts thereof of the Value of SixtyPounds Proclamation Money in Charles Town or any other Town in this Provincefor which he paid in the last precedeing Tax, Or any free White Personof the Age of twenty One Years who hath paid five Pounds Currency in thelast preceeding Tax before such Election,” being read a Second Time wasdisagreed with by the House.Resolved (upon the Question) “That the Qualification of the Electorsbe One hundred Acres of Land in this Province or hath a Freehold in Housesor Town Lots or Parts thereof of the Value of Sixty Pounds ProclamationMoney in Charles Town or any other Town in this Province for which he paidin the last preceeding Tax before such Election, or hath paid in the lastpreceeding Tax Ten Shillings Proclamation Money, being a free white Personof the Age of twenty One Years.”The Second Resolution of the Committee (Vizt.) “That the Qualificationof the Elected be a free born Subject of the Kingdom of Great Britainor of the Dominions thereunto belonging or a foreign Person naturalizedby Act of Parliament of Great Britain or Ireland that hath attained the Ageof Twenty One Years, professes the Christian Religion and hath been Residentin this Province for one Year at any Time before the Date of the saidWrits and having in this Province a settled Plantation or freehold Estate ofat least five hundred Acres of Land and twenty Slaves over and above whathe owes or has in his own proper Person or in his own Right to the Value ofOne thousand Pounds Proclamation Money in Houses, Buildings, Town Lots,or other Lands in any Part of this Province over and above what he owes,”being read a Second time, was, upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed unto by the House.The third and last Resolution of the Committee (vizt.) “That the last mentionedClause should be read to any Person offering himself to be qualified, insteadof the Clauses appointed for that purpose in the Election Law now in Force,and that the third and Eighth Clauses of the said Act should be repealed,” beingalso read a Second time, was disagreed with by the House.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill for enlarging the Qualificationsof the Electors as well as the Persons to be Elected to serve as Membersof the General Assembly of this Province, and that the Gentlemen ofthe same Committee do prepare and bring in the same. That it be an Instructionto them, to insert the Form of a new Oath in the said Bill to betaken by all Persons who shall be Elected to serve as Members to representthe Inhabitants of this Province in General Assembly, and that they have alsoPower to insert a Clause therein to repeal “An Additional Act to an Act ofthe General Assembly of this Province Intitled ‘An Act for enlarging the

DECEMBER 6, 1758249Qualifications of the Electors as well as of the Persons to be Elected to serveas Members of the General Assembly of this Province,’” Passed the 12th Dayof March 1747/8 In Case the same stands unrepealed.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,The Treasurer having acquainted me that the Sum granted for ContingentServices is very near expended, I must desire a further Aid from Youfor the Year Ensuing.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.Resolved That this House will this Afternoon take the said Message intoConsideration.Ordered That the Public Treasurer do this Afternoon lay before theHouse an Account, how, the Money last granted for Contingent Services, wasexpended.Ordered that leave be given to bring in an Ordinance to rectify Mistakesin the Names of Two of The Inquirers, Assessors and Collectors for the Townshipof Saxa Gotha and the Forks between the Congree and Wateree Riversand places adjacent appointed by the Tax Act passed the 19th Day of May 1758,and that Mr. Rattray and Mr. Guerard do prepare and bring in the same.Then the House adjourned ’till this Afternoon Three of the Clock.P.M.The House proceeded to give the “Bill to prevent burning the Woodlandsand Savannas” a second Reading.Resolved (upon the Question) that the Blank in the first Paragraph befilled up with the Sum of Four Pounds Proclamation Money.And the said Bill was read a Second Time throughout with Blanks,which were filled up & several Amendments were made by the House to theBill.Upon the Question’s being put, that the Bill be sent to His Majesty’sCouncil,The House divided.The Yeas went forth.Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Blake—17.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Manigault—20.So it passed in the Negative.The House being informed That the Public Treasurer attended at the

250 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758Door, he was called in, and he delivered an Account (according to Order)of the Money granted for Contingent Services.And then he withdrew.The Governor’s Message of this Morning was read a Second time.The Public Treasurer’s Account for Contingent Services amounting to TwoThousand Nine hundred and fourteen Pounds four Shillings and Sixpence, was read.Resolved that this House will to Morrow Morning take the said Messageand Account into Consideration.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 7th Day of December 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Governor’sMessage of yesterday, for granting an Aid for Contingent Services.Ordered that the Public Treasurer do forthwith lay before the Housethe Vouchers in support of the several Articles by him charged in his Accountof Monies expended for contingent Services.Ordered that the Governor’s said Message, and the Public Treasurer’sAccount of Monies expended for Contingent Services be referred to the Considerationof a Committee and that they do examine the Matter of the saidMessage and compare the Public Treasurer’s Account for Contingent Serviceswith the several Vouchers by him produced, and report the same, as itshall appear to them, to the House; And it is referred to Mr. Lowndes, Mr.Trapier, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Gadsden.Mr. Guerard (according to Order) presented to the House “an Ordinanceto rectify Mistakes in the Names of two of the Inquirers, Assessors andCollectors for the Township of Saxa Gotha, and the Forks between theCongaree and Wateree Rivers and Places adjacent appointed by the Tax-Act,passed the 19th Day of May 1758,” which was receiv’d and Read the first time.Resolved that the Ordinance be now read a Second Time.“An Ordinance to rectify mistakes in the names of two of the Inquirers,Assessors and Collectors for the Township of Saxa-Gotha and the Forks betweenthe Congaree and Wateree Rivers and Places adjacent” was read a Secondtime throughout with Blanks which were filled up, and severalAmendments were made by the House to the Ordinance.Ordered That Mr. Glover and Mr. Postell do carry the Ordinance to theCouncil.Ordered That the Order of the Day for taking the Report from theCommittee appointed to inspect what Laws are expired or near Expiring,into Consideration, be now read.

DECEMBER 8, 1758251The said Order was read accordingly.The first and Second Paragraphs of the said Report, being read a Secondtime were severally agreed to by the House.The third Paragraph being read a Second time was disagreed with bythe House.The fourth, fifth and Sixth Paragraphs, being severally read a SecondTime, were severally agreed to by the House.The Seventh Paragraph being read a Second time,A Motion was made, and the Question being put; That the House doagree with the Report of the Committee, to revive and continue “An Act torestrain and prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods, Wares andMerchandize at Out-Cry in Charles Town, and for the preventing such Sales.”It passed in the Negative.Ordered That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to prevent the too frequentSales of Goods, Wares and Merchandize by Public Auction or Outcry in CharlesTown, and that Mr. Wragg and Mr. Rattray do prepare and bring in the Same.The Eighth and Ninth Paragraphs being severally read a Second Time,were severally agreed to by the House.The tenth Paragraph being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.Resolved, That the appropriating Clause in the “Additional Act to An Actfor the better regulating Taverns and Punch-Houses, and for applying the Moniesarising by the said Additional Act,” passed the 8th Day of March 1741[/42], andrevived by another Act passed the 14th Day of June 1751, be altered, And that theMoney arising by the said Additional Act, instead of discharging the AdditionalPay granted by this Government to His Majesty’s Independent Companys doingDuty in this Province, be hereafter applied in such Manner as the GeneralAssembly of this Province shall appoint and direct.Resolved that the Proviso annexed to the said Clause, giving Power tothe Governor and Commander in Chief of this Province for the time being,with the Advice and Consent of His Majesty’s Council, to limit the Numberof Tavern Licences in this Province be Continued.Ordered that the further Consideration of the said Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Friday the 8th Day of December 1758.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Lowndes (according to Order) reported from the Committee, to whomthe Governor’s Message, for Granting an Aid for Contingent Services for the Yearensuing, was referred, that the Committee had Considered the said Message,together with the Treasurer’s Account of the Application of the Money last

252 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758granted for that Service, and other Papers relating thereto, and had directed himto report the same, as it appeared to them, to the House, and He read the Reportin his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where thesame was read, and is as follows (Vizt.)1. That it appears to Your Committee from the Treasurer’s said Accountsthat out of the Money raised by the last Tax Law, and appropriated to the Paymentof Contingent Services, a Sum of £119:10 hath been paid by Order of HisExcellency the Governor to James Laurens and Company for Stores furnishedfor the Use of the Colony of Georgia.2. That it appears to your Committee from the Journals of this House, thatthe said James Laurens & Company did in the two last preceeding Years deliverin their Account to this House, which after going thro’ the usual Enquiry andExamination was both Years disallowed of and rejected, and a Message sent fromthis House to the Governour in Answer to One from His Excellency, acquaintinghim therewith and their Reasons for so doing.3. That It is the Opinion of your Committee that paying Accounts beforethey have been Audited and agreed to in this House (except Articles for Expressesand other immediate Occasions of Government) may be of hurtful Consequences,as the Right and Authority of this House to judge of the Proprietyand Legality of Demands against the Public may thereby be eluded and abridged,and the Good People of this Province Taxed toward a Service, which may bethought by their Representatives very improper, and that paying such Accountsafter they had undergone the solemn Consideration of the House and beenrejected is unusual, unprecedented and an extraordinary Procedure.4. That it is the Opinion of Your Committee that His Excellency be desiredto apply to the Governor of Georgia for Reimbursement of the said Money, orto take such Other Methods for obtaining the same, as His Excellency shall thinkproper.5. That It is the Opinion of Your Committee the £2000 will be a Sum sufficientto answer the Extra Exigencys of Government for the Year ensuing, as aconsiderable part of the Sum provided the last Year was applied to the Paymentof past Services, and there still remains a Ballance in the Hands of the Treasurer,and therefore recommend so much may be provided for in the next Tax-Law.6. That it is the Opinion of Your Committee that most of the Charges forExpresses to the different Forts in this Province and other Places are very highand Extravagant, more than are paid by private Persons in similar Cases, owing,as Your Committee humbly conceive to the Inability of the Officer whose Businessit is to bargain for such Services.Resolved that this House will now take the said Report into Consideration.The first, Second and third Paragraphs of the Report being severally reada Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.

DECEMBER 8, 1758253The fourth and fifth Paragraphs being severally read a second time, wereseverally disagreed with by the House.The last Paragraph being read a Second time,The first part whereof, Vizt., “That it is the Opinion of your Committee thatmost of the Charges for Expresses to the different Forts in this Province andother Places, are very high and Extravagant, more than are paid by Private Personsin similar Cases” was agreed to by the House.The latter part, vizt., “Owing, as your Committee humbly Conceive to theInability of the Officer whose Business it is to bargain for such Services,” wasdisagreed with by the House.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Sum of three thousandPounds be granted as an Aid to his Majesty for Contingent Services for theEnsuing Year.It passed in the Negative.Then a Motion was made, and the Question being put that the Sum of TwoThousand five hundred Pounds be granted as an Aid to His Majesty for ContingentServices for the Year ensuing.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that the Sum of Eighteen hundred Poundsbe granted as an Aid to His Majesty for Contingent Services for the Year ensuing.Ordered that a Message be drawn to be sent to the Governor in Answer toHis Excellency’s Message of the 6th Instant.Then the House adjourned ’till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.Ordered That Mr. Wragg be added to the Committee appointed by thisHouse to correspond with James Wright Esqr., Agent for this Province, in GreatBritain.According to Order the following Message was drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,Upon Considering Your Excellency’s Message desiring a further Aidfrom this House for Contingent Services for the Year ensuing, we have resolvedto provide the Sum of Eighteen hundred Pounds for that purpose,which Sum we hope will, in the present Situation of Affairs be sufficient toanswer that Service; And at the same time we humbly beg leave to acquaintYour Excellency that It was matter of Great Concern to Us, when We foundby the Treasurer’s Account of the Application of the Sum last granted forContingent Services, that Your Excellency had been pleased to Order anAccount of James Laurens & Company for Stores furnished for the Use ofthe Colony of Georgia to be paid out of that Sum; and the rather as that

254 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758Account had undergone the Examination of a Committee of this House thetwo last preceeding Years, when the House would not make any Provision forPayment thereof, of which we acquainted Your Excellency, with Our Reasonsfor so doing, in an Answer we sent to a Message from Your Excellency relatingto the said Account.We also observe that most of the Charges for Expresses to the differentForts in this Province and other Places are much higher than are paidby private Persons in Similar Cases and therefore humbly intreat Your Excellencywill please to order the proper Officer to be more Circumspect forthe future in his Contract for those Services.The said Message being read a Second time, Engrossed, and accordingto Order signed by Mr. Speaker.Ordered that Mr. Broughton and Mr. Bull do attend the Governor withthe said Message.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee appointedto inspect what Laws are expired or near expiring into Consideration.The Eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth Paragraphsbeing severally read a Second Time were severally agreed to by the House.And the Sixteenth Paragraph being read a Second time was agreed toby the House.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill to prevent the Stealingof Horses and Neat Cattle and for the more effectual Discovery and Punishmentof such Persons as shall unlawfully Brand, Mark and kill the Same, Andthat Mr. Attorney General, Captain Taylor, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Lynch, Mr. RalphIzard, Mr. Trapier do prepare and bring in the same.The Seventeenth Paragraph being read a Second Time was agreed toby the House.Ordered That leave be given to bring in a Bill for allowing of mutualDebts to be discounted and to Comprize therein the whole Law relative toDiscounts, And that Mr. Wragg, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Leigh do prepare andbring in the Same.The Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and twenty first Paragraphs beingseverally read a Second Time, were severally agreed to by the House.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill for the more effectualRelief of Insolvent Debtors, and for that purpose putting in Force and effectuallycarrying into Execution in this Province such part of an Act made inthe Parliament of Great Britain in the Second Year of his present Majesty’sReign, Intitled “An Act for the Relief of Debtors with Respect to the Imprisonmentof their Persons,” and that Mr. Leigh, Mr. Attorney General, Mr.Crawford, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Lowndes do prepare and bring in the Same.

DECEMBER 12, 1758255That It be an Instruction to the said Committee that they have Power,1st. To Comprize therein the whole Law relative to Insolvent Debtors;and,2dly. A Repeal of the several Acts of Assembly now in Force in this Provincefor the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.The twenty Second, twenty third and twenty fourth Paragraphs beingseverally read a Second Time were severally agreed to by the House.Ordered That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the further preventingthe spreading of Contagious or malignant Distempers in this Province,and for Repealing the former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts heretofore madefor that purpose, and that Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Rattray,Mr. Laurens do prepare and bring in the same.Resolved that the further Consideration of the said Report be postponed.And then the House adjourned till to morrow Afternoon five of theClock.Saturday the 9th Day of December 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till Monday Morning Ten of theClock.Monday the 11th Day of December 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 12th Day of December 1758.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that the Public Treasurer do advance the further Sum of fifteenhundred Pounds for defraying the Expence of carrying Provisions tothe Garrisons in the Out-Settlements.The House proceeded to take the Residue of the Report from the Committee,appointed to inspect what Laws are expired or near expiring, intoConsideration;The twenty fifth, twenty Sixth, twenty Seventh and twenty Eighth Paragraphsof the said Report being severally read a Second Time were severallyagreed to by the House.The twenty ninth Paragraph being read a Second time,Resolved that the Consideration thereof be postponed.

256 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758The last Paragraph being read a Second Time was agreed unto by theHouse.Ordered that Leave be given to bring in a Bill to revive & Continue theseveral Acts following, for the Term of five Years, and from thence to the Endof the then next Session of the General Assembly and that Mr. Lamboll, Mr.Guerard, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Pringle do prepare and bring in thesame. That is to say,1st. “An Act for the better regulating the Militia of this Province andfor repealing &ca.” passed the 13th of June 1747. Revived the 14th of May 1755,for 3 Years.2d. An Additional and Explanatory Clause to the said Act about Fines,Contained in the said Reviving Act of the 14th of May 1755.3d. “An Act to regulate the Price and Assize of Bread” passed the 16thof March 1749[/50]. Revived the 16th of May 1752 for 6 Years.4th. “An Act for Regulating the making of Dams or Banks for reservingWater where the Same may affect the Propertys of other Persons,” passedthe 29th of May 1744. Revived the 16th of May 1752 for 6 Years.5th. “An Act for Establishing a Market in the Parish of St. Philip CharlesTown and for preventing Engrossing, forestalling, Regretting and unjustExactions in the said Town & Market,” passed the 11th of April 1739. Revivedthe 16th of May 1752.6th. “An Act for making more useful Fort Johnson and Fort Frederickand the Usual Look-Outs that now are or shall hereafter be kept or establishednear any of the Inletts in this Province,” passed the 5th Day of April1740. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.7th. “An Act for rendering and making the Office of Constable moreEasy and less expensive to the Persons concerned” passed the 8th of March1741[/42]. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.8th. An Act Intitled “an Additional Act to An Act Intitled ‘an Act forthe better regulating Taverns and Punch Houses,’” passed the 8th Day ofMarch 1741[/42]. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.Ordered That it be an Instruction to the said Committee that they havePower to prepare and insert a Clause in the Reviving Bill to apply the Moniesarising by the said Additional Act, instead of discharging the AdditionalPay granted by this Government to His Majesty’s Independant Companysdoing Duty in this Province, to such Uses, as the General Assembly shall hereafterappoint and direct.That the Proviso annexed to the Eleventh Clause of the said AdditionalAct, giving Power to the Governor and Commander in Chief of this Provincefor the time being with the Advice and Consent of His Majesty’s Council, toLimit the Number of Tavern Licences be revived and Continued.

DECEMBER 12, 17582579th. “An Act to prevent Frauds and Deceits in selling Rice, Pitch, Tar,Rosin, Turpentine, Beef, Pork, Shingles, Staves and Fire-Wood, and to regulatethe Weighing &ca.” Passed the 17th of June 1746. Revived the 14th ofJune 1751 for 7 Years.10th. “An Act for the better establishing and regulating of Patrols in thisProvince,” Passed the 17th of June 1746. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.11th. “An Act for Licencing Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapmen andto prevent their trading with Indented Servants, Overseers, Negroes andother Slaves,” Passed the 13th of September 1737. Revived the 14th of June 1751for 7 Years. 2512th. “An Act Concerning Masters and Apprentices” passed the 28th ofFebruary 1740[/41]. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.13th. “An Act for the better Security of the Province against the Insurrectionsand other wicked Attempts of Negroes and other Slaves,” passed the7th of May 1743. Revived the 14th of June 1751 for 7 Years.14th. “An Act for the better ordering and Governing Negroes and otherSlaves in this Province,” passed May the 10th 1740. And revived by,15th. An Act Intitled “An Additional Act to An Act of the General Assemblyof this Province, Intitled ‘An Act for the better ordering & GoverningNegroes and other Slaves in this Province,’ and for Continuing such partof the said Act as is not altered or amended by this present Act for the Termtherein mentioned,” passed the 17th of May 1751.16th. “An Act for appropriating the Dutys imposed by Law on Goods,Wares and Merchandizes, imported into and exported out of the Port ofBeaufort Port Royal for the Term therein mentioned, toward building andkeeping in Repair a Pilot Boat or Boats to attend the Bar of the Harbour ofthe said Port &ca.” Passed the 16th of May 1752.17th. Part of “An Act appointing Commissioners to lay out a Road orCausway over Lynch’s Island in Santee River and for establishing the Ferrystherein mentioned,” passed the 11th of March 1737[/38].18th. “An Additional Explanatory Act to an Act Intitled ‘An Act toimpower the several Commissioners of the High Roads, Private Paths &ca.’”Passed the 15th of May 1751.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read the “Ordinance for rectifying Mistakes inthe Names of two of the Inquirers, Assessors and Collectors in the Townshipof Saxa Gotha and the Forks between the Congree and Wateree Rivers andPlaces adjacent.”25See page 244, note 24.

258 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758The Council have read a Petition of James Hunter, Executor of the lastWill and Testament of Joseph Murray, late of Craven County, Planter, deceased,in behalf of James Murray, only Son and Heir at Law of the said deceased,An Infant, addressed to the Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.“An Ordinance for rectifying Mistakes in the Names of two of the Inquirers,Assessors and Collectors in the Township of Saxe Gotha and theForks between the Congree and Wateree Rivers and Places adjacent,” wasread a third time.Resolved that the Ordinance do pass.Ordered that Mr. Guerard and Mr. Laurens do carry the Ordinance tothe Council and desire their Concurrence.The Petition of James Hunter, Executor of the last Will and Testament ofJoseph Murray, late of Craven County, Planter, deceased, was read, Setting forth,That An Act of the General Assembly was made the 8th Day of Marchin the fourteenth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign for settling a Ferry onSantee River in the Way leading from Charles Town to Williamsburgh, andfor vesting the said Ferry in the said Joseph Murray, his Executors, Administratorsand Assigns for the Term of Seven Years.That the Land on both Sides of the River where the said Ferry is settledand where Passengers are transported over the short Ferry belongs to thesaid James Murray in Consideration whereof (as the Petitioner conceives)the said Ferry was first vested in the said Joseph Murray, deceased, and bysubsequent Laws hath been continued solely in the said Murray and his Executorsever since, until the Year 1756, when An Act was made establishing aFerry from the Plantation of Theodore Gaillard on the South Side of SanteeRiver to Murray’s Landing on the North Side of the River, and vesting theSame in the said Theodore Gaillard, his Executors, Administrators and Assignsfor the Term therein mentioned.The Petitioner further Sheweth that the said Theodore Gaillard sincethe making of the last mentioned Act assumes a Right to transport Passengersover the short Ferry and keeps a Ferry Boat for that purpose at the Landingbelonging to the said James Murray on the South Side of the River tothe manifest Injury of the said James Murray; altho’ the Petitioner humblyconceives it was no wise the Intention of the General Assembly when theymade the said Act, that the said Gaillard should keep a Ferry at any Placeother than his own Plantation, mentioned in the said Act.That Murray’s Ferry has been always well and duly attended, wherePassengers have never been delayed when the River was passable, and noApplication would have been made by the Inhabitants of WilliamsburghTownship for Gaillard’s Ferry, but for the Convenience of passing the River

DECEMBER 14, 1758259when the Same was too high to pass at Murray’s Ferry; And therefore prayinga Law to pass for vesting the said Ferry in the Petitioner, Executor of thesaid Joseph Murray, deceased, for the Use and Benefit of the said JamesMurray during such Term, at such Rates and under such Regulations as shallbe thought fit.Ordered that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee, and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report thesame, as it shall appear to them, to the House.And It is referred to Mr. Cantey, Mr. Horry, Mr. Moultrie, Mr.Broughton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Mazyck, Collonel Richardson, Mr. Rattray.Then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 13th Day of December 1758.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 14th Day of December 1758.The Journal of last Tuesday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered That the Public Treasurer do advance to Mr. HumphrySommers the Sum of four hundred and Eighty Nine Pounds thirteen Shillingsand Sixpence for work done last year for the Public; the Account forwhich, had undergone the Examination of the Committee appointed lastyear to examine the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public and by themallowed of, and agreed to by the House, but was omitted to be inserted inthe Schedule annexed to the last Tax Act.Resolved that this House will make Provision for the same.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have received, with much Surprize, Your Message of the 8th Instant,and as I am ready to believe that when you sent it You were not fully sensibleof the Motives which induced me to Order the Treasurer to pay the Sum of£119:10 to James Laurens and Company for Stores furnished for the Use ofthe Garrison of Frederica, out of the Money granted for Contingent Services,I must observe to You,First. That those Stores were furnished by the said James Laurens andCompany by Virtue of my Order to the Commissary to provide them, whichOrder I gave upon receiving Intelligence from several Quarters (some ofwhich were upon Oath) that afforded just Grounds to apprehend an Attack

260 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758was intended to be made by the Enemy on the Provinces of South Carolina& Georgia, & particularly on the Fort at Frederica.Secondly. The Commanding Officer of the Garrison of Frederica didapply to me for Stores and Ammunition, and acquainted me that he hadaddressed himself to the Governor of Georgia to supply him therewith, whohad answered, that he had none that could be spared, and the said CommandingOfficer with his Detachment from his Majesty’s IndependantCompanys, was at that Time under my Command, in Consequence of thePowers I have as Governor of South Carolina, altho’ the Fort at Frederica,where he then did Duty, is in the Province of Georgia.Thirdly. The Fort at Frederica may justly be Considered as an Out-Workand Barrier to all the Province of South Carolina to the Northward of SavannahRiver, and this Province would, in all human Probability, soon beinvolved in the Consequences of a successful Attempt made by the Enemyupon that Garrison.Fourthly. Captain Paul Demere did, as the Senior Officer of HisMajesty’s Independant Companys in Charles Town, before I gave the Orderto the Commissary to provide the said Stores, make Inquiry by my Order,whether the Garrison of Frederica had usually been supplied with Stores andAmmunition at the Expence of this Province and did report to me, that ithad.Fifthly. As the Stores furnished by James Laurens and Company werefurnished in an unexpected Emergency of Government, I was the ratherinduced to order that the Expence thereof should be defrayed out of theMoney granted for contingent Services.Lastly. If Sums that are due to private Persons in Consequence of Ordersissued by me in unforeseen Emergencys of Government, touching thesafety of the Province, are left unpaid, it will follow, that in any new Emergency,how great soever, Other Persons His Majesty’s Subjects here will beunwilling to furnish such Necessarys, and incur such Charges as the PublicService may require; and the Effect of such a Debility in the Executive partof Government, may be fatally felt by You and the People you represent, Especiallyin time of War; Nor can I answer for them to the King, to whom Istand responsible for the Safety of this His Majesty’s Province committed tomy Care.I have set these things before You that you may see the Purity of myConduct, and how little Cause You have to be discontented therewith; Andas I am conscious I have done nothing that ought to lessen that perfect goodUnderstanding and Confidence which it is my hearty Desire should alwayssubsist between Us, so I shall ever see with real Concern any Event which mayhave a Tendency to diminish and repair it.

DECEMBER 14, 1758261It will give me as much Satisfaction as it can do to any Man, if the SumYou have voted for Contingent Services for the ensuing Year shall be foundsufficient, and I will not ask You to encrease it, tho’ I might have hoped youwould rather have chose to strengthen the hands which are employed in yourService than by any means to weaken them.The Commissary has had my repeated Orders, and I will renew themto him to be as frugal as possible in the Contracts he makes for Expresses,taking Care always to provide such Persons as may be safely trusted to carryDispatches on the Public Service.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read the “Ordinance to rectify Mistakes in the Namesof two of the Inquirers, Assessors and Collectors in the Township of SaxeGotha and the Forks between the Congree and Wateree Rivers and Placesadjacent,” a third time, and have passed the said Ordinance without Amendment,and sent it to this House to be ordered to be ingrossed.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the Ordinance be Ingrossed.The “Ordinance to rectify Mistakes in the Names of two of the Inquirers,Assessors and Collectors in the Township of Saxe Gotha and the Forksbetween the Congree and Wateree Rivers and adjacent Places,” beingingrossed according to Order, was laid upon the Table.Ordered that the said Ingrossed Ordinance with the Original be Committedto Mr. Manigault and Mr. Broughton, and they are to examine if thesame is truly ingrossed, and Mr. Manigault reported that the Ordinance wastruly ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Murray do carry the said Ordinance with the Originalto the Council Chamber to be examined by such Member of the Councilas shall be appointed for that purpose, and afterward wait upon theGovernor and humbly desire that his Excellency will please to Order theGreat Seal to be affixed thereto.Mr. Murray reported that he had (according to Order) examined thesaid ingrossed Ordinance in the Council Chamber, and afterward attendedthe Governor, who had been pleased to Order the Great Seal to be affixedthereto, and then he delivered the said Ordinance with the Original in atthe Table.Ordered that Mr. Speaker do sign the Ingrossed “Ordinance, to rectifyMistakes in the names of two of the Inquirers, Assessors and Collectors in

262 COMMONS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1758–DECEMBER 14, 1758the Township of Saxe Gotha and the Forks between the Congree andWateree Rivers and Places adjacent, appointed by the last Tax-Act.”And Mr. Speaker signed the same accordingly.Ordered that Mr. Laurens and Mr. Moultrie do wait upon the Governor,and that they humbly desire His Excellency’s Leave for this House toadjourn till Monday the 15th of January next.Mr. Gadsden acquainted the House that he was directed by the Committeewho have it in Charge to agree with a Printer to print the Several Actsof the General Assembly of this Province, which have lately passed and arenot yet printed, to move the House, that the proper Officer be ordered todeliver all such Acts, as shall from time to time be called for by the said Committee.Ordered that a Message be drawn to be sent to the Governor, humblyto desire that his Excellency will be pleased to Order the proper Officer todeliver to the Committee appointed by this House to agree with a Printerto Print the Laws of this Province, which have not been printed, All such Actsof the General Assembly of this Province, as the said Committee shall fromtime to time apply for.And the following Message was drawn, (vizt.)May it please Your Excellency,This House being informed by their Committee, who are appointed toagree with a Printer for printing the Laws of this Province, which have latelypassed and are not yet printed, that they have agreed with Mr. Timothy to printthe said Laws, humbly desire that your Excellency will be pleased to Order suchLaws to be delivered to the said Committee as they shall apply for.Ordered that Mr. Gadsden and Mr. Laurens do wait upon theGovernour with the said Message.Mr. Laurens reported to the House that he and Mr. Moultrie had, pursuantto their Order, waited upon the Governor, and that his Excellency waspleased to give this House leave to adjourn till Monday the 15th Day of Januarynext.And then the House adjourned ’till Monday the 15th of January next.Return to contents ➔

263Session Beginning January 15, 1759and Ending February 16, 1759Monday the 15th Day of January 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the Meeting of the House ’till to Morrow Afternoonfive of the Clock.Tuesday the 16th Day of January 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the Meeting of the House ’till to Morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Wednesday the 17th Day of January 1759.The Journal of the Proceedings of the 14th of December last was read.Mr. Lamboll presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forpreventing as much as may be the spreading of malignant and contagiousDistempers in this Province and for repealing the former Acts and Paragraphsof Acts heretofore made for that purpose.”And the same was received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second time.Resolved that this House will this Day Seven-night, ten of the Clock inthe Morning read the said Bill a Second time.Mr. Lamboll presented to the House (according to order) “a Bill to reviveand continue several Acts and Clauses of Acts of the General Assemblyof this Province and for amending some of the said Acts in the mannertherein mentioned.”And the Same was received and read the first Time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second time.Resolved that this House will give the said Bill a Second Reading onTuesday Morning next Ten of the Clock.A Memorial of James Crokatt Esquire, late Agent for solliciting the Affairsof this Province in Great Britain, was presented to the House by WilliamWoodrop, his Attorney, and read, Setting forth,That the said James Crokatt, in Virtue of an Authority derived from the

264 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Commons House of Assembly and transmitted to him in the Year 1754, Continuedto act as Agent for solliciting the Affairs of the Province.That having afterward received Intimation that the Honourable WilliamMiddleton was appointed Agent for these Purposes, he made it his Businessto wait on Mr. Middleton, and having offered his best Services for SouthCarolina, he tendered him all the Public Papers then in his Hands, whichMr. Middleton declined receiving, and said that it would not suit his ownAffairs to accept of the said Agency.That the Memorialist conceived himself under an indispensible Obligationstill to continue his Services as Agent of the said Province, until someother Person should be appointed to that Office and accordingly he didContinue to act in that Character until the Arrival of James Wright Esqr., thepresent Agent, which happened on or about the 7th Day of October 1757.That the Memorialist’s Salary as Agent remains due according to theannexed Account, and praying that the same may be provided for.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to take the said Memorial intoConsideration and that they do examine the matter thereof, & report thesame, as it shall appear to them, to the House.And It is referred to Captain Taylor, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Lamboll, Mr.Rattray, Mr. Pringle.A Petition of Margueritte Chiffelle was presented to the House and readsetting forth,That her Husband the Reverend Mr. Henry Chiffelle, late Rector of theParish of St. Peter’s Purysburgh, died some time in November last, after aResidence of twenty four Years in that Parish, and having faithfully and piouslydischarged the Ministerial Function during that space of Time:That her said late Husband had for some time past received an annualAllowance of Eight hundred Pounds from the Public of this Province for hisSalary and House Rent, and that the last half Year’s Allowance Commencedupon the 25th of September last and expires upon the 25th of March next.That the Petitioner is informed that this House on many Occasions, andunder such Circumstances have provided in the Estimate for House Rent andSalary for the Remainder of the half Year Commencing in the Life time ofthe Minister and not expiring ’till after his Decease.That the Petitioner is the rather emboldened to make this Application, asShe is left with the Care, Maintainance and Education of four Children unableat present to provide for themselves, and that her Circumstances are such as willbarely enable her to extend Relief to them and fulfill the Engagements of Natureto her fatherless Offspring, and praying that the said Allowance for her lateHusband’s Salary and House Rent to the 25th of March next as Rector of theParochial Church aforesaid may be provided for in the Ensuing Tax Bill.

JANUARY 17, 1759265Resolved that the Public Treasurer do pay unto Mrs. MargueritteChiffelle, Widow and Administratrix of the Reverend Mr. Henry Chiffelle,deceased late Rector of the Parish of St. Peter’s Purysburgh, the half Year’sSalary or Allowance which would become due to him the 25th of March next,in Consideration of his faithful and pious Discharge of the Ministerial Function,toward enabling her to support her Children, out of the Fund appropriatedfor payment of the Salarys of the Clergy in this Province.Ordered that the said Resolution be sent to the Governor for hisExcellency’s Assent and to His Majesty’s Council for their Concurrence, andthat Mr. Speaker do sign the Same.A Memorial of Daniel Pepper Esquire was presented to the House andread setting forth,That his Excellency the Governor having been pleased to nominate andCommission the Memorialist on the 14th Day of September 1756 to go asAgent to the Creek Nation to negotiate several important Affairs with theIndians, he being then informed that an Appointment of £14 per Diem wasmade by Law of this Province for such Person as should be sent by the Commanderin Chief on that Service by and with the Advice and Consent of HisMajesty’s Council, and relying intirely on the good Faith of the said Law, notin the least doubting but Provision would be made for him accordingly didcheerfully undertake the Service, notwithstanding it was at that time believedto be attended with no small Danger from the ill humour the Indians weresupposed to be then in, occasion’d by some of their People having beenkilled on Ogechee, and therefore His Excellency the Governor with theAdvice of His Majesty’s Council thought proper to send a Guard of Six Menwith the Memorialist and on the 23d of the same Month set out on his Journeyto the Creek Country, where his whole Time was taken up in transactingthe Business he was sent upon till the 12th Day of June 1757 when he leftthat Country and accompanied by several of the Chiefs of the said Nationand Chickesaws arrived in Charles Town the 8th Day of July following.Thus the Memorialist was actually employed in the Service of the Government298 Days, which at the Rate aforesaid amount to £4172, but the Memorialistto his great Grief and Misfortune found that when the last Tax-Lawwas passed a Provision of £2000 only was made for him, which said Provisionhe can very ill bear. That he discharged the trust reposed in him by theGovernor, according to the best of his Ability and with the utmost Care, Assiduityand Fidelity, and therefore praying Provision be made to dischargethe Residue of the Sum due to him.Ordered that the said Memorial be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Accounts of the Public Creditors are referred.Then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.

266 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759P.M.This House being informed that the Public Treasurer attended at the Doorhe was called in, and he presented to the House pursuant to the Governor’sOrder a Bundle of Papers containing the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.And then he withdrew.A Petition of the Inhabitants of St. Peter’s Parish was presented to theHouse and read, Setting forth,That the Petitioners are informed that Messrs. Charles and JermynWright supported by a few of their nighest Neighbours have lately laid a Petitionbefore the House in which they endeavoured to obtain the public Sanctionand Support for restoring a certain old and scarcely ever practicableRoad, that leadeth by a round about of Seventeen Miles from Coose-hatcheeover Day’s Creek to Purysburgh, and that the Petitioners that live within tenMiles of the said old new Road, that is to say almost the whole Township ofPurysburgh should be compelled to work thereon, which if obtained wouldmake your Petitioners fall again a Sacrifice to the most sordid, most glaringand most palpable Self-Interest, to which for want of public Spirited Menamongst them that understood thoroughly the Laws and Language of theCountry and the Libertys of the Subject, according to the happy form of OurGovernment, they have ever been an easy Prey, wanting even that commonlyremaining and last Comfort of an injured and distressed People, i.e. themeans and Capacity of seeking Redress to their Sufferings and Grievances:It would throw Your Petitioners into the old Dilemma again, either to haveno Road at all to the Capitol or only a very bad One, that leads SeventeenMiles round about, out of which they have been so lately delivered, It wasthey think in the year 1754, when the Petitioners applyed for, and obtainedAn Act, which exempted them for ever working upon the said Road again;And the Commissioners for the high-Roads were directed to mark Out amore practicable and more direct Road from Purysburgh to Coosehatchee,which was accordingly done and a new strait Road marked out, which wasfound not only more practicable than the old Road, but withal (which is nosmall Benefit to the Public) full 17 Miles shorter.That the Petitioners have worked thereon these 4 Years past, that tho’the said Road be not the shortest possible yet it is considerably so in Comparisonof that designed by Messrs. Wright. That for these Reasons and manymore the Petitioners might justly add (if this was the place to expose all theVariety of their Distresses from the first settling the Township beyond andabove what any other Community of this flourishing Province ever did, whichhas reduced this, at first so populous a Settlement to a handful of poorPeople) and praying the House to maintain the Petitioners in all and Everythe Appointments of the above-mentioned Act.

JANUARY 19, 1759267Ordered that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Petition of Jermyn and Charles Wright was referred.A Motion was made, and the Question being put, that the Accounts ofthe Creditors of the Public, be severally read to the House Article by Article.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that the Title of Each respective Accountagainst the Public of this Province expressing for what Service the same wasincurred and the whole Amount thereof be read to the House; but that howeverany such Account may be read throughout, Article by Article, on aMotion made by any Member and agreed to by the House.Ordered that the Members of this House do attend on the Service ofthe House Friday Morning next Ten of the Clock, under the Penalty of fortyShillings to be paid the Cashier of the House.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Eight of the Clock.Thursday the 18th Day of January 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Friday the 19th of January 1759.The Journal of the Proceedings of last Wednesday was read.Mr. Gadsden reported from the Committee appointed to agree with aPrinter to print the Acts of the General Assembly lately passed in this Provincewhich have not yet been printed, That the Committee had agreed withMr. Peter Timothy to print the said Acts, and had directed him to report thesame to the House; and he read the Report in his place, and afterward deliveredit in at the Clerk’s Table, where the same was read, and is as follows,Vizt.1st. That They have agreed with Mr. Peter Timothy at the Prices heretoforegiven him (vizt.) 100 Copies at £10:0:0 per Sheet with Marginal Notes, or 200Copies at £15:0:0 or 300 Copies at £20:0:0 to print by the 15th of March next allthe said Acts, excepting the following, which Your Committee are of Opinion,are either expired, or of so private a Nature that the printing of them would beonly an Expence without any Advantage attending their Publication.2d. No. 1. “An Act to restrain the Exportation of Provisions and warlikeStores from this Province for the time therein limited,” passed the 14thof May 1755.3d. No. 2. “An Ordinance Impowering the Governor, his Majesty’sCouncil and the other Persons therein named to settle and regulate the

268 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Trade to be carried on from the Province of South Carolina with the CreekIndians,” passed the 23d Day of September 1755.4th. No. 3. “An Ordinance appointing William Middleton Esqr., Agent,”passed the 19th of March 1756, for one Year.5th. No. 4. “An Act for the Encouragement of Adam Pededington inhis Projection &ca.” passed the 13th of April 1756 for 14 Years.6th. No. 5. “An Act to appoint and Establish new Lists of Jury Men tobe drawn by Ballot in this Province,” Passed the 21st of May 1757.7th. No. 6. “An Act for Incorporating the Winyaw Indico Society,”passed the 21st of May 1757, with a saving Clause.8th. No. 7. “An Act to impower Magistrates to inlist Vagrants in theSouth Carolina Regiment,” passed the 19th of May 1758; the printing of thisAct is submitted to the House.9th. And Your Committee having it also in Charge to Consider andReport to the House the most proper and effectual Method of having acompleat Digest of the Body of the Laws of this Province published as soonas may be, are of Opinion that no Person in the Province could acquit himselfbetter and give more general Satisfaction in so necessary and laboriousa Task than Mr. Lamboll, could he be prevailed on to undertake it, for a Satisfactionadequate to the great Pains and Application a Work of so troublesomea Nature will require, for these Reasons Your Committee recommendthat such Offers may be first made to him as the House may judge equivalentto the Undertaking, which should they not prove agreeable, then yourCommittee think that the next best Method will be to advertise in the Papersand receive the Proposals of such Persons as may be willing to undertakethis Work, that the Public may be furnished therewith as soon aspossible.Resolved that this House will on Thursday Morning next, take the saidReport into Consideration.Then the House proceeded, (according to Order) to read the Titles of thePublic Accounts, expressing for what Services the Same were incurred, and theSums of Money Each Account amounts to, and they are as follows, Vizt.An Account of Fees at the Secretary’s Office to the 29th of Decemberlast Inclusive, Four hundred & three Pounds 11/3.An Account of Thomas Wilson, Constable, for summoning Jurors &Freeholders, Whipping & branding two Negroes & Executing One NegroeSlave, Certified by Colonel Pawley & Mr. Blythe, two Justices, the 29th of May1758, thirty two Pounds Eight Shillings and three Pence.A Certificate from the Justices and Freeholders at George Town, datedthe 13th of July 1758 to pay £200, for a Negroe Slave Executed, vizt. £100 toJohn Cleland Esqr. & One hundred Pounds to Robert Weaver.

JANUARY 19, 1759269An Account of the Vestry and Church Wardens of Prince George’s Parishfor the Maintainance of five Accadians dated the 1st of January 1759, Onehundred and twelve Pounds Ten Shillings.An Account of Smith and Brewton for Indian Trading Goods Elevenhundred Eighty Seven Pounds 15 Shillings.An Order from the Justices and Freeholders to pay Thomas Willson fora Male Slave condemned and Executed, Two hundred Pounds.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to James Beamer for 5 Caggsof Rum delivered to the Indians at a General Meeting dated 13th of October1757, indorsed to Thomas Nightingale for One hundred Pounds.An Account of the Church Wardens of St. Philip for Accadians to 29thof December 1758 Including Messrs. Oliphant & Garden’s Account for Physictwo thousand two hundred & fourteen Pounds One Shilling & 4 Pence.An Account of John Gordon for Vinegar to the Forces to 10th of Decemberlast, Ninety four Pounds 8s & 9d.An Account from Berresford’s Wharf for 9 Weeks’ hire of two Stores at£12 per Month, Fifty four Pounds.An Order from two Justices to pay William Mitchuson, Constable, forConveying John Martin to the Common Goal, Twenty four Pounds fifteenShillings.An Order from two Justices to pay Charles Banks, Constable, for ConveyingJohn Young to Goal, Thirty Pounds.An Order from Jas. Francis Esqr. to pay Thos. Anderson, Constable, forConveying Jas. Welch to Goal, Forty Pounds.An Account of James Laurens and Company for Sundry Articlessupplyed the Commissary, Five hundred and fifty Seven Pounds 13 Shillings& 3 Pence.An Account of John McQueen and Company for Indian-Trading Goods&ca., Five thousand Six hundred & twenty Pounds 14 Shillings and 7 Pence.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to William Shorie for 3 MonthsSalary as Public Linguister at £25 per Month, to August the 14th 1758 Indorsedto John McQueen and Company, £75:0:0.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to Cornelius Cockley for Powder,Bullets & 5 Knives for the Head-Men of Highwasee dated the 26th ofMarch 1758 Indorsed to John McQueen & Co., thirty One Pounds 5/.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to Henry Bacon for 3 MonthsSalary for keeping the Glacis in repair at £20 per Month to the 1st of August1758 Indorsed to John McQueen & Co., Sixty Pounds.A Receipt from Robert Buning to Robert Goudy for 1 Day’s Provisionsfor 22 Indians at 7/6 per Diem, Each Indian, 26th of October 1758, EightPounds 5/.

270 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to John Stephens for 3 MonthsSalary as Public Carpenter at £20 per month to 16th of May 1758, Indorsedto John McQueen, Sixty Pounds.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to John Stephens for 3 MonthsSalary as Public Carpenter at £20 per Month to 16th of August 1758, Indorsedto John McQueen & Company, Sixty Pounds.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to Thomas Smith for 3 Mos.Salary as Public White Smith at £15 per Month to 16th May 1758, Indors’d toJno. McQueen & Co., forty five Pounds.An Account of William Pinckney Esqr., Commissary General, for theHire of a Boat & hands to carry Indian Trading Goods to be given as Presentsto Indians by Edmund Atkin Esqr., his Majesty’s Superintendent, threehundred thirty Six Pounds 15 shillings.Another Account of William Pinckney Esqr. for several Articles furnishedhis Majesty’s Forces & Indians to the 31st of December 1758, One thousandSix hundred & thirty Seven Pounds, 6s 4 1 /2d.Two Accounts of Abraham Weirsing for Entertaining Indians dated the23d April 1758, fifteen Pounds.An Account of the Church Wardens of St. Philip’s Parish for necessarySupplys to the Widows & Children of Soldiers to the 28th of December 1758,two hundred Seventy Six Pounds thirteen Shillings & four Pence.A Second Account of the Church Wardens of St. Philip for necessarySupplys to Invalid Soldiers to 28th of December 1758, four hundred and fiftySeven Pounds 13 Shillings and Eleven Pence.A third Account of the Church Wardens of St. Philip for NecessarySupplys to poor People to 3d of January 1759, Twenty five Pounds.An Account of Conrod Holman for dieting nine Indians at 7/6 perDiem Each Indian, dated 31st of December 1758 Three Pounds 7 Shillings &6 Pence.Another Account of Conrod Holman for dieting twenty two Indians 1Day the 2d of November 1758, & for Robert Buning 20/.A third Account of Conrod Holman for dieting twenty two Indians the26th of November 1758, and for Robert Buning, 20/.An Account of James Daniel, Constable, for Summoning Jurors, Certifiedby James Roberts, Coroner, 25th March 1757, Eight Pounds 10 Shillings.An Account of John Marley for Carting, for His Majesty’s Forces to the28th of December 1758, Seven hundred & twelve Pounds 13/9.An Account of Thomas Nightengale for Sadlary Ware by Order of the Commissaryfor the Indians to the 17th of November 1758 fifty five Pounds 13/9.A Certificate from the late Mr. Commissary Chevillette to James Beamerfor Carriage of 3000 lb. Wt. of Flour from Keeowee to Fort Loudoun the 14th

JANUARY 19, 1759271of March 1757, Indorsed to Thomas Nightengale, two hundred and TenPounds.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to James Baldridge for 94 lb.of Bacon, Indorsed to Thomas Nightengale dated the 11th of February 1758,twenty three Pounds Ten Shillings.An Account of Sarah Nightengale for Board and Lodging White Menand Indians & Pasturage for their Horses to 21st November 1758, Seven hundredand fifty Pounds 2/6.An Account of John Pearson for travelling to and from the UpperCherrokee Nation and fixing on a Place proper to build a Fort, surveyingthe Rivers, making a Return thereof, and for Presents to the Indians, twohundred and twenty four Pounds.An Account of John Milner for Gun smith’s work & taking Care of thePublic Arms to the 1st January 1759, four hundred and Seventy Pounds 10/7 1 /2A Certificate from the Justices and Freeholders to pay William Glen fora Negroe Man named Pompey Executed, One hundred & fifty Pounds.A Certificate from John Butler to Mary Whitford, for the littleCarpenter’s Expences with his People returning to the Cherokee Nation the21st of April 1758, Seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings.A Certificate from John Butler to Mary Whitford for dieting Twenty twoCherokee Indians the 4th of April 1758, 1 Day at 7/6 per, Eight Pounds 5/.A Certificate from John Butler to Mary Whitford, for his own Expencesthe 4th of April 1758, Five Pounds Ten Shillings.An Account of James Henderson for Candles for his Majesty’s Forces& the South Carolina Regiment to the 27th of December 1758, Six hundredand twenty nine Pounds 15 Shillings.An Account of Adam Wood, Assignee of Willm. Bonneau Junr., for Feesdue to William Bonneau Senr., Constable, Mileage, Summoning the Freeholders& whipping a Negroe of Mr. Rantowle’s, four Pounds 1/3.An Account of William Simpson Esqr., late Coroner for Berkley County,for Six Inquisitions Sixty Pounds.Six Certificates from the Officers of the South Carolina Regiment forFerryages at several Ferrys, Nineteen Pounds three Shillings.An Account of Cornelius Cook for entertaining Indians who came toTown with Agent Pepper, £19:8.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to John Holton, for Carriageof 400 lb. Weight of Gun powder for the Use of Fort Loudoun 16th of May1758, indorsed to Alexander Petrie, twenty Eight Pounds.An Account of Adam Wood, Provost Marshal, for dieting Prisoners inthe Common Goal to 31st December 1758, Nine hundred forty four PoundsSeventeen Shillings and Six pence.

272 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Three Certificates Indorsed to Messrs. Smith & Brewton. One fromCaptain Paul Demere to John McGreigor, Storekeeper, to the 2d of February1758, thirty Eight Pounds One Shilling.Second from Captain Paul Demere to James Coppock, for baking 2000lb. Wt. of Biscuit, Twenty Pounds, dated the 1st of February 1758.Third from Captain Paul Demere to John Shaw, for two Months Salaryas Store-keeper to the 8th of October 1757, Twenty Pounds.An Account of Mary Cranmore for the hire of 4 Rooms for two Officersto 26th March 1758, One hundred & Sixty five Pounds 14 Shillings.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to Eleven Persons, for fencingin Land, Sawing Timber, digging a Well & endeavouring to make a Pump&ca., 2d November 1758, One hundred & seven Pounds 10/.An Account of John Paul Grimkie for Six Gorgets, 16th of November1758, thirty Pounds 10/.An Account of Othniel Beale Esquire for House-Rent to Soldiers to the14th of May 1758, Seventy Seven Pounds fifteen Shillings.An Account of John Gordon of Beaufort for 6 Months Rent of fourHouses for Captain Stewart’s Company of the South Carolina Regiment fromthe 26th of February 1758, Thirty three Pounds Nineteen Shillings & NinePence.An Account of Messrs. Gordon & Elliott for Stores supplied the ScoutBoats to 29th of December 1758, three hundred Pounds 5/9.An Account of Charles Lowndes, late Provost Marshal, for Fees, SixteenPounds Sixteen Shillings & 3 Pence.An Account of Thomas Robertson for Work done at Fort Lyttelton 23dSeptember 1758, fifteen Pounds.An Account of Gordon & Elliott, for Candles, Vinegar, Pepper, Salt andFire-Wood for the Use of the Soldiers of Captain Stewart’s Company of theSouth Carolina Regiment to 31 December 1758, three hundred & twenty EightPounds 1/3.An Account of Joseph Maxey for Carpenter’s work on a Boat at FortJohnson, twenty Seven Pounds 19/9.An Account of John Joyner for Bread furnish’d the Men belonging tothe Scout Boat under his Command to 1st of January 1759, One hundred fiftythree Pounds ten Shillings & three Pence.An Account of John Joyner for Carpenters work & Iron Work for theScout Boat called the Charles Town, Thirty Pounds 2/6.An Account of Samuel Carne for Lodging Lieutenant Colin Campbell21 & 1 /2 Weeks to 1st of May 1758, Fifty two Pounds 13/6.An Account of John Bates for dieting 20 Indians 2 Days at 7/6 per DiemEach, Corn &ca., 19th April 1758, Twenty One Pounds ten Shillings.

JANUARY 19, 1759273Three Certificates Indorsed to Paul Townsend & Co. One from Lach.Mackintosh to Samuel Thomas for Waggon hire of two, 3 Days, 27th September1758, Eighteen Pounds.Another from Robert Buning to John Bates for dieting 22 CherokeeIndians 1 Day and himself 20/, 4th November 1758, Nine Pounds five Shillings.A Third from said Buning to said Bates for the like Service 24th November1758, Nine Pounds 5/.Three other Certificates Indorsed to Paul Townsend & Co. One fromJohn Butler to Mary Edwards for 3 Days Provision for 82 Indians 26th March1758, Ninety two Pounds five Shillings.Another from said Butler to Mary Edwards, for 1 Days Provisions for 20Indians 26th April 1758, Seven Pounds Ten Shillings.A third from Captain Paul Demere to William Shorey as PublicLinguister 3 Months at £25 per Month to 14th May 1758, Seventy five Pounds.Two Affidavits of John Elliott and Richd. Allison 23d December 1758, asProof that 2 Certificates for supplying Indians on the Road which were lostwere not paid, amounting to Seventeen Pounds 10/.An Account of Edward Dannelly for boarding Captain Laurence GutearPignonblane, a French Prisoner, from 17th January 1757 to 31st December 1758at 7/6 per Diem, two hundred Sixty Seven Pounds 15/.An Account of Smith and Scott for Bunting, Thread and Tammy 26 suppliedMr. Boone by Order of the Commissary, and for the Passage of 47Accadians from Charles Town to Wadmalaw, Pon Pon & Edistoe Island 29thOctober 1757, One hundred and twenty One Pounds 18/6.An Account of Richard Moncriff for Carpenter’s Work done at the Barracksby Order of the Commissary 22d Novr. 1758, One hundred Seventy threePounds and ten Pence.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to Ebenezer Sweet, for making33 beef Casks for the Use of the Fort 25th January 1758, Forty nine Pounds10/.Two Accounts from Jane Duthy, vizt., One of her own, the other asAdministratrix to Margaret Boone for making Flaggs to the 13th September1758, Eighteen Pounds.An Account of John Scott, Gun Smith, for Tomma Hawks, Steel Darts& Arrows heads &ca. 2d June 1758, two hundred & Six Pounds & 6 Pence.An Account of Benjamin Harvey for several Particulars for the Use ofthe Council Chamber 4th December 1758, twenty Pounds 5s 7 1 /2d.An Account of Robert Lewis, Constable, for Summoning Jurors, Justices& Witnesses 31st August 1758, twenty two Pounds 6/3.26“Tammy” refers to a high-quality worsted cloth.

274 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759An Account of John Keiner, Constable, for the like Services . . . 1758,Twenty five Pounds.An Account of McCarten & Campbell for Indian-Trading Goods to the12th of August 1758, Two thousand One hundred & forty three Pounds SixShillings and five Pence.A Certificate from Edmd. Atkin Esqr. to Christn. Fulbright dated 22dOctr. 1758, Indors’d to M. & Campbell, Seven Pounds 10/.A Certificate from John Chevillette to Richd. Smith for the Carriage of1500 lb. Weight of Flour from Keeowee to Fort Loudoun dated the 10th ofMarch 1757, Indors’d to M. & Campbell, One hundred and five Pounds.An Account of John Timmons, Constable, for Summoning Magistrates& Freeholders to the Tryal of two Negroes Condemned and Executed inApril 1757, Eighteen Pounds.An Account of Judith Postell for boarding French Prisoners to the 12thof Janry. 1758 One hundred & Seventy Eight Pounds 2/6.An Account of John Dodd, Gunsmith, for Work done for the Indiansto the 14th of November 1758, Fifty Pounds.An Account of Childermass Croft for Copying Journals &ca., One thousandSix hundred & Seventy One Pounds ten Shillings.An Account of Edward Perry for boarding 5 Acadians to 31st of Marchthirty two Pounds ten Shillings.An Account of Margaret Oliver for dieting French Prisoners Eight hundred& Seventeen Pounds 1/3.An Account of John Swint for attending sick Criminals in Goal fifty threePounds 12/6.An Account of Ancram, Lance & Locock for Pepper and Salt for theForces, One hundred & Ninety Pounds 18/9.An Account of Lieutenant White Outerbridge to the 20th of August forsupplying the Indians, a French Prisoner &ca.Another Account of the said Lieutenant Outerbridge for supplying theNegroes who carry’d the Indian Presents to Fort Moore, Seven Pounds 19/6.An Account of Francis James for entertaining King Haiglar, 18 Indians& 1 White Man, Six Pounds 12/6.An Account of William Bissett, Constable, for Executing Pompey, aNegroe Slave, 16th July 1758, Six Pounds Ten Shillings.An Account of El[ias] Legardiere for dieting & Lodging 3 French Prisonersto 28th May 1758, One hundred and Twenty Nine Pounds.An Account of William West for Entertaining Cherokee Indians the 25thApril 1758, One hundred and One Pounds.An Account of Jonathan Badger for Coals and Candles, and Cleaningthe Assembly Room to 1st of January 1759 fifty three Pounds 9/.

JANUARY 19, 1759275An Account of James Pritchard for entertaining Captain John Thompson& four more Indians the 11th of February 1758 and for their Ferryage,£10:10:0.A Certificate from John Chevillette Esqr. to Saml. Suther for 3 Monthspay as his Clerk dated 1st of March 1757, Sixty Pounds.An Account of Christopher Plynas for Carting to the 1st of November1758, Seventy Pounds 12/6.Another Account of the same Person for the like Service.An Account of Robert Deans for making 5 field Carriages, Eighty OnePounds ten Shillings.An Account of Wm. Dandridge for painting Sentry Boxes & Gun Carriagesto 17th March 1758, forty four Pounds.Four Accounts of John Kesson, Constable, for Serving Warrants &c.Sixty Seven Pounds 12/3.An Account of Hugh Anderson, Carpenter, for Materials & work doneat the Brick Barracks 17th April 1758, Sixty five Pounds 5/.An Account of John Fouquet for Carriage of Rum &ca. to Fort PrinceGeorge 1757, Sixty Seven Pounds ten Shillings.An Account of John Wildermout for Waggon-hire of Baggage to theCongrees 31st July 1758, £70, received in part £25, Ballance forty five Pounds.Two Accounts of Hannah McGregor by Order of the Commissary, vizt.One for boarding Captain Marinten to 29th of May 1758 Thirty Seven Pounds10/.The Other for Entertaining 3 Indians 10 Days to 15th of May 1758, TwelvePounds 5/.Lieutenant Lach. Shaw’s Order to Serjeant Harrison for 2 Horses hire20 Days, dated 17th November 1757, Fifteen Pounds.An Account of Charles Woodmason Esqr. for Constables fees for summoningVagrants and two Inquisitions & summoning Jurors to 4th October,Thirty nine Pounds.An Account of McGillivray, Spencer & Co. for Indian Trading Goodssupplied The Honorable Willm. Bull Esqr. for the Chickesaw Indians the 5thAugust 1758, five hundred and Sixty two Pounds 4/5 1 /2.An Account of Oliphant and Garden for Medicines administred to theFrench Prisoners to 27th of May 1758, Eighteen Pounds.A Certificate from Robert Bunning to John Gibson for Entertaining 22Indians 1 Day the 30th Octr. 1758, Eight Pounds five Shillings.A Certificate from said Bunning to Philip Poole for the like ServiceEight Pounds 5/.Five Accounts & Certificates of Gabriel Friday’s Indorsed to PeterBacott.

276 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 17591st. His Account of Carriage of Indian Presents to the Congrees the 12thof March 1758, fifty Pounds.2d. His Account for Dieting 3 Indians 8 Days at 7/6 per Man, NinePounds.3d. A Certificate from . . . to Martin Friday for Hire of a Horse 26 Daysto 9th September 1757.4th. A Certificate from Dennis Hagines to Martin Friday for Hire of aHorse 32 Days to 1st Septr. 1757.5th. A Certificate from Captain John Stuart to John Friday for Carriageof Indian Presents to Keeowee 19th of March 1757, One hundred & SevenPounds Ten Shillings.An Account of Susannah Davison for Entertaining the Wolf King &ca.the 14th of February 1758, Thirty two Pounds 2/6.An Account of John North for Maintainance of the Acadians to the 14thof July 1758, three hundred and Sixty Seven Pounds 6/.An Account of the Executors of Rice Price for the hire of Rooms to theOfficers of His Majesty’s Forces to the 23d January 1758 fifty three PoundsEleven Shillings & Eight Pence.An Account of William Peters, Constable, for fees Certified by TacitusGaillard Esqr. 11th of December 1758, Nineteen Pounds ten Shillings.An Account of Jacob Ladson, Constable, for Fees Certified per JosephBrailsford Esqr. 15th of June 1758, Seven Pounds 2/6.An Account of Ann Wragg for hire of a House for the Highlanders tothe 17th of April 1758, Sixteen Pounds 6/7.An Account of Samuel Porcher for Maintainance of the FrenchAcadians to 16th of September 1758, Sixty two Pounds 2/.An Account of Mallory Rivers for House Rent 7 Months for theIndependant Companys to the 12th of April 1758, Thirty five Pounds.A Certificate from Henry Gallman to Jacob Morff for Carriage of Presentsto the Cherokee Indians 27th of November 1758, Six Pounds.An Account of James Prescott for Physic Administred to the Acadiansto the 20th of Septr. 1757, Fifty three Pounds 7/6.An Account of David Giroud for repairing the Parish Church of St. PeterPurysburgh 29th of April 1758, three hundred & three Pounds 3/.An Account of John Stone Junr. for Pumps &ca. for the Barracks the29th of July 1758, Thirty Pounds 7/6.Three Certificates to David Ball for Entertaining Indians (Vizt.)1st. The 29th of March 1758 from John Butler for 82 Indians & himself,thirty two Pounds five Shillings.2d. The 26th of April 1758 from said Butler for Pasturage of 2 Horses27 Days at 2/6 per.

JANUARY 19, 17592773d. The 29th of November 1758 from Robt. Bunning for Entertaining22 Indians & himself, 20/, 1 Day.An Account of John F. Miller for Indian-Trading Guns, 9th of August1758, Five hundred and Seventy five Pounds.A Certificate from Robert Bunning to Edward Brodie for Entertaining22 Cherokee Indians 1 Day the 25th of November 1758.A Certificate from Captain Roderick McKenzie to Thomas Linning forhis Lodging from the 3d of September 1757 to the 20th of May 1758.An Account of Simon Theus for Entertaining Indians to the 20th ofNovember 1758 and 7 Certificates as Vouchers, Fifty One Pounds 2/6.An Account of William Bridgman, Constable, for apprehending WilliamMoore 26th of July 1757, thirty three Pounds 15/.An Account of Andrew Coningham for hire of Stores for the Highlandersto the 21st of September 1757, One hundred & Eighty Seven Pounds 1/4.An Account of Christopher Holson, Work-House fees for Pompey, aNegroe Slave Executed, Two Pounds.An Account of Isabella Finch for the hire of two Rooms for the Highlanders,£54:6:3, received in part £33:3:8, Ballance due Twenty One Pounds2/7.An Account of Thomas Conway, Constable, for Conveying WilliamRouse to the Common Goal the 20th of November 1758, thirty four Pounds12/6.An Account of Timothy Crosby for House Rent for the Forces to September1758, One Year, One hundred and thirty Pounds.An Account of Alexander Tate for Entertaining 73 Cherokee Indians 1 Dayat 7/6 per Diem Each, the 26th February 1757, Twenty Seven Pounds 7/6.An Account of William Bowry, Constable, for Fees Certified by StephenBull Esqr. the 8th of April 1758, Sixteen Pounds ten Shillings.Two Certificates from Robert Bunin to John Martin, One of the 4th ofNovember 1758 & the Other of the 22d for Entertaining Indians, twenty fourPounds fifteen Shillings.An Account of William Heatly for Board of 7 Acadians, Ninety onePounds.An Account of John Guerard Esqr. for Axes for the Use of the new Barracksthe 10th of March 1758, Eighty Eight Pounds 10/.An Account of James McKelvey Junr. for Entertaining Indians, Sixty twoPounds two Shillings and Six Pence, to the 18th of April 1758.An Account of James Roberts for an Inquest on the Body of JohnEdwards the 19th of July 1758, Seventeen Pounds 10/.An Account of George Allison for Constables fees on Tryal of a Negroethe 4th of November 1758, fifteen Pounds fifteen Shillings.

278 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759An Account of Daniel Williams, Constable, on the like Service to the25th of October 1758, twenty three Pounds 1/6.A Certificate from Robert Bunin to William Seawright for EntertainingIndians the 27th of November 1758.An Account of Daniel Bourget Senr. for the hire of 2 Stores 4 Monthsat £16 per Month to the 16th of April 1758, Sixty four Pounds.A Certificate from Capt. Paul Demere to Henry Bacon for planting aHedge at Fort Loudoun 12th May 1757, Indors’d to James Dempsey One hundred& fifty Pounds.Two Certificates Indorsed to Benjamin Stead drawn by Captain PaulDemere.1st. To Cornelius Doherty for Provisions to a Detachment of 40 Men2d August 1757, Twelve Pounds.2d. To Cornelius Doherty for 295 lb. of Bacon for the Fort, 25th January1758, One hundred & three Pounds 5/.An Account of Benjamin Stead for short Payment last year’s Account,and for white Rope 17th June 1758, £103:6:6.Five Accounts of Herman Christopher Detering for Medicines to severalPersons to September 1758, Eighty Nine Pounds 15/.An Account of Jonathan Scott for the Rent of a House for the Use ofthe Highland Soldiers to the 17th of April 1758, £18:15.An Account of Elf and Hutchinson for making a Book Case for the Use ofthe Secretary’s Office &ca., 22d November 1758, One hundred Pounds 17/6.An Order from Henry Munro to John Delagaye for Lodgings from the24th of March to 20th May 1758.Another Order from the same Person to John Delagaye for the sameService from the 27th of September to the 30th of November 1757.An Account of William Cardugen for Entertaining the Wolf King andhis Men the 13th of February 1758, Twelve Pounds Ten Shillings.A Certificate from John Butler to Peter Witten for dieting 21 Indians the7th of April 1758, Seven Pounds 17/6.A Certificate from Veel McClood to Peter Witten for Dieting 17 Indians23d of May 1758, Six Pounds 7/6.A Certificate from the same Person to the same for the like Service the6th of June 1758, Six Pounds 7/6.An Account of Abraham Smith for Carting Powder &ca. to 15th of September1757, twenty five Pounds 5/.An Account of George Coomer for Carting to the 20th of August 1757,Twenty three Pounds 7/6.An Account of John Hannus for Carting to the 10th of August 1757, NineteenPounds.

JANUARY 19, 1759279An Account of Thomas Blythe Esqr. for 3 Inquests to the 9th of August1758, Thirty two Pounds 10/.An Account of Henry Gallman for Waggon hire for the Use of the Forces,and to the Forts, August 1758, three hundred Ninety three Pounds 4/.Two Certificates from John Butler to John Gallman for Entertaining 22Cherokee Indians 3d of April & the 22d Do. 1758, twenty three Pounds 1/3.An Order from Collonel George Pawley, Commissioner for the Look-Outs at Winyaw, to Collo. John White for Freight of two Guns &ca. the 7thof June 1758, Ten Pounds.An Account of Robert Fairweather for Lodging Officers £161:5, received£62:5 in part, the Ballance Ninety Nine Pounds.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to Peter Crim for 33 head ofCattle delivered at Fort Loudoun dated the 14th of October 1758 (in lieu ofOne mislaid).An Account of James Griffeth for Entertaining Sick Soldiers to the 3dof August 1756, Twenty Six Pounds 8/9.An Account of Margaret Shepherd for Hire of Two Rooms to Capt.Alexander McKenzie from 3d September 1757 to 20th May 1758, both Inclusive,at £6 per Week, One hundred forty Seven Pounds.An Account of Henry Gallman for Carriage of Goods for the Indians fromthe Congrees to Keeowee 20th June 1758, One hundred twenty five Pounds.An Account of William Seawright for Entertaining Indians to 1st November1758, with 3 Certificates, Thirty two Pounds 5/.An Order of the Vestry and Church Wardens of St. John’s to Mary Junefor maintaining 6 Acadians to the 28th of March 1758, fifty Two Pounds 18/.A Certificate from the Justices & Freeholders to John Sike for the Injurydone him by Pompey, a Slave executed, dated 17th of June 1758, Fifty Pounds.A Certificate from the Commissary General to John George Smith Peterfor Carriage of 560 lb. of Musket Ball to Fort Prince George 25th of August1758, Indorsed to James Poyas thirty five Pounds.A Certificate from the Commissary General to Lewis Finck for Carriageof 1423 lb. of Stores to Fort Prince George at £7 per Cent: dated 25th August1758, Indorsed to James Poyas, Ninety nine Pounds 12/2.An Account of John Barnett, Constable, for Fees on the Tryal and Executionof Glascow, a Slave, per Certificate of the Justices the 14th of July 1754,Sixteen Pounds 5/.An Account of Isaac Guerine for Entertaining a French Officer, a Prisoner,to 5th of May 1758, £182:12:6, received in part £45:15, Ballance One hundredthirty Six Pounds 17/6.An Account of John Haynes for Carriage of Indian Presents to theCongrees £35, receiv’d in part £10, Ballance twenty five Pounds, May 19th 1758.

280 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759An Account of Magdalen Devaux for House Rent for the Virginia Forcesto 26th March 1758, thirty Two Pounds Ten Shillings.An Account of Michael Suelty, Constable, for executing the Chief JusticesWarrant to apprehend Abraham Vessling, a Counterfeiter of Money, inApril 1758, £21:7:6, received in part £9:2, Ballance twelve Pounds 5/6.A Certificate from John Butler to Alexander Tate for Entertaining 20Cherokee Indians the 19th April 1758 to and from Town, fifteen Pounds.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to William Shorey for 196 Bushelsof Corn dated the 5th of January 1758, Indorsed to Middleton & Brailsford,One hundred and Ninety Six Pounds.An Account of John Gibson for supplying 20 Cherokee Indians withBacon and Beef the 1st of April 1758, Six Pounds.An Account of Tew and Roybould for making Cloaths for the Indiansthe 10th of November 1758, One hundred fifty Three Pounds 15/.Twenty Certificates from several Recruiting Officers to ChristopherJordan for Ferryages over the North Branch of Santee River, Sixteen Pounds,fifteen Shillings and Six Pence.A Petition of John Chevillette & An Affidavit annexed.An Account of Mark Antony Basseleu for Sundry Services 16th of July1757, Eleven Pounds 15/.An Account of the Chief Justice & Clerk of the Crown for March andOctober Sessions 1758. Chief Justice two hundred & thirty Eight Pounds &2d. Clerk of the Crown Two hundred Sixteen Pounds 3/7.Eight Accounts of the Fire Masters in Charles Town, Vizt.1st. An Account of Gabriel Manigault Esqr. for Cost and Charges onOne 5th Size Fire Engine per Invoice, dated 1st February 1758, Eighty threePounds, two Shillings and One Penny Sterling.2d. An Account of Bernard Beckman 1758, Fifty four Pounds.3d. An Account of James Veree 1758, Fifty two Pounds.4th. An Account of Bernard Beckman 1758, Forty Six Pounds 5/.5th. An Account of Richard Moncrief 1758, Eighty two Pounds 5/.6th. An Account of George Sheed 1758, Forty four Pounds.7th. An Account of Willm. Banbury 1758, Ten Pounds.8th. An Account of Richard Moncrief 1757, Twenty four Pounds 10/.A Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to Robert Wright for 3 MonthsSalary as Public Butcher to February 8th 1758, Thirty Pounds.An Account of Jacob Motte, Public Treasurer, 1758, Eleven thousandSeven hundred and twenty five Pounds, One Shilling and four Pence.An Account of Thomas Oldfield for several Articles for the Acadians Usein St. Bartholemew’s Parish to the 31st of August 1758, twenty nine Pounds andfour Pence.

JANUARY 19, 1759281An Account of Richard Richardson for Entertaining Indians the 7th ofJune 1758, Sixteen Pounds two Shillings and Six Pence.An Account of Ensign Lachlan Mackintosh for several Articles furnishedthe Indians dated the 12th of October 1758, Eighty three Pounds.Ordered that the said Accounts, Certificates and other Papers be severallyreferred to the Consideration of the Committee appointed to audit theAccounts of the Public Creditors and that they do examine the said Accounts,Certificates and other Papers, and Report the same as it shall appear to them,to the House.A Memorial of Captain Raymond Demere setting forth,[Twenty-eight lines left blank] 27An Account of Captain Raymond Demere referred to in the said Memorialfor services done and Money advanced for the Public at Fort Loudounamounting to One thousand nine hundred and forty One Pounds EighteenShillings.A Petition of Michael McEnfoot, Black smith, setting forth,[That the Petitioner received a Certificate from Colonel Chevillette, lateCommissary at Fort Loudoun, for work done there as a Black Smith duringthe space of Six Months, which Certificate was laid before the House, andhe is informed was disallowed of. That the Petitioner was imployed by thesaid Commissary and Captain Demere during all that time in doing necessarywork for the said Fort. That the Petitioner conceives his belonging toCaptain Stuarts Company did not lay him under an Obligation to work athis Trade. That the Petitioner is very Poor; and praying the House to takehis case into their Consideration, and order payment of the said Certificate.]A Petition of Jacob Raugh, Black smith, setting forth,[That the Petitioner received a Certificate from Colonel Chevillette, lateCommissary at Fort Loudoun, for work done there as a Black smith, duringthe space of Nine Months, which Certificate was laid before the House, andhe is informed was disallowed of. That the Petitioner was imployed by thesaid Commissary and Captain Demere during all that time in doing necessaryIron Work for the said Fort; that his belonging to Capt. Stuarts Companyhe conceives lay’d him under no Obligation to work at his Trade, andpraying the House to take his case into Consideration.]A Petition of Martin Miller, Mason, Setting forth,[That the Petitioner received a Certificate from Colonel Chevillette, lateCommissary at Fort Loudoun, for work done there as a Mason during thespace of Five Months, which Certificate was laid before the House; and heis informed was disallowed of. That the Petitioner was imployed by the said27No copy of this memorial has been found.

282 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Commissary and Captain Demere during all that time, in doing necessaryBrick and Stone Work for the said Fort: That his belonging to Captn. StuartsCompany he conceived, laid him under no Obligation to work at his Trade;and praying the House to take his case into Consideration.]An Account of Thomas Walker for Rent of a House for Collonel Bouquetto the 30th of November 1757 amounting to One hundred Seventy twoPounds, thirteen Shillings and four Pence,Were severally presented to the House and read.Ordered that the said Memorial, Petitions and Accounts be referred tothe Consideration of the Committee to whom the Accounts of the Creditorsof the Public were referred.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,As the “Act for the better regulating the Militia of this Province” will expirewhenever the present Session is determined, I herewith transmit to Youseveral Papers which I have received from the Collonels of Regiments inConsequence of Orders I sent to them to lay before me their Sentiments andthose of their Officers, concerning such parts of the said Act as in theirOpinion required any Alteration or Amendment, and I hope the Remarkswhich these Gentlemen have made upon it may afford you some usefulLights whenever the Subject of the Militia shall come under your Consideration.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.Resolved that this House will, on the Second Reading of the “Bill torevive and Continue several Acts and Clauses of Acts of the General Assemblyof this Province, and for amending some of the said Acts in the mannertherein mentioned,” take the said Message into Consideration.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Afternoon five of theClock.Saturday the 20th Day of January 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday Morning 9 of the Clock.Monday the 22d of January 1759. A.M.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Trapier, Mr. McQueen, Mr.Lowndes, Mr. Roper, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. John Waties and Mr. Thomas Waties,

JANUARY 23, 1759283and the said Gentlemen made Choice of Mr. Lowndes to be their Chairman,and he adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 23d day of January 1759.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered That the Order of the Day for reading The “Bill to Revive andContinue the several Acts and Clauses of Acts of the General Assembly of thisProvince, and for amending some of the said Acts in the manner thereinmentioned,” a Second time, be now read.And the said Order being read accordingly,The Governor’s Message of last Friday,And The Message of this House to the Governor of the 11th of May last,being severally read,Then the Governor’s said Message was read a Second time,And several Papers and Letters directed to the Governor from SixCollonels of Regiments of the Militia of this Province, relative to the MilitiaLaw, were also severally read.A Motion was made, and the Question being put that the Second Readingof the “Bill to Revive and Continue the several Acts and Clauses of Actsof the General Assembly of this Province and for amending some of the saidActs in the manner therein mentioned,” be Postponed,It passed in the Negative.And the said Bill was read a Second time with Blanks which were filledup and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered That Mr. Murray and Mr. Roper do carry the Bill to the Council.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Captain Raymond Demere having represented to me that he has presenteda Memorial to You, praying that Provision may be made by your Housefor reimbursing him certain Sums of Money expended by him and dischargingDebts incurred by him for the Public Service, during the time he Commandedin the Cherokee Nation, and having made it his Request to Me thatI would recommend the said Memorial to your Consideration, it appearingto me that the Conduct of the aforesaid Gentleman, during the Continuanceof his Command above-mentioned was prudent and advantageous to theKing’s Service in General, and more especially to His Majesty’s Interestsamong the Indians, I do recommend the Memorial to your Considerationaccordingly.William Henry Lyttelton.

284 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the said Message be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Memorial of Captain Demere was referred.Ordered that a Message be prepared to be sent to desire the Governorand Council to issue a New Writ for Electing one Member, to serve in thispresent General Assembly for the Parish of St. George Dorchester in theRoom of Walter Izard Esqr., deceased, to be made returnable immediately.And a Message was drawn accordingly and is as follows, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency, and Honors,Walter Izard Esqr., One of the Members to represent the Parish of St.George in this present General Assembly, being dead, We desire Your Excellencyand Honours will please to issue a new Writ for the Electing One Memberto represent the said Parish in the Room of the said Walter Izard Esqr.,deceased, and we desire that the said Writ may be made returnable immediately.And then the House Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 24th Day of January 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that Mr. Leigh do attend the Governor & Council with theResolution of this House of the 16th of this Instant, relating to Mrs.Margueritte Chiffelle, for his Excellency’s Assent and the Council’s Concurrencethereto.Ordered That Mr. Murray do attend the Governor and Council with theMessage of yesterday, relative to a new Writ of Election for the Parish of St.George.Ordered that the Order of the Day for giving the “Bill for preventingas much as may be the spreading of malignant and Contagious Distempersin this Province, And for repealing the former Acts and Paragraphs of Actsheretofore made for that Purpose,” a Second Reading, be now read.And the said Order being read accordingly.The House proceeded to give the Bill a Second Reading.A Motion was made and the Question being put that, that part of the4th Paragraph, whereby Power is given to the Commanding Officer of FortJohnson or elsewhere if he be satisfied of the Truth of the Master’s Report, topermit or suffer the said Ship or Vessel to pass, be dashed.It passed in the Negative.And the House having made some Progress in the Second Reading ofthe said Bill.

JANUARY 26, 1759285Resolved that the further Consideration thereof be postponed till toMorrow Morning.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants and Others of theNeck between Pedee River and Black River in Prince George’s Parish CravenCounty, and also,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St.James Santee and Others; Severally addressed to the Governor, Council andAssembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 25th Day of January 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House (according to Order) resumed the adjourned Considerationof the Residue of the “Bill for preventing as much as may be the spreading ofMalignant and Contagious Distempers in this Province, And for repealing theformer Acts and Paragraphs of Acts heretofore made for that Purpose.”A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Words SpecialBail in the . . . Paragraph, be left out of the Bill.It passed in the Negative.And the said Bill was read a Second time throughout with Blanks, whichwere filled up, and Several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the said Bill beCommitted.It passed in the Negative.Ordered that Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Broughton do carry the Bill to theCouncil.Resolved That this House will, to Morrow Morning, take into Considerationthe Report from the Committee appointed to agree with a Printerto print the Acts of the General Assembly lately passed in this Province, whichhave not yet been printed.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 26th Day of January 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Manigault presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forrepealing all former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly

286 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759of this Province relating to Discounts and for comprising in One Act theSeveral Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of this Provincewith Regard to Discounts.”And the Same was received and read the First Time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.A Petition of the Inhabitants and Others of the Neck between PedeeRiver & Black River in Prince George’s Parish Craven County was read Settingforth, That whereas by An Act of the General Assembly of this Provincepassed the 19th Day of March 1756 the Commissioners therein mentioned areimpowered to establish a Ferry across Waccamaw River from the Plantationlate of George Threadcroft, deceased, on the South East Side of the saidRiver to the Island of Elias Foissine Esquire, on the North West Side of thesaid River, and from the said Island another Ferry across Great Pedee Riverto the Plantation late of Mr. John Glen, but now in the Possession of Mr. JohnCheeseborough on the North West Side of Pedee River. And Whereas thelast Paragraph of the said Law directs and requires the Commissioners ofRoads in the Neck or District between Pedee and Black Rivers to lay out,make and keep in Repair at the Expence and Labour of the Male Inhabitantsfrom 16 to 60 Years of Age residing in the said District, a Road leadingfrom the Ferry at the said Cheesborough’s Plantation on Pedee River to theHigh Road leading to George Town. That such a Road will be attended withgreat Labour & Expence to said Inhabitants, both on Account of the lengthof the way and the badness of the Ground through which it must be made,being mostly Morass and broken Ground, and they have at present a longCausey to support leading thro’ a swamp to the present Ferry over BlackRiver called Charing Cross Ferry, which is greatly out of Repair and foundby Experience to be badly situate and greatly Inconvenient to the Petitioners&ca. And therefore humbly praying that the said Ferry may be discontinuedand that the Commissioners for said District may be impowered toestablish a Ferry from Mr. Cheesborough’s Plantation to the Plantation ofJohn Waties Esqr. by which the Petitioners will save some Miles in passing toand from George-Town, and that the Commissioners be appointed to lay outand keep in repair a Road from the Plantation of John Waties Esqr. to GeorgeTown.Ordered that the said Petition be referred to The Consideration of aCommittee and that they do examine the matter thereof, and Report thesame, as it shall appear to Them to the House, and It is referred to Mr.Trapier, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Thomas Waties, Mr. Horry, Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Stoutenburgh, Mr. John Waties.Read also the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. James’sSantee and Others, Setting forth, That the Petitioners apprehend the Law

JANUARY 26, 1759287now in Force for regulating the several Patrolls in this Province is defective,That an Alteration be made therein, that the several Owners or Other Personswho have the Care and Management of Slaves be obliged to make outlists once in the Year at least, to contain not only the Numbers but the Namesof the Slaves they respectively own or have the Care of, to be delivered to theCaptain or Commanding Officer of the Company, and by him to the Personsappointed to Command the several Patrolls within his Command, That theCommanders of Patrolls may have Power to call over such Lists in the severalPlantations, and to punish by whipping or Otherwise such Slaves as arefound to be absent from their respective Plantations, unless good Reasonsare given for their so being absent, & therefore praying the Premisses maybe taken into Consideration.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to take the said Petition into Consideration,and that they do examine the matter thereof, and Report the same,as it shall appear to them, to the House, And It is referred to Captain Taylor, Mr.Izard, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Cantey, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Freer, Mr. Horry.Mr. Laurens presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forTaxing Transient Persons.”And the Same was received and read the first Time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the “Bill for repealingall former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly ofthis Province relating to Discounts and for Comprising in One Act the severalActs and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of this Provincewith regard to Discounts,” and the “Bill for Taxing transient Persons,” be reada Second Time to Morrow Morning.It passed in the Negative.And the Question being put that the said Bills be read a Second Timeon Monday Morning next.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that this House will on Tuesday Morning next give the saidBills a Second Reading.The Order of the Day for taking into Consideration the Report from theCommittee appointed to agree with a Printer to print the Acts of the GeneralAssembly lately passed in this Province which have not yet been printed, was read.Then the first Paragraph of the said Report was read a Second Time.Resolved that Two hundred Copies of the Acts of the General Assemblyof this Province be printed.The Second, third, fourth and fifth Paragraphs being severally read, aSecond time; were severally agreed unto by the House.The Sixth Paragraph being read, a Second Time;

288 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Resolved that the Enacting Clauses of the Act of the General Assemblyof this Province for Establishing new Lists of Jury-Men to be drawn by Ballotin this Province, passed the 21st of May 1757, be printed.The Seventh Paragraph being read, a Second Time;Resolved (Upon the Question) that the Act of the General Assembly ofthis Province for Encouraging The Winyaw Indico-Society, be printed.The Eighth Paragraph being read a Second Time;Resolved that the Act of the General Assembly of this Province forImpowering Magistrates to inlist Vagrants in the South Carolina Regiment,passed the 19th of May 1758, be not printed.The Ninth Paragraph being read a Second Time;Resolved That a New Edition of all the Acts of the General Assemblynow in Force in this Province, with an Index, and the Titles of such Acts asare not to be printed, pursuant to the Resolutions of this House, be printed.Resolved that a Sum of Money not exceeding One thousand Pounds beprovided for as a Recompence to such Person or Persons as shall undertaketo prepare a Digest of all the Laws now in Force in this Province, with anIndex to be thereunto annexed, for the Press, and that the Offer be firstmade to Mr. Lamboll.Ordered That It be an Instruction to the Committee appointed to agreewith a Printer to print the Acts of the General Assembly of this Province, Thatthey have Power to receive Proposals from the Printers to print the said Digest,Index and Titles of Acts, and to offer Mr. Lamboll the Recompenceresolved on by this House, but if he refuses to undertake the same, that thenthe said Committee do, by Advertisements, to be inserted in the Gazettes,make known that they are ready to receive Proposals from any Person orPersons qualified to undertake that Service.Ordered that the Committee to whom the Public Treasurer’s Accountsare referred, do examine the Account of Moneys advanced by him for theCarriage of Provisions to the several Garrisons in the Out Settlements, andreport the same, as it shall appear to them, to the House.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to Consider in what Mannerthe Expence arising from the Carriage of Provisions to the several Garrisonsin the Out Settlements of this Province, can be Eased, and Report the same,as it shall appear to them, to the House, and It is referred to Mr. Wright, Mr.Pinckney, Mr. Izard, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Rattray; And they have Power to sendfor Persons, Papers and Records.Ordered that the Clerk of this House do forthwith write a Letter to besent to Joseph Elliott Esqr. at his own Expence, requiring his Attendance (allExcuses being laid aside) upon the Service of this House on Tuesday Morningnext Ten of the Clock.

JANUARY 30, 1759289And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Afternoon five of the Clock.Saturday the 27th Day of January 1759. P.M.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Graeme, Mr. Murray, Mr.Trapier, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Waties, Mr. Manigault, and the saidGentlemen made Choice of Mr. Graeme to be their Chairman, and he adjournedthe House till Monday Morning Ten of the Clock.Monday the 29th Day of January 1759.The following Gentlemen met, Vizt., Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Cantey, Mr. ThomasWaties, Mr. John Waties, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Trapier, and thesaid Gentlemen made Choice of Mr. Gadsden to be their Chairman, and headjourned the House till to morrow morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 30th Day of January 1759.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Guerard reported from the Committee appointed to audit theTreasurer’s Accounts, That the Committee had examined the Account ofMoneys advanced by the said Treasurer for the Charge of Carriage of Provisionsto the several Garrisons in the Out Settlements, and had directed himto report the same as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read theReport in his place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, wherethe same was read, and is as follows, Vizt.That in Obedience to the Order of the House, they have examined theTreasurer’s Account for Money advanced for the Charge of Carriage of Provisionsto the Garrisons in the Out Settlements, & Compared the same withthe Vouchers, by which it appears that he has paid from the 30th of April 1758to the 18th of January Instant the Sum of Four Thousand One hundred andSixty One Pounds two Shillings and five Pence, for Carriage of Provisions toFort Prince George and Fort Loudoun.A Petition of the Commissioners of the Parish of St. Mark was presentedto the House and read Setting forth, That the Petitioners with the Consentof the Major Part of the Inhabitants of the said Parish on Santee and BlackRivers and Parts Adjacent, have appointed the Place for the Church nearSantee River on a Creek called half way Swamp in the said Parish, and proceededon Easter Monday last to the Choice of Vestry men, Church Wardens&ca. and in all Respects had Regard to the Laws in such Case made & provided,but by Reason of the Thinness of Inhabitants (that are Contiguous)

290 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759and the Smallness of their Fortunes, the Subscriptions are very inconsiderableto the Undertaking, and makes Us unable to go on with building thesaid Church &ca. And therefore pray That the House will be pleased to grantthe said Commissioners such Relief towards the building the said Church inthe Parish of St. Mark at the Place aforesaid, as this House shall think fit.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to take the Petition into Consideration,and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report thesame, as it shall appear to them, to the House.And It is referred to Mr. Cantey, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Freer,Mr. John Crawford, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Postell.A Motion was made and the Question being put That the PowderMoney due and payable by Ships and Vessels coming into the Harbour ofCharles Town, be remitted, to such Ships and Vessels as depart the saidHarbour without obtaining Freight.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that the House will, to morrow Morning, give the “Bill for repealingall former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly ofthis Province, relating to Discounts, and for Comprising in One Act the severalActs and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of this Provincewith regard to Discounts”; And the “Bill for Taxing Transient Persons,” aSecond Reading.Ordered that the Committee appointed to consider in what Manner theExpence arising from the Carriage of Provisions to the several Garrisons inthe Out-Settlements of this Province, can be Eased; and all other Committees,do sit this Afternoon.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 31st Day of January 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House (according to Order) proceeded to give the “Bill for repealingall former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of thisProvince relating to Discounts, and for Comprising in One Act the severalActs and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of this Province withregard to Discounts,” a second Reading.And the House having made some Progress therein,Resolved that the Bill be Committed to Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Leigh, Mr.Laurens, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Stobo.“A Bill for Taxing Transient Persons,” was read a Second Time withBlanks, which were filled up and several Amendments were made by theHouse to the Bill.

JANUARY 31, 1759291Ordered that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Laurens do carry the Bill to the Council.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Committee who were appointedto bring in the “Bill for Taxing Transient Persons,” that they have Power toprepare a Clause to be inserted in the said Bill at the third Reading thereof,Vizt., To remit the Tax on all such Goods and Merchandize entered, and liableto pay Tax by Virtue thereof, as are not sold in, and are re-Exported outof this Province, the Party making such Entry, taking an Oath of the Truththereof.Mr. Leigh presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill for themore Effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and for that purpose putting inforce and effectually carrying into Execution in this Province such part ofan Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain, in the Second Year of hispresent Majesty’s Reign, Intitled ‘an Act for the Relief of Debtors, with Respectto the Imprisonment of their Persons’ as is herein after mentioned, andto repeal the several Acts of Assembly now in force in this Province for theRelief of Insolvent Debtors.”And the same was received and read the first Time.Resolved That the Bill be read a Second Time.Mr. Lynch, (according to Order) Reported from the Committee towhom the Petitions of the Inhabitants of Pedee in St. Mark’s Parish and ofthe Inhabitants of Pedee in Craven County were referred,That They had examined the Matter of the said Petitions, and had directedhim to report the same, as it appear’d to them, to the House, and heread the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable, where the same was read and is as follows, Vizt.1st. That They had Considered the said Petitions and are of Opinionthat the Extent and Situation of St. Mark’s Parish make it impossible to placea Church in any part of it that will suit the Inhabitants, who being settled onSantee and Pedee Rivers (which are Eighty or Ninety Miles asunder) areseperated by a great Tract of barren Lands which can never be inhabited,wherefore the Committee recommend that St. Mark’s Parish be divided asis prayed for, except that instead of Lynch’s Creek, the Line that divides theRegiments of the Collonels Richardson and Powell shall divide the Parish.2d. On Considering the Second Petition the Committee are of Opinionthat dividing Craven County will not answer any good purpose.3d. But They are fully Convinced that Back Settlers in this Province aregreatly distressed not only by their Distance from the Courts of Justice, butby intolerable Expence attending Law Suits, A Grievance long Complainedof by all Parts of the Province, but as the Attempts for founding CountyCourts have hitherto proved ineffectual, the Committee recommend that a

292 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Bill be ordered to be brought in for erecting Courts in such Parts of the Provinceas shall be thought fit, for trying and Determining all Causes more inValue than Twenty Pounds and not exceeding Seventy Pounds Currency ina Summary Manner, and that these Courts be held by the Justices of thePeace in Each District as the Courts of Quarter Session are in England.The last Paragraph of the Petition prays for a Publication of the Lawsof this Province, which the Committee conceive is already under Considerationof the House.Resolved that this House will on Friday Morning next take the said Reportinto Consideration.Mr. Cantey (according to Order) Reported from the Committee towhom the Petition of the Commissioners of the Parish of St. Mark’s was referred,that they had examined the matter of the said Petition, and had directedhim to report the Same, as it appeared to them, to the House, andhe read the Report in his place and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable where the same was read, and is as follows, Vizt.That your Committee have, pursuant to the Order of the House, Consideredthe said Petition, and do recommend that the Sum of Seven hundredPounds be given to the said Parish for the Use set forth in the saidPetition.Ordered That the said Report do lye upon the Table.And then the House adjourned till To Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 1st Day of February 1759.The Journal of yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House being informed that a Person named Joseph Howard hathperformed several Extraordinary Cures in this Province & that he is willingto discover the Method by which those Cures were performed, for the Benefitof the Public, providing a suitable Reward is given him for so doing.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to enquire into the Cures thathave been made by Joseph Howard on the Inhabitants of this Province,whether the said Howard will make his Secret known to the Public, and toConsider whether it will be for the Advantage of the Province, to make hima Public Gratuity, and that they report the same, as it shall appear to them,to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Mazyck, Captain Taylor, Mr. Wright, Mr.Broughton, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Coachman, Mr. Postell, Mr. DanielCrawford, Collonel Richardson, Mr. Freer.Ordered that the said Committee do sit this Afternoon.

FEBRUARY 1, 1759293Ordered That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the State andCondition of the Common Goal, and that the Prisoners therein have due andproper Allowance of Provisions given Them, and that they report the same,as it shall appear to them, to the House.And It is referred to Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Laurens, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Roper.Mr. Leigh (according to Order) reported from the Committee to whomthe several Petitions of Jermyn and Charles Wright, and of the Inhabitantsof the Parish of St. Peter’s Purysburgh were referred, That they had examinedthe matter of the said Petitions, and had directed him to report thesame, as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report in hisplace, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table where the same wasread and is as follows, Vizt.That if such Road is established as prayed for by the said Jermyn andCharles Wright it would manifestly injure the Inhabitants of Saint Peter’s withoutaffording any real Benefit or Advantage to the Public of this Province.Resolved that this House will on Tuesday Morning next take the saidReport into Consideration.Mr. Cantey (according to Order) Reported from the Committee towhom the Petition of James Hunter, Executor of Joseph Murray, in behalfof James Murray, only Son and Heir at Law of the said Joseph deceased, anInfant, was referred; That they had examined the Matter of the said Petition,and had directed him to report the same, as it appeared to them, to theHouse; And he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it inat the Clerk’s Table, where the same was read and is as follows, Vizt.That Your Committee have, in Obedience to the Order of the House,Considered the said Petition, and do recommend that leave may be givento bring in a Bill for Vesting the said Ferry in the said Hunter, in Trust forand in behalf of the said James Murray, an Infant, and as the Lands on Eachside of the River belong to the aforesaid James Murray, Your Committee dorecommend that the said Ferry may be kept as heretofore, but beg leave toobserve that the Rates on this Ferry by a former Law were much higher thanany Ferry on Santee, which your Committee recommend may be made lower,and that the Rates of the long Ferry when the Freshes are up may be madehigher.Resolved That this House will, on Thursday Morning next take the saidReport into Consideration.Ordered That the Committee appointed last year to view the PublicArms in the Public Armoury, and to Report the Condition of the said Arms,to the House, do sit this Afternoon; and that Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Postellbe added to the said Committee.

294 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759And Then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Friday the 2d Day of February 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Mazyck (according to Order) reported from the Committee appointedto enquire into the Cures that have been made on the Inhabitantsby Joseph Howard, whether the said Howard will make his Secret known tothe Public, and to consider whether it will be an Advantage to the Provinceto make him a Public Gratuity for the same, that they had examined somePersons thereupon, and had directed him to report the same, as it appearedto them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwarddelivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the same was read, and is as follows,Vizt.That Your Committee having examined some Persons relating to Curesperformed by the said Howard in this Province, have had sufficient Satisfactionto be persuaded that the Publication of his Methods or Secrets for CuringScorbutical, Venereal or Yaws Disorders will be very beneficial to theInhabitants of this Province; Upon which your Committee recommend Twothousand Pounds to be given to said Howard for his full Discovery of suchMedicines and Methods used by him in his Cures, and also the further Sumof One hundred Pounds be likewise given him by way of Annuity for Life.Resolved that the said Report be now taken into Consideration.And the Report being read a Second Time,A Motion was made and the Question being put that the House doagree with the Committee in the said Report.It passed in the Negative.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Sum of threethousand five hundred Pounds, and an Annuity of One hundred Pounds perAnnum, for Life, be given to Joseph Howard for a full Discovery of all Medicinesand Methods used by him in his Cures.It passed in the Negative.Then the Question was put that the Sum of three thousand five hundredPounds be given to the said Joseph Howard for a full Discovery of allMedicines and Methods used by him in his Cures.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that the Sum of Three thousand Pounds be given as a Gratuityto Mr. Joseph Howard for a full and particular Discovery of all Methods,Medicines, Simples and other Ingredients used by him in any of the Cures hehas heretofore performed, and that he do the same on Oath to the Satisfaction

FEBRUARY 2, 1759295of the said Committee; And all Members of the House that then attend areto have Voices.Resolved that the Committee appointed to enquire into the State andCondition of the Common Goal, be a standing Committee, and that theyhave Power to adjourn from time to time and also to report the matter oftheir Enquirys as it shall appear to them, to the House, as often as they shallthink necessary.The Order of the Day for taking into Consideration the Report fromthe Committee to whom the Petition of the Inhabitants of Pedee in St. Mark’sParish was referred, being read,The Report was read a Second Time.The first, Second, third and fourth Paragraphs being severally read wereagreed unto by the House.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill for dividing Saint Mark’sParish.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill for Erecting Courts in suchparts of the Province as shall be thought fit, for trying and determining allCauses more in Value than twenty Pounds and not exceeding Seventy PoundsCurrency, and that the Gentlemen of the said Committee do prepare andbring in the same, and that Mr. Crawford, Captain Taylor, Mr. Wright andMr. Manigault be added to the said Committee.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “A Bill for Taxing Transient Persons.”The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants of George Townin Craven County; Addressed to the Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Petition was read Setting forth,Their many Inconveniences and Wants as a Town, which are not providedfor in the General Laws of the Province.1st. That no Person or Persons be suffered to unload or throw Ballastor Dirt & filth into the River or Docks, by which means the Docks are rendereduseless and the Navigation of the River impeded, under a sufficientPenalty for so doing.2dly. That the Inhabitants of the said Town may be exempt from workingon the Roads without the Limits of the Town, in lieu of which they may beobliged to work an equal Number of Days Each Year in levelling and mendingthe Streets of the said Town agreeable to & under the Penalty of the High-RoadAct, and that no Person be allowed to keep Hogs or Goats in the said Town togo at large to root up the Streets & become a Nusance to the Inhabitants & destroythe Works or Repairs made or to be made under a severe Penalty.

296 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 17593dly. That any Person or Persons holding a Lot or Lotts in the said Townwhether they are Residents or Non-Residents may be obliged to keep theirLot or Lots clear from all Woods, Under-Woods or Bushes (Fruit Trees excepted)that a free and wholsome Air may not be obstructed, under the Penaltyof the Charge of doing the same by any other Person by Direction of theCommissioners.4thly. That Great Danger attends this Place for want of a Public Magazineto Store Gun Powder, the Merchants keeping large Quantitys in suchHouses as are no ways fit for the purpose, hopeing for such Relief as will beadequate to the Danger attending the want thereof, & that as much as maybe to prevent the spreading of Fire in the said Town, Each Owner of a Housetherein may be obliged to keep Buckets and Ladders in the same mannerand under the same Regulations as they are kept in Charles Town.5thly. That a Method be appointed for Erecting a regular Town-Watchfor the Nights only when it may be thought needful, by a Majority of theCommissioners in Cases of Danger either from the Common or DomestickEnemy.6thly. That all natural Drains may be kept open in Order that the BackLots may receive no Damage by the Neglect or Refusal of the Possessors ofthe Front Lots through which such Drains do or should go.7thly. That whereas the said Town was by the former Proprietors of theLands granted or Conveyed to certain Persons and their Heirs for ever in Trustfor Conveying the Lots &ca. (agreeable to the Concessions of the said Proprietors)for the Purposes therein mentioned, and that the said Trustees by Deathsand Removals are now reduced to One on the Spot, and as it may be probablethat it may hereafter be inconvenient for the Heirs of the said Trustees to attendthe Business of the said Town, the Petitioners pray that such Relief may begranted as will answer the Intentions of the said Trust, or as may be most conduciveto the General Good of the present Possessors.8thly. That Commissioners may be appointed with Power to execute thesaid Act, according to the Intent and Meaning thereof, and in Case of theDeath or Removal of One or more of the said Commissioners, that the Vacanciesmay be filled up with Persons that are Residents in the Parish, orotherwise as shall be thought fit by Your Excellency and Honors.Ordered that the Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee,and that they do examine the matter thereof and report the sameas it shall appear to them, to the House, and it is referred to Mr. Trapier, Mr.Mazyck, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Izard, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Cantey, Mr. Thomas Waties, Mr.Gadsden.Resolved That this House will, on Tuesday Morning next, give the “Billfor Taxing Transient Persons” a third Reading.

FEBRUARY 3, 1759297And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 3d Day of February 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceeding was read.Mr. Trapier (according to Order) Reported from the Committee towhom the Auditing of the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public were referred,That the Committee had examined the said Accounts and had directedhim to report the same, as they appeared to them, to the House; Andhe read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable, where the Same was read; and is as follows from No. 1 to No. 217 (Vizt.)No. 1. Anderson, Thomas, An Order in his favour on the Public Treasurerfor Conveying James Welch to Goal, drawn by Mr. Justice Francisamounting to £40, One half of which paid by Mr. Motte, the Remainder £20to be allowed.No. 2. Anderson, Hugh, for Work done to the Brick Barracks by Orderof the Commissioners of Fortifications amounting to £65:5, Allowed.No. 3. Allison, George, Constable, for fees, a Certificate in his Favourfrom Henry Desaussure amounting to £15:15, Of which £6:7:6 is Overcharged,the Ballance to be allowed, £9:7:6.No. 4. Allison, Richard, An Affidavit importing that he had in the Year1754, delivered in to the late Mr. Dart, three several Accounts against thePublic, One of which only he received Payment for, and that the Others weremislaid. No Account accompanying this Affidavit, Your Committee cannotmake any Report thereon.No. 5. Ancram, Lance and Loocock, Ballance of Account Stated of thetwo last preceding Years amounting to £672:4:8, In which Sum is included aCharge for Pepper & Salt &ca. supplyed to the Buff Regiment amountingto £34:17:6, Your Committee are of Opinion that Sum should be dischargedout of the Moneys appropriated to the paying that Regiment, the Ballance£637:7:2 to be allowed.No. 6. Bissett, William, Constable, for fees on Executing a Negroe onJames Island belonging to William Glen amounting to £6:10, Allowed.No. 7. Beale, Othniel Esqr., for House Rent for the Troops amountingto £77:15, Overcharged as to Time £21:16:8, the Ballance to be allowed, £55:18:4.No. 8. Basseleu, Mark Anthony, his Account amounting to £11:15, £6 ofwhich for Conveying french Prisoners to Dorchester to be allowed, the remaining£5:15 disallowed, being a Charge of a private Nature.No. 9. Bridgman, William, Constable, his Account for fees &ca. apprehendingand Conveying to Goal William Moore charged with Stealing Negroesamounting to £33:15, Six Pounds 5/ of which is Overchargd, the

298 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Remainder £27:10 to be allowed, on his making appear the Prisoner was deliveredin Goal.No. 10. Barnett, John, Constable, his Account Certified by the Magistratesfor fees on apprehending & Executing a Negroe Glascow, belongingto James Anderson amounting to £16:5, In which is an Error to his Prejudiceof 16/3, making together £17:1:3, to be allowed.No. 11. Badger, Jonathan, for the Use of the Assembly Room, Ballanceof the Account £53:9, to be allowed.No. 12. Banks, Charles, A Certificate in his favour for Constable’s feesConveying John Young, a Felon, to Goal, amounting to £30, Fifteen Poundsof which is paid by the Treasurer, the Ballance £15 to be allowed.No. 13. Bowry, William, Constable, his Account amounting to £16:10, Inwhich is an Overcharge of £5:16:3, the Ballance £10:13:9 to be allowed,Indorsed to Thomas Gordon.No. 14. Brodey, Edward, for Entertaining Cherokee Indians Certifiedby Robert Bunnin £8:5, Allowed.No. 15. Bates, John, his Account for Entertaining Indians 2 Days andfor other Expences. The Committee have regulated the Account by the usualPractice of the House, allowing only one Day, which reduces the Accountfrom £20 to £7:10, which they recommend may be paid. 28No. 16. Ball, David, A Certificate of John Butler in his favour for Pasturageof Indian Horses. Being near 96, your Committee disallow as unusualand unreasonable.No. 17. Ball, David, a Second Account for Entertaining Cherokee Indiansin Company with John Butler amounting to £32:5, In which 10 Shillingsis Overcharged, the Ballance £31:15 to be allowed.No. 18. Ball, David, a third Account for Entertaining Cherokee Indiansreturning to their Nation amounting to £8:15, Allowed.No. 19. Blythe, Thomas, for Inquests amounting to £32:10, To be allowed.No. 20. Beresford’s Wharf, Account for Store Hire amounting to £54,Overcharged as to time £2:16, the Ballance £51:4 to be allowed.No. 21. Bourgett, Daniel, his Account for Store-hire amounting to £64,Overcharged as to Time £8:16, The Ballance allowed £55:4.No. 22. Coytmore, Richard, A Certificate of Paul Demere in favour ofEbenezer Sweet indorsed to Mr. Coytmore for making 33 Beef Casks for theUse of Fort Loudoun amounting to £49:10. The Casks being charged at 30/Your Committee are of Opinion is extravagant and that 15/ is sufficient,which reduces the Account £24:15, which we recommend may be allowed.28A marginal note opposite this account in the manuscript reads “Vide 56”; account 56 in themanuscript is flagged with a marginal asterisk.

FEBRUARY 3, 1759299No. 23. Croft, Childermas, Copies of Journals &ca. Amounting to£1671:10, To be allowed.No. 24. Cleland, John, Esquire, a Certificate of the Magistrates and Freeholders,who tryed a Negroe Man named George, the Property of Mr. Weaver,for the Murder of a Negroe belonging to the said Mr. Cleland, One Moietyof the Valuation adjudged to him £100, Allowed.No. 25. Cadogin, William, for Victualling Indians amounting to £12:10,15 Shillings Overcharged, the Ballance allowed £11:15.No. 26. Carne, Samuel, for lodging Colin Campbell, an Highland Officer,at 49/ per Week amounting to £52:13:6, Not being provided for last yearis allowed.No. 27. Cooke, Cornelius, for Entertaining Indians that came down withCapt. Pepper 4 Days, and several other Charges amounting to £19:8. TheCommittee have allowed but One Day as has been usual, at 7/6, and excludedthe other Articles, the Ballance being £4:10:6 to be allowed.No. 28. Coomer, George, for Cartage for the Forces, not deliver’d inlast Year amounting to £23:7:6, Allowed.No. 29. Conway, Thomas, Constable, for Conveying William Rouse toGoal, amounting to £34:12:6, In which is an Overcharge for Mileage of £10,the Ballance £24:12:6 to be allowed.No. 30. Crosby, Timothy, for House hire for the Forces amounting to £130,We find 2 Months & 1 /2 Overcharged, the Ballance £102:18:4 to be Allowed.No. 31. Crim, Peter, A Certificate of Paul Demere, that he had in Septemberlast given a Certificate to the said Crim for 33 head of Cattle deliveredat Fort Loudoun, which the Treasurer hath mislaid. No Sum mentioned,some Doubts arising as to the time of Delivery, the Committee cannot Reportthereon till the Matter is better cleared up.No. 32. Church Wardens of Prince George Parish for maintainingAcadians amounting to £112:10, Allowed.No. 33. Cranmore, Mary, for lodging Captain Jocelyn & Captn. Mercer£165:14, Being after the 30th of November, to which Time only the Houseagreed to pay such Charge, We disallow it.No. 34. Coningham, Andrew, for Store Houses for the Highland Forcesamounting to £187:1:4, £80 to be deducted for a Boarded Kitchen built on hisWharf by the Public & sold him, the Ballance £107:1:4 Allowed.No. 35. Chief Justice, For Fees on Prosecution of Criminals amountingto £238:00:2, Allowed.No. 36. Clerk of the Crown, for the Prosecution of Criminals amountingto £216:3:7, In which is an Undercharge of £2, making £218:3:7, Overcast£9:6, and sundry over Charges £8:16, making together £18:2, which deductedleaves a Ballance of £200:1:7 to be provided for.

300 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759No. 37. Church Wardens of St. Philip for maintaining Acadians amountingto £2414:1:4. The Committee recommend that no more of this Accountmay be paid than the Allowance stipulated by Law for so many of theAcadians, not bound out, as were allotted to Charles Town.No. 38. Church Wardens for Supplys to the Wives & Children of the Soldiersamounting to £276:13:4. Being usual, We recommend it may be allowed.No. 39. Church Wardens for Invalid Soldiers & Soldiers Wives at FortLoudoun, amounting to £457:13:11, Of which £313:10:1 is to the Soldiers Wivesbelonging to Fort Loudoun, which your Committee are of Opinion shouldbe provided for out of their respective Husbands pay, the Ballance £144:3:10to be paid.No. 40. Church Wardens for Supplys to poor People strayed from Parisheswhere no Poor Rates are collected amounting to £25, Allowed.No. 41. Chivillette, John Esqr., Memorial and Account annexed amountingto £575:13:6. As Your Committee cannot find any Evidence sufficient todestroy the Force of Mr. Chivillette’s Oath, they are of Opinion the wholeBallance, after deducting £4 for 30 lb. Weight of Tallow be allowed, £571:13:6.No. 42. Demere, Raymond, his Memorial and Account amounting to£1941:18. The Committee being satisfied that the Services for which CaptainDemere’s Account was given in were performed, and that he receiv’d repeatedOrders from the Governor to spare no Expence in the Expeditionhe was upon, are of Opinion that his Account be allowed.No. 43. Demere, Paul, Certificate in favour of several Persons imployedin Fencing, Digging a Well and other Services at Fort Loudoun amountingto £107:10, In which Sum is included a Charge for Endeavouring to make aPump, which Word implying that Service was not perfected, Your Committeededuct £20, the Ballance £87:10 to be allowed.No. 44. Duthy, Jane, for making Flaggs £18, Allowed.No. 45. Demere, Raymond, his Certificate in favour of Henry Beacon,Indorsed to James Demsey, for planting a Hedge amounting to £150, Deliveredin the last year and rejected, no further Evidence appearing in it’sfavour this year, the Committee disallow it.No. 46. Dannally, Edward, for boarding a French Prisoner amountingto £267:15, To be allowed.No. 47. Daniel, James, Constable, for Fees amounting to £8:10, On anInquest allowed.No. 48. Deanes, Robert, for Field Carriages amounting to £81:10, Allowed.No. 49. Dodd, John, for repairing Indian Arms &ca. amounting to £50,Allowed.No. 50. Dandridge, William, for painting, £44, Allowed.

FEBRUARY 3, 1759301No. 51. Davison, Susannah, Victualling the Wolf and other Indians. ThisAccount being too General & Liquor charged for, which is unusual, the Committeedisallow it, the Amount £32:2:6.No. 52. Deveaux, Magdaline, for House Rent for Collonel Stevens £32:10.Being after the 30th of November, to which Time the House agreed to allowfor such Demands, We disallow it.No. 53. Detering, Herman Christopher, for Medicines for the Acadiansin the Country amounting to £18:15 and for Assistance and Subsistence to apoor Man left at his House £17:15. The former Sum the Committee allow,but the latter they disallow.No. 54. Detering, Herman Christopher, a Second Account amountingto £45:15 for Medicines and Attendance to two poor Men 6 years past. Beinga very improper Charge against the Public your Committee disallow it.No. 55. Detering, Herman Christopher, a third Account for Assistanceto a Soldier belonging to the Carolina Regiment, who was wounded & apprehendedfor Desertion, amounting to £7:10, We think ought to be paid outof the Moneys appropriated for that Regiment.No. 56. Bates, John, 2 Certificates in his favour from John Bunnin forEntertaining Indians amounting together to £18:10, Overcharged 20/, theBallance £17:10 Allowed. 29No. 57. Elf and Hutchinson for a Press for the Secretary’s Office &ca.,amounting to £101:7:6. Your Committee are of Opinion that the Press is extravagantand deduct of that Article £33:17:6, the Ballance £67:10, to be allowed.No. 58. Fouquet, John, for Carriage of Rum and Sundrys by Lewis Bodinto Fort Prince George amounting to £67, Allowed.No. 59. Fairweather, Robert, for Lodging Officers, Ballance £99. ThisAccount comprehends the same Charge that was brought in and providedfor last year, and is brought down to a later Day in respect to Captain Hardingthan the House agreed to allow for, and in respect to the Subalterns chargedfor, Provision was made in the last Estimate to the 25th of March, so that theCommittee disallow this Account.No. 60. Fryday, Gabriel, Account for Entertaining of Indians 8 Days £9,Deduct for 7 Days Overcharged £7:17:6, Ballance £1:2:6 to be allowed.No. 61. Fryday, Martin’s two Certificates for pressing Horses. No Sumbeing mentioned and your Committee knowing of no Law for pressingHorses recommend these Certificates to be disallowed.No. 62. Finch, Isabella, for two Rooms for the Highlanders amountingto £21:2:7, To be allowed.29See page 298, note 28.

302 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759No. 63. Fryday, John, Certificate from Capt. Stuart for Carriage of IndianPresents to Fort Prince George amounting to £107:10, Indorsed to PeterBacot, Recommended to be paid when Certified by the Commissary.No. 64. Gordon and Elliott, for Scout Boats, £300:5:9, To be allowed.No. 65. Gordon and Elliott, a Second Account for Supplys to theProvincials under Captain Stuart £328:1:3, To be paid out of the Moneys raisedfor that Service.No. 66. Gordon, John, of Beaufort, for House Rent for the Provincialsunder Captain Stuart, amounting to £33:19:9, To be paid out of the Moneysraised and appropriated for that Service.No. 67. Grimkie, John Paul, for Indian Presents, £30:10, To be allowed.No. 68. George-Town Ferryman, 6 Certificates in his favour from RecruitingOfficers in the Carolina Regiment for Ferriages amounting to£9:12:6, To be allowed out of the Moneys raised for that Service.No. 69. Fryday, Gabriel, Account for Carriage of Indian Presents to theCongrees £50, Indorsed to Peter Bacot, To be paid when Certified by theCommissary.No. 70. Glen, William, Certificate from the Justices and Freeholders fora Negroe Executed, £150, To be allowed.No. 71. Gordon, John (of Charles Town), for Vinegar to the Forces£94:8:9, Of which the Carolina Regiment had to the Amount of £22:10 to bepaid out of the Monies ap[pro]priated for that Service, the Remainder£71:18:9 to be paid by the Public.No. 72. Giroud, David, for Repair of the Church at Purysburgh,amounting to £303:3, Certified by the Vestry and Church Wardens of thatParish. Not to be allowed of, as it is not brought in, in the usual manner.No. 73. Griffeth, James, Account for Entertaining Soldiers, amountingto £26:8:9. This is a very extraordinary and unusual Account, with which theCommittee think the Public have nothing to do.No. 74. Governor’s and Secretary’s Account: To the Governor, £290:11:3,To be allowed. To the Secretary, £113, To be allowed.No. 75. Gallman, Henry, Account of Carriage of Indian Presents toKeeowe £125, To be Allowed.No. 76. Gallman, John, 2 Certificates for Entertaining of Indians, fromJohn Butler to him amounting to £23:1:3, Deduct £6:11:3 Overcharged, theBallance £17:10 to be allowed.No. 77. Gallman, Henry, A Second Account for Carriage of Indian Presentsand Stores for Fort Prince George £193:4, and for the hire of twoWaggons to attend a Detachment of Soldiers from the South Carolina Regimentfrom the Congrees to Keeowee £200. This Account appears very vague, andnot properly Certified, & therefore the Committee recommend it not to be

FEBRUARY 3, 1759303paid till ’tis properly delivered in & certified, & then that the last Sum of £200be provided for out of the Moneys raised for the South Carolina Regiment.No. 78. Gibson, John, for Entertaining Indians £6, Overcharged 10/,Ballance £5:10 Allowed.No. 79. Guerine, Isaac Senr., for Boarding French Prisoners, £136:17:6,To be allowed.No. 80. Guerard, John Esqr., for falling-Axes for the Barracks, £88:10,To be allowed.No. 81. Gibson, John, Second Account for entertaining Indians, £8:5,To be allowed.No. 82. Haines, John, for Carriage of Indian Presents to the Congrees,£25, To be allowed.No. 83. Hannus, John, for Cartage for the Troops amounting to £19,Overcharged 12/6, the Ballance £18:7:6 To be allowed.No. 84. Harvey, Benjamin, Account for the Council Chamber £108:12:3 1 ⁄2,To be allowed.No. 85. Harrison, Serjeant, a Certificate from Lachlan Shaw to him forHorse hire at Fort Prince George, £15, To be allowed.No. 86. Holson, Christopher, Account for Work-house fees for a Negroeexecuted, £2, Allowed.No. 87. Heatly, William, for boarding Acadians, £91, in Amelia Township,To be allowed.No. 88. Henderson, James, for Candles for the Troops amounting to£629:15, Of which £273:5 for the Carolina Regiment, to be paid out of theMoneys raised for that Service, the Remainder £356:10 To be allowed.No. 89. Holman, Conrad, 3 Certificates for Entertaining Indians,£20:17:6, To be allowed.No. 90. James, Francis, Account for Indians, £6:12:6, Overcharged 12/6, Ballance £6 allowed.No. 91. Joyner, John, 2 Accounts for Scout Boats amounting to £183:13:2,being for Mens Provisions and repairing the said Boats, To be allowed.No. 92. June, Mary, for Acadians, £52:18, To be allowed.No. 93. Jordan, Christopher, for 14 Certificates from the Officers of theSo. Carolina Regiment for ferrying themselves & Recruits over Santee Ferryamounting to £13:1, To be paid out of the Moneys appropriated for paymentof that Regiment. And 5 Certificates for the Independants & Royal Americansamounting to £3:1:6, To be allowed.No. 94. Kesson, John, Constable, for Fees £44:11, Overcharged in Mileage£16:6, the Ballance £28:5 to be allowed.No. 95. Kesson, John, Constable, for Do. amounting to £9:6:3, Overchargedin Mileage £3:11:10 1 /2, the Ballance £5:14:4 1 /2 Allowed.

304 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759No. 96. Kesson, John, Constable, for Do. amounting to £2:7:6, Overcharged£1, the Ballance to be allowed £1:7:6.No. 97. Kesson, John, Constable, for Do. amounting to £11:7:6, Overchargedin Mileage £4:16:3, the Ballance allowed £6:11:3.No. 98. Keiner, John, Constable, for fees £25. Not being Certified bythe Magistrate, we disallow it.No. 99. Lewis, Robert, Constable, for fees amounting to £22:16:3. BeingCertified by the Magistrate, agreeable to Law, We allow.No. 100. Legardare, Elias, for boarding french Prisoners, amountingto £129, 5/ per Diem Overcharged, the Ballance to be allowed £96:15.No. 101. Ladson, Jacob, Constable, for fees amounting to £7:2:6. As theNumber of Miles is not particularly mentioned the Committee are deprived ofthe Opportunity of examining the Legality of the Charge, and as it appears that hislast year’s Account suffered a Deduction for Overcharge on Mileage they recommendthat this Account may lye over until a more particular One is given in.No. 102. Lining, Thomas, a Certificate of Roderick Mackenzie for Lodging.Being a Captain in the Highland Regiment for Lodging after the 30thof November we disallow It.No. 103. Lowndes, Charles, for Prisoners, £16:16:3, Allowed.No. 104. Laurens, James and Company, for Sundry Services amountingto £557:13:3, In which Sum is included for Flints, Cartridges and Ballsupplyed to the Independent Companys and Provincial Regiment £261:5.Your Committee have had Recourse to the Journals of the 28th of April last,and it there appears from a Message from His Excellency the Governor tothis House that His Majesty had been pleased to Order Arms, Ammunition&ca. to be issued in this Province as well to such Forces as should be raisedin the Province as to other of His Majesty’s Forces, by which Your Committeeapprehend that Service is otherwise provided for, and deducting thatSum, recommend the Ballance £296:8:3 may be provided.No. 105. Mitchuson, William, Constable, for Conveying John Martin toGoal, amount £24:15, Of which, £12:7:6 has been paid by the Treasurer, theBallance £12:7:6 to be allowed.No. 106. Maxey, Joseph, for Repairs of a Boat belonging to FortJohnson, Amount £27:19:9, To be allowed.No. 107. Morf, Jacob, for Carriage of Goods to the Congrees at 40/ perCent, Amount £6, To be allowed.No. 108. McCartan and Campbell for Indians amounting to £2143:6:5,To be allowed.No. 109. McCartan and Campbell, Certificate from Edmund Atkin Esqr.to Christopher Fullbright and Indorsed to them for £7:10, for Carriage ofGoods to Fort Moore, Allowed.

FEBRUARY 3, 1759305No. 110. McCartan and Campbell, Certificate from John Chevillette toRichard Smith & Indorsed to them for £105, To be allowed.No. 111. McGregor, Hannah, 2 Accounts, One for Entertaining a frenchPrisoner amounting to £37:10, Overcharged £4:5, [Allowed] £33:5. The otherfor Indian Presents amounting to £12:5, To be allowed. 30No. 113. Milner, John, for taking Care of the Public Arms & makingScabbards for the Bayonets, £470:10:10 1 /2, To be Allowed if the Committee onthe Arms of the Province report that they have been taken proper Care ofand are in good Order.No. 114. Martin, John, 2 Certificates from Robt. Bunnin to him for Entertainingof Indians £24:15, Overcharged £8:5, the Ballance £16:10 to be allowed.No. 115. McIntosh, Lachlan, Account for Provisions &ca., supplyed theIndians at Fort Prince George £83, Which being both unusual & uncertifiedthe Committee disallow it.No. 116. Miller, John Francis, for 4 Chests of Trading Guns £575, To beallowed.No. 117. McGilvray and Spencer, for Indian Presents to the Chickesawsat Breed Camp, £562:4:5 1 /2, To be allowed.No. 118. McKelvey, James Junior, for Entertaining of Indians £62:2:6,Overcharged £13:12:6, Ballance £48:10 to be allowed.No. 119. Moncrief, Richard, for Work at the Barracks, amounting to£173:0:10, Overcharged £3:9, Ballance £169:11:10 to be allowed.No. 120. McKelvey, James Junr., a Second Account for Entertaining ofIndians, £13:15, Overcharged £5, Ballance £8:15 to be allowed.No. 121. McKelvey, James Junr., 3d Account for Entertaining of Indians,£13:7:6, Overcharged £4:12:6, Ballance £8:15 to be allowed.No. 122. McQueen, John & Co. for Indian Presents £5620:14:7, To be Allowed.Observation. Your Committee are not able to judge of many of theCharges in all these Accounts for Indian Affairs, unless they could see theArticles to judge of their Quality; And are farther of Opinion that if the Commissarywas directed, whenever any Indian Presents are wanted, to stick upa List (as near as he can judge) of the Articles, under the Watch House andVendue House, Supposing such List could not remain there above One Hourbefore the Things were to be Collected and dispatched, the Public wouldreap a very considerable Advantage by such a Method, and it’s Favours moreequally distributed among the Inhabitants.30If the clerk is counting Hannah McGregor’s second account as number 112, this may account forthe skip in numbering sequence.

306 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759No. 123. Middleton and Brailsford, A Certificate in favour of WilliamShorey & Indorsed to them from Paul Demere £196, for Corn for FortLoudoun, £196, To be Allowed.No. 124. McQueen, John and Co., A Certificate from Paul Demere in favourof William Shorey, in their favour for £75, as Interpreter. This Man was allowedby the House last year £15 per Month, and he has charged now £25, per Month, theOverplus amounting to £30, Your Committee deduct and allow the Ballance £45.No. 125. McQueen, John and Co., 2 Certificates from Paul Demere to JohnStephens, Employ’d as Public Carpenter for 6 Months and Indorsed to them £120.No. 126. McQueen, John and Co., a Certificate from Paul Demere to ThomasSmith as Public White Smith for 3 Months and Indorsed to them for £45.No. 127. McQueen, John and Co., a Certificate from Paul Demere toHenry Beacon, Employed to keep the Glacis in Repair for 3 Months andIndorsed to them, amounting to £60.Your Comittee are of Opinion that the allowing such fixed Sallaryswould be dangerous until the Necessity thereof is farther examined into andtherefore disallow them all. 31No. 128. McQueen, John & Co., a Certificate from Paul Demere toCornelius Cockley, and Indorsed to them for Gunpowder, Bullets and Knivesdelivered to the Indians amounting to £31:5. As Your Committee are not acquaintedby what Authority these Goods were issued, disallow the Account.No. 129. McQueen, John & Co., An Account of Robert Goudy Indorsedto them for entertaining of Indians £8:5, To be allowed.No. 130. McEnfoot, Michael, a Petition with a Certificate in his Favourfrom John Chivellette amounting to £30, for additional pay as Black-Smith.This Certificate was by the House last year rejected, and tho’ the Committeethink it may be allowed now, yet they are of Opinion such Charges shouldbe guarded against for the future.No. 131. Miller, Martin, a Petition with a Certificate from JohnChivellette for £25, allowed him as additional pay as Mason. This is a SimilarCase with the preceding, and the Committee are obliged to allow it forthe same Reason.No. 132. Motte, Jacob, Public Treasurer, Account amounting to£11726:6:4 for Sundry Disbursements, Allowed.Fire-Masters Account, Vizt.No. 133. George Sheed’s Amounting to £ 44:00:00No. 134. William Banbury 10:00:0031I.e., numbers 125, 126, and 127.

FEBRUARY 3, 1759307No. 135. Barnard Beekman 46:05:00No. 136. James Verelst 52:00:00No. 137. Barnard Beekman 2d Account 54:00:00No. 138. Richard Moncrief 24:10:00No. 139. Richard Moncrief 2d Accountfor this Service. 82:05:00£ 313:00:00No. 140. Manigault, Gabriel, Accountfor a Fire-Engine. 581:14:07£ 894:14:07All the Accounts of the Fire-Masters and for the Engine Allowed, andto be paid by the Inhabitants of Charles Town.No. 141. Marley, John, for Wood and Cartage supply’d the Troops & forthe hire of a Cart to carry Indian Presents to the Congrees £712:13:9, Part ofwhich, £653:1:3, to be allowed; the Ballance £59:12:6 being for the Use of theCarolina Regiment to be paid out of the Moneys raised for that Service.No. 142. Munro, Harry, his Order to John Delagaye for Lodging, beingMinister of the Highland Regiment to the 30th of November 1757,amounting to £23:4:6, To be Allowed.No. 143. Nightingale, Sarah, An Account for Entertaining Indians£750:2:6, In which We find several Overcharges amounting to £82:11:3, theBallance £667:11:3 to be allowed.No. 144. Nightingale, Thomas, Account amounting to £55:13:9, Allowed.No. 145. Nightingale, Thomas, An Order in favour of James Beamer,drawn by John Chevillette Indorsed to him £210, for the Carriage of 3000 lb.Weight of Flour from Keeowee to Fort Loudoun, Allowed.No. 146. Nightingale, Thomas, An Order drawn by Paul Demere infavour of James Baldrige and indorsed to him £23:10. This Certificate wasgiven after his Majesty undertook to supply the Troops with Provisions, andtherefore the Committee think it ought not to be allowed.No. 147. Nightingale, Thomas, An Order drawn by Paul Demere in favourof James Beamer and Indorsed to him, for Rum given to the Indians £100. TheCommittee think this Certificate ought not to be allowed, because it has beenusual not to allow any Rum to be given the Indians in the Nation.No. 148. North, John, An Account for Maintainance of Acadians,amounting to £367:6, To be allowed.No. 149. Oliphant and Garden, for Medicines for French Prisonersamounting to £18, Allowed.No. 150. Olivier, Margaret, for Entertaining french Prisoners £817:1:3,Overcharged £32:3:9, Ballance £784:17:6 Allowed.

308 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759No. 151. Oldfield, Thomas, for Acadians, £29:0:4, Allowed.No. 152. Plynas, Christopher, 2 Accounts for Wood & Straw for theForces and three Loads of Goods to the Congrees £77:7:6, Deduct £2:5, forSundry Articles which the Commissary certifies he was unacquainted with,Ballance £75:2:6 allowed.No. 153. Postell, Judith, for Maintainance of French Prisoners £178:2:6,Allowed.No. 154. Poyas, James, A Certificate from the Commissary in favour ofLewis Fink indorsed to him, £99:12:6, for Carriage of Goods to Forts PrinceGeorge and Loudon, To be allowed.No. 155. Pool, Philip, for Entertaining Indians £8:5. As None of theCommittee know where this Service was done, being not specified in theAccount, ’tis submitted to the House.No. 156. Poyas, James, a Certificate from the Commissary to JohnGeorge Smith Peter, and indorsed to him for Carriage of Musket Balls to FortPrince George £35, To be Allowed.No. 157. Perry, Edward, for Acadians £32:10, To be allowed.No. 158. Prescot, James, for Acadians £53:7:6 for Medicines, To be allowed.No. 159. Porcher, Samuel, for Acadians £62:2, To be allowed.No. 160. Peters, William, for Constable’s fees £19:10. The ParticularNumber of Miles not being specified, the Committee think themselves precludedfrom judging of this Account, till it is more properly delivered in.No. 161. Pritchard, James, for Indian Expences £10:10, Overcharged £4:5,the Ballance £6:5 to be allowed.No. 162. Pepper, Daniel, Memorial with an Account £2458:15 for hisAgency to the Creek Nation, Deduct three Articles amounting to £261:15, forthe Payment of Provisions and Board of Six Men extraordinary more thanare allowed him by Law, the Ballance £2197 Allowed.No. 163. Pinckney, William, Commissary General, An Account amountingto £1637:6:4 1 /2 for sundry Services, Part of which £401:15, being for the Useof the Carolina Regiment Your Committee are of Opinion should be paidout of the Moneys raised for that Service, the Remainder £1235:11:4 1 /2 to beallowed.No. 164. Price, Rice, for Lodging of Officers £53:11:8, Of which, £46:6:8was allowed last year, the Ballance £7:5 to be allowed.No. 165. Pearson, John, for his travelling to and returning from theUpper Cherokee Nation & surveying the River in Order to fix on a properplace for a Fort in the Year 1756, as Per Agreement with Governor Glen, £224,Deduct £9 Overcharged, the Ballance £215 Your Committee are of Opinionought to have been paid out of the Moneys raised for building Fort Loudoun,but as that Money is all expended, allow the Account.

FEBRUARY 3, 1759309No. 166. Pinckney, William, Commissary General, a 2d Account amountingto £336:15 for the hire of a Boat and Hands to carry Indian Presents toAugusta to be distributed there by Edmund Atkin Esquire, Allowed.No. 167. Outerbridge, White, 2 Accounts amounting to £60:5:9 for sundryServices, Of which only £20:11:3 for Entertaining Indians comes properlyCertified & attested, which We recommend to be allowed; Ballance £39:14:6to be allowed when properly attested.No. 168. Rivers, Mallory, for House Rent for the Independants £35, Allowed.No. 169. Roberts, James, for Inquests, £17:10, Allowed.No. 170. Robertson, Thomas, amounting to £15 for sundry Conveniencesmade for three Officers at Fort Lyttelton at Port Royal, Which YourCommittee are of Opinion the Public have nothing to do with.No. 171. Richardson, Richard, for Entertaining of Indians £16:2:6, Overcharged£1:2:6, Ballance £15 allowed.No. 172. Raugh, Jacob, a Petition with a Certificate from JohnChivellette amounting to £45, Indorsed to Othniel Beale, for 9 Months Serviceas Blacksmith, Additional Pay. This Certificate was rejected last year, andtho’ the Committee think it may be allowed now, yet they are of Opinion suchCharges should be guarded against for the Future.No. 173. Smith, Abraham, for Cartage £25:5, Allowed.No. 174. Stone, John Junior, for Pumps for the Barracks £30:7:6, Allowed.No. 175. Scott, Jonathan, for House Rent for the Highlanders £18:15,Allowed.No. 176. Smith and Scott, for sundrys to make Flags £51:8:6 and forAcadians £70:10, in all £121:18:6, To be allowed.No. 177. Sykes, John, a Certificate from Justices and Freeholders in hisfavour for £50, on Account of a Negroe Executed, Allowed.No. 178. Suther, Samuel, a Certificate in his favour from John Chivellettefor £60, as Clerk to the said Chivellette as Commissary. Your Committee areof Opinion that as the Commissary in Town, who must have more Businessthan any other Commissary, has no Clerk allowed him, therefore this oughtnot to be allowed.No. 179. Seawright, William, for Entertainment of Indians £32:5. As OneArticle of this Account is not properly attested, Your Committee are precludedfrom allowing that, Ballance £28:17:6 Allowed.No. 180. Smith and Brewton, for Indians £1187:15. Your Committee are ofthe same Opinion with regard to this Account, as that Numbered 122, Allowed.No. 181. Smith and Brewton, a Certificate from Paul Demere in favourof John McGregor, Store-keeper, & Endorsed to them for £38:1.

310 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759No. 182. Smith and Brewton, a Certificate from Paul Demere in favourof John Shaw, Storekeeper, and Endorsed to them for £20.No. 183. Smith and Brewton, a Certificate from Paul Demere in favourof James Coppock, Baker, and Endorsed to them £20.With Regard to these three Certificates Your Committee are of Opinionthat tho’ such things might have been allowed at the first building of theFort, yet the Continuing to allow them now would be of dangerous Consequence,and a Means of fixing such Employments upon the Public Annually,not only in this Fort, but in all other Out Forts whatsoever, therefore disallowthem.No. 184. Swint, John, for Medicines for the Prisoners in Goal £53:12:6,Allowed.No. 185. Simpson, William, late Coroner, for Inquests £60, To be allowedwhen properly attested.No. 186. Shepherd, Margaret, for 2 Rooms for Captn. Alexr. McKenzieof the Highland Regiment since the 30th of November last at £6 per Weekamounting to £147. As this whole Account is Contrary to the Resolutions ofthe House, the Committee recommend it to be disallowed.No. 187. Scott, John, Gunsmith, for Tommahawks, Steel Darts &ca. forthe Indians amounting to £206:6, In which We find a Charge for a Branddelivered John Rice, Constable, without the Knowledge of the Commissary,charged 40/, which your Committee deduct, Ballance £204:0:6 Allowed.No. 188. Seawright, William, a Certificate to him from Robert Bunninfor Supplys to 22 Cherokee Indians, £8:5, Allowed.No. 189. Swelty, Michael, Account for Constable’s fees £12:5:6 payableto Dennis Hays, To be Allowed.No. 190. Stead, Benjamin, a Certificate in favour of Cornelius Doharty fromPaul Demere & Endorsed to him £103:5. Being for Provisions supply’d FortLoudoun after the time it was notified to the House that His Majesty would paythat Charge Your Committee are of Opinion it should be disallowed.No. 191. Stead, Benjamin, For an Error in his last Year’s Account of £100to his Prejudice & £3:6:6 for White Rope for Granville’s Bastion, Total £103:6:6,Allowed.No. 192. Stead, Benjamin, a Certificate from Paul Demere Endorsed tohim £12 for Provisions supply’d the Troops at Fort Loudoun in August 1757,Allowed.No. 193. Tate, Alexander, for Entertainment of Indians, £27:7:6, Allowed.No. 194. Tate, Alexander, 2d Account for Entertainment of Indians £15,Allowed.No. 195. Townsend, Paul & Co., A Certificate from Lachlan McIntosh toSamuel Thomas Endorsed to them for £18, for Fort Prince George, Allowed.

FEBRUARY 3, 1759311No. 196. Tew and Roybould, for making Cloaths for the Indians £153:15,Overcharged £2:15, Ballance £151 Allowed.No. 197. Timmons, John, for Constable’s fees £18, Deduct £3:1:3 Overcharged,Ballance £14:18:9 Allowed.No. 198. Townsend, Paul and Co., 2 Certificates to Mary Edwards fromAndrew Brown and Endorsed to them for Entertainment of Indians £99:15,Overcharged £61:10, Ballance £38:5 Allowed.No. 199. Townsend, Paul and Co., a Certificate from Paul Demere toWilliam Shorey for three Months Sallary as Interpreter to the Indians andEndorsed to them £75, Allowed.No. 200. Theus, Simon, 2 Accounts for Entertainment of Indians£62:17:6, Deduct £9 Overcharged, Ballance allowed £53:17:6.No. 201. Wragg, Ann, for House hire for the Highlanders £16:6:7, Allowed.No. 202. Wildurmotte, John, for hire of his Waggons to Carry the Baggageof part of the Carolina Regiment to Keeowee £45, To be paid out of theMoneys already provided for the South Carolina Regiment.No. 203. Wright, Robert, a Certificate from Paul Demere in his Favourfor £30 as Public Butcher, Disallowed.No. 204. White, John (Collonel), a Certificate from George Pawley Esqr.for freight of Great Guns &ca. for the Look-Out at Winyaw Inlett amountingto £10, Allowed.No. 205. Whitton, Peter, for Entertaining Indians 3 Accounts, amountingto £20:12:6, Allowed.No. 206. Woodmason, Charles Esqr., for Inquisitions and Justices fees£39, Deduct £7:10 Overcharged, the Ballance We recommend to be paid.No. 207. Weirsing, Abraham, 2 Accounts for Entertaining Indians, Oneof them amounting to £5, In which we find an Overcharge of £2:15, theBallance £2:5 to be allowed, the other not mentioning the Number of Indians,nor the time they were Entertain’d, we think ought not to be allowed.No. 208. West, William, Account for £101 for Indian Expences, £66 ofwhich being for the Charge of a Party of Indians Entertained by CollonelBird’s Order, Your Committee recommend should be paid out of the Moneysallotted for that Service, the Remainder £35 to be allowed.No. 209. Williams, Daniel, for Constable’s fees, Account amounting to£23:1:6, Recommended to be allowed.No. 210. Wilson, Thomas, a Certificate in his favour from the Justicesand Freeholders, for a Negroe hanged, £200, To be allowed.No. 211. Wilson, Thomas, An Account for Constable’s fees £32:8:3, Tobe allowed.No. 212. Whitford, Mary, 2 Certificates for Entertaining Indians, £16:10and 20/ for the Interpreter, £17:10, Allowed.

312 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759No. 213. Weaver, Robert, a Certificate from Justices &ca. for a NegroeExecuted, in part of his Value, £100, To be allowed.No. 214. Walker, Thomas, for House Rent for Collonel Bouquett£172:13:4, Of which £55 was provided in the last Estimate, the Ballance £117:13:4to be allowed.No. 215. Wood, Adam, Provost Marshall, Account £944:17:6, Overchargedfor Sallary £125, and £9:15, for Persons not yet tried, the Ballance£810:2:6 to be allowed.No. 216. Bonneau, William, Constable’s fees £4:1:3, Overcharged 15s 7 1 /2d,Ballance £3:5:7 1 /2 to be allowed.No. 217. Hatton, John, A Certificate from Paul Demere in his favour forCarriage of Gun Powder to Fort Loudoun £28, To be allowed.Mr. Rattray presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill to restrainand prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods, Wares and Merchandizeby public Auction or Out-Cry in Charles Town and for the better Regulationof such Sales.”And the same was received and read the first Time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.And then the House adjourned till Monday Afternoon 5 of the Clock.Monday the 5th Day of February 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 6th Day of February 1759.The Journal of last Saturday’s Proceedings was read.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill for preventing as much as may bethe spreading of malignant and Contagious Distempers in this Province.”The Council have read the Petition of John Dargon and the Upper Inhabitantsof Wateree River, Waxsaws and Yadkin Settlements, addressed tothe Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.The Order of the Day for reading a third time the “Bill for taxing TransientPersons” being read,The House proceeded to give the “Bill for taxing transient Persons” athird Reading.A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, to remit the Tax on allGoods Entered, but not sold, & Re-Exported out of this Province.

FEBRUARY 6, 1759313The Clause was received and twice read with Blanks which were filledup.And the same being read a third time, was agreed unto by the House,to be made part of the Bill, and Other Amendments were made by the Houseto the Bill.Resolved That the Bill do pass, and that the Title be “An Act for taxingTransient Persons.”Ordered that Mr. McQueen and Mr. Wainright do carry the Bill to theCouncil, and desire their Concurrence.The Other Order of the Day for taking the Report from the Committeeto whom the several Petitions of Jermyn and Charles Wright, and of theInhabitants of the Parish of St. Peter’s Purysburgh were referred, into Consideration,was read.The said Petitions were Severally read a Second Time;Then the said Report being read a Second Time was disagreed with bythe House.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish the Road nowlaying out from Day’s Creek to Savannah River to be a Public Road, and forestablishing a Ferry over the said River, to be vested in Jermyn and CharlesWright for a Term of Years; And that Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Rattray & Mr. DanielCrawford do prepare and bring in the Same: And that it be an Instructionto Them, that They procure a Plan of the said Road to be laid before theHouse as soon as may be.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill to revive and Continue several Actsand Clauses of Acts of the General Assembly of this Province, and for amendingsome of the said Acts in the manner therein mentioned.”And then the Messenger withdrew.The House adjourned till this Afternoon Three of the Clock.P.M.The Petition of John Dargon, and the Upper Inhabitants of WatereeRiver, WaxSaws and Yadkin Settlements was read, Setting forth,That the said John Dargan is now settled at a Convenient Place for along Ferry in times of high Water Over Santee River where Travellers maycross at any Time when there is no passing at Beard’s Ferry; and tho’ it belong yet he can Ferry from High-Land to High land with Safety at any Time;And praying that a Law may pass for Establishing a Ferry at the said Placeand vesting the same in the said John Dargan &ca.

314 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Ordered that the Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committeeand that they do examine the matter thereof and report the same,as it shall appear to them, to the House.And It is referred to Collonel Richardson, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Trapier, Mr.Mazyck, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Cantey, Mr. John Crawford.Ordered that all Committees do sit this Afternoon.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning half an hourafter Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 7th Day of February 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of theClock.Thursday the 8th Day of February 1759.Ordered That the Order of the Day for taking into Consideration theReport of the Committee to whom the Petition of James Hunter, Executorof the last Will and Testament of Joseph Murray, in behalf of James Murray,only Son and heir at Law of the said Joseph, deceased, was referred, be nowread.And the said Order was read accordingly.The said Report was read a Second Time.Then the Petition being read a Second Time,Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayerof the Petition, and that the Gentlemen of the said Committee do prepareand bring in the Same.Mr. Lamboll (according to Order) Reported from the Committee towhom the “Bill for repealing all former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of theGeneral Assembly of this Province relating to Discounts, and for Comprizingin One Act the several Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assemblyof this Province with Regard to Discounts,” was Committed, That the Committeehad examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the same to betrue and had gone through the Bill and made one Amendment thereunto,which they had directed him to report to the House: And he read the Reportin his place, and afterward delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, inat the Clerk’s Table, where the said Amendment was read, and is as follows(Vizt.), That in the fourth line of the fifth Side thereof to leave out at theMark a, the Remaining part of that Clause; to wit, these Words, And providedfurther that no such Discount shall be admitted in any Cause for an Account of above

FEBRUARY 9, 1759315four Years standing; And instead of those Words to add the following, to wit, any thingin the Act of Assembly of this Province, Intitled “An Act for settling the Titles of theInhabitants of this Province to their Possessions in their Estates within the same andfor Limitations of Actions and for avoiding Suits in Law,” Passed December the 12th1712, Contained to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding;And the Amendment being read a Second Time was agreed to by theHouse, to be made Part of the Bill, and other Amendments were made bythe House to the Bill.And the Bill being read a Second time throughout,Resolved (upon the Question) that the Bill be sent to His Majesty’sCouncil.Ordered that Mr. Murray and Mr. Leigh do carry the Bill to the Council.Resolved that this House will to Morrow Morning read the “Bill to restrainand prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods, Wares and Merchandizeby Public Auction or Outcry in Charles Town and for the better Regulationof such Sales,” a Second Time.Resolved that this House will to Morrow Morning Read the “Bill for themore effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for that purpose putting inforce and effectually carrying into Execution in this Province such part ofan Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the Second Year of hispresent Majesty’s Reign, Intitled ‘an Act for the Relief of Debtors with Respectto the Imprisonment of their Persons’ as is herein after mentioned, andto repeal the several Acts of Assembly now in force in this Province for theRelief of Insolvent Debtors,” a Second Time.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 9th Day of February 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House proceeded (according to Order) to give the “Bill to restrainand prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods, Wares and Merchandize byPublic Auction or Out Cry in Charles Town and for the better Regulationof such Sales,” a Second Reading.And the Bill was read a Second Time with Blanks which were filled upand several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered That Mr. Trapier & Mr. Stoutenburgh do Carry the Bill to theCouncil.Colonel Richardson (according to Order) Reported from the Committeeto whom the Petition of John Dargon and the Inhabitants of Wateree,Waxsaws and Yadkin Settlements was referred, That they had examined thematter of the said Petition, and had directed him to Report the same as it

316 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759appeared to them, to the House; And he read the Report in his place, andafterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the Same was read andis as follows, Vizt.That Your Committee have considered the said Petition and Recommendthat a Ferry may be granted to the said John Dargon, from the NorthSide to the South Side of Santee River and that a Bill may be brought in forthat Purpose.Ordered that the Consideration of the said Report be postponed.The House proceeded (according to Order) to give the “Bill for themore effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for that purpose putting inforce and effectually carrying into Execution in this Province, such part ofan Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the Second Year of Hispresent Majesty’s Reign Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with Respectto the Imprisonment of their Persons as is herein after mentioned,’ andto repeal the several Acts of Assembly now in force in this Province for theRelief of Insolvent Debtors,” a Second Reading;And the House having made some Progress therein,Ordered that the further Consideration of the Bill be Post-poned tillthis Afternoon.A Message from The Council.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill, Intitled “An Act for Taxing TransientPersons,” without any Amendment.The Council have read the Memorial of the Commissioners for buildingthe Church and Parsonage of the Parish of Saint Michael, addressed tothe Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the Bill Intitled “An Act for Taxing Transient Persons” beEngrossed.Then the House adjourned till this Afternoon four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the Postponed Consideration of the “Bill for themore Effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for that purpose putting inforce and effectually carrying into Execution in this Province, such part ofan Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the second Year of hispresent Majesty’s Reign, Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with respectto the Imprisonment of their Persons’ as is herein after mentioned andto repeal the several Acts of Assembly now in force in this Province for theRelief of Insolvent Debtors.”

FEBRUARY 13, 1759317And the House having made some Progress therein,Ordered that the further Consideration of the Bill be postponed.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the House adjourntill to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock.It passed in the Negative.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Afternoon 5 of the Clock.Saturday the 10th Day of February 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday Morning Ten of the Clock.Monday the 12th Day of February 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 13th Day of February 1759.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.Thomas Lamboll Esqr. standing up in his place and acquainting theHouse that he was willing to wave his Priviledge in a Cause wherein he is aParty, depending in the Court of Common Pleas between John Right, Plaintiff,and Elizabeth Rivers, Defendant, and submitted the Same to the Considerationof the House.Ordered That Mr. Lamboll have Leave to wave his Priviledge accordingly,and that such Members of this House as are Concerned in the said Cause asCouncil or Witnesses have leave likewise Occasionally to attend the said Court.Then the House resumed the Postponed Consideration of the “Bill forthe more Effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for that purpose puttingin force and effectually carrying into Execution in this Province such partof An Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the second Year of Hispresent Majesty’s Reign, Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with Respectto the Imprisonment of their Persons,’ as is herein after mentioned,and to repeal the several Acts of Assembly now in force in this Province, forthe Relief of Insolvent Debtors.”The House was moved to add to the Bill the following Amendment(Vizt.), That the Court of Common Pleas in this Province be impowered togive and deliver up to the Petitioner so much of the necessary Bedding andwearing Apparel of him and his Family, his working Tools and Arms forMuster, not exceeding the Sum of One hundred Pounds,And the Question being put thereupon,It passed in the Negative.

318 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Then the Question was put that the Court be impowered to give anddeliver up to the Petitioner so much of the necessary Bedding and wearingApparel of him and his family and his working Tools, not exceeding the Sum ofOne hundred Pounds be added by way of Amendment to the said Bill,It passed in the Negative.The 12th Paragraph of An Act of Parliament of Great Britain, Intitled“An Act to prevent the Committing of Frauds by Bankrupts,” passed the fifthYear of his present Majesty’s Reign, was read.Then a Clause was offered to the House to be added to the said Bill,and the same was received and read twice with Blanks, which were filled up,and the Clause amended was agreed to by the House, to be made Part of theBill.Resolved (upon the Question) that the Words, within twelve Months, inthe last Paragraph of the Seventh Page, be dashed.And the said Words were dashed accordingly.Another Clause was offered to the House to be added to the said Bill,similar to the second Paragraph of An Act of the General Assembly of thisProvince, Intitled “An Additional Act to the several Acts for the Relief ofInsolvent Debtors,” passed the 4th Day of May 1751, And the same was receivedand twice read with Blanks which were filled up;And the Question being put, that the said Clause be made part of theBill,It passed in the Negative.Ordered that the further Consideration of the said Bill be postponed.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 14th Day of February 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that the ninth Paragraph of An Act Intitled “An Act againstBastardy” and the Second Paragraph of An Act Intitled “An Act for makingmore Effectual Wills and Testaments,” be now read.And the said Paragraphs were severally read.Ordered that leave be given, to bring in a Bill to supply Defects of Evidence,in Cases where Original Wills cannot be procured; And that Mr.Wragg and Mr. Rattray do prepare and bring in the same.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to Consider what Amendmentsare necessary to be made to the “Act against Bastardy,” and whatAmendments are necessary also to be made to the “Act for the making moreEffectual Wills and Testaments,” and that they report the same, as it shall

FEBRUARY 14, 1759319appear to them, to the House; And It is referred to Mr. Wragg, Mr. Mazyck,Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Izard, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Leigh, Mr.Pinckney, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Drayton.A Memorial of the Commissioners for building the Church and Parsonageof the Parish of St. Michael, was read, Setting forth,That the Memorialists have proceeded so far in building the saidChurch that the Galleries and Pews thereof are now preparing by the Workmen,but as the Memorialists are to defray the Expence of finishing the samewith the Monies that shall arise by the disposing of the Pews for Leases, theytake Leave to represent to Your Excellency and Honors that they apprehendthe Monies to be raised by that means will fall short of what is wanted toCompleat the said Building, and that they have great Reason to believe thatif the Titles to the Pews in Saint Michael’s were put upon the same footingas the Pews of Saint Philip’s and the other Churches in this Province are put,they shall be enabled to raise much larger Sums than they can at presentexpect, for many who are desirous of being Subscribers have declared thatthey will, and doubtless the Generality of them will give more for a Pew tobe Conveyed to them, their Heirs and Assigns for ever than for a Lease, tho’of Ninety Nine Years, incumbered with a Rent of five Pounds Currency PerAnnum.And as the Land allotted for a Coemitery or Church Yard is thought tobe too small, especially in this growing Town and warm Climate, the Memorialistsbeg leave to propose that the Land on which the Parsonage House isdirected to be built may be added to enlarge the said Coemitery and thatthe Commissioners may be impowered to purchase a suitable Lot of Landand House for that purpose in some Convenient place in Charles Town, outof the Monies that are appropriated for building the Parsonage of the Parishof St. Michael.That the Memorialists have Reason to expect that the said Church willbe finished in about a Twelve Month’s time, In Order therefore that theParishioners may receive as soon as possible the Benefits intended by the saidChurch they recommend that some fit Persons be authorized and directedin convenient time to invite a Worthy Minister of God’s holy Word to comefrom England and officiate in the said Church, to be Elected and Chosenin the same manner as the Rector or Ministers of the several other Parishesin this Province are elected and Chosen.And Praying that leave may be given for bringing in a Bill for thesePurposes.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayerof the said Memorial, and that Mr. Mazyck and Mr. Pringle do prepare andbring in the same.

320 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759The House being informed that Benjamin Waring Esqr. returned dulyElected to serve in this present General Assembly for the Parish of SaintGeorge Dorchester, attended at the Door; He was called in, and Mr. Speakerasked him if he was willing to qualify himself as a Member of this House, towhich he answered in the Affirmative.Ordered that Paul Trapier Esqr., a member of this House and One ofHis Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed by theElection Law to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members of theGeneral Assembly of this Province to Mr. Waring.And Mr. Trapier administred the Oath accordingly.Ordered That Mr. Blake and Mr. Stoutenburgh do wait upon the Governorwith Mr. Waring, and humbly desire that His Excellency will please topermit him to take the Oaths before His Excellency and to make and subscribethe Declaration, and take and subscribe the Oath of Abjuration pursuantto the Laws made for those purposes.The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew.A Memorial of Charles Mayne was presented to the House and read,Setting forth,That the Memorialist Entered into the Country Office Eleven thousand fivehundred and Eighty Eight Pounds Weight of Indigo saved out of the Wreck ofthe Clinton Frigate, Captain Hugh Hughes, the 17th Day of September 1757.That the Memorialist purchased Eight thousand two hundred and fortyfour Pounds Weight of the said Indigo at Vendue, which he exported in theShip Friendship, Captain Ball.That the Memorialist being unable to obtain Freight for the said Indigowithin the Six Months prescribed by Law, a Month and twenty three Dayshaving Elapsed, the Public Treasurer therefore refuses to pay him the Drawbackthereon.And therefore humbly praying for Relief in the Premises.Ordered that the said Memorial be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Public Treasurer’s Accounts were referred.A Petition of Thomas Keiler was presented to the House and read Settingforth,That the Petitioner obtained a Certificate from Collonel Chevillettedated at Fort Loudoun the 8th Day of July 1757, for the Sum of forty OnePounds being for the hire of the Petitioner’s Horse two Months and twentytwo Days Employed on the Works of that place.That the Petitioner is informed the said Certificate was approved of bythe Committee appointed to audit the Public Accounts, and allowed of byYour Honourable House, but was Omitted to be Inserted in the Scheduleannexed to the Tax Bill of last Year.

FEBRUARY 15, 1759321And therefore humbly praying for the payment of the said Certificate.Ordered that the Sum of Forty One Pounds, prayed for in the Petition,be provided for in the next Estimate.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 15th Day of February 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Stoutenburgh acquainted the House that Benjamin Waring Esquire,returned a Member to serve in this present General Assembly for St. George’sParish, had taken the Oaths before the Governor, and made and subscribedthe Declaration, and taken and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuantto the Laws made for those Purposes.And Mr. Waring attending at the Door, he was called in, and Mr. Speakerdesired him to take his Seat as a Member of this House.Ordered that the Committee appointed to enquire into the State andCondition of the Common Goal, and the Committee appointed to enquireinto the Cures that have been made by Joseph Howard, on the Inhabitantsof this Province, do sit this Afternoon.Then the House resumed the postponed Consideration of the Residueof the “Bill for the more Effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and for thatpurpose putting in force and effectually carrying into Execution in this Provincesuch part of An Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the SecondYear of his present Majesty’s Reign, Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief ofDebtors, with Respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons,’ as is hereinafter mentioned, and to repeal the several Acts of Assembly now in force inthis Province, for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.”A Motion was made, and the Question being put that the Blank in thelast Clause of the Bill be filled up with the Word Five.It passed in the Negative.Resolved That the said Blank be filled up with the Word Seven.A Clause was offered to the House to be added to the said Bill (Vizt.),That all and Every Person who shall within twelve Months after the Dischargeof any such Prisoners voluntarily Come in & make a Discovery of any partof such Debtors real or personal Estate subsisting at the Time of his Swearingoff, as shall not be Comprized in such Schedule as aforesaid, before theChief Justice or Justices of the Court, shall be allowed after the Rate of Fiftyper Centum out of the Neat Produce of such Estate so discovered by him orthem as aforesaid and which shall be recovered on such Discovery to be paidby the Trustee or Assignee of such Estate and Effects.

322 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759The said Clause was received and being twice read with One Blankwhich was filled up, was (upon the Question being put thereupon) agreedto by the House to be made part of the Bill.Then the Bill being read a Second Time throughout with Blanks whichwere filled up, and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill;Ordered that Mr. Thomas Waties and Mr. Postell do carry the Bill tothe Council.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the House do adjourntill to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.It passed in the Negative.Then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 16th Day of February 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Wragg presented to the House (according to Order) “a Bill to supplythe Defects in Evidence where Original Wills cannot be produced andto make the Proceedings upon Questions arising upon such Wills more Easyand effectual,” and the same was received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.Mr. Wragg (according to Order) reported from the Committee whowere appointed to Consider what Amendments are necessary to be made tothe “Act against Bastardy,” and also what Amendments are necessary to bemade to the “Act for making more Effectual Wills and Testaments,” That theyhad Considered the said Acts, and had directed him to Report the same, asit appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place, andafterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the Same was read andis as follows (Vizt.)That they have had under their Consideration the Ninth Clause of the“Act against Bastardy,” which makes void all Conveyances, Legacies and Devisesof the whole or any part of a real or personal Estate in favour of a BastardChild to the Disinheriting of lawful Issue: And also the Second Clauseof the “Act for making more effectual Wills and Testaments,” which gives allPersons a Power and Liberty to dispose, will or devise, by last Will and Testament;in Writing duly executed, according to the Statute of the 29th ofCharles the Second, for preventing Frauds and Perjurys; Lands, Tenements,Rents, Services or other Hereditaments, Remainders or Reversions at theirown free Will and Pleasure to any Person or Persons (Except Bodies Politicor Corporate). And are of Opinion that the said Ninth Clause of the “Actagainst Bastardy” is repealed by the said Second Clause of the “Act for makingmore effectual Last Wills and Testaments,” so far as the said Ninth Clause

FEBRUARY 16, 1759323relates to the Disposing by Will of Lands, Tenements, Rents, Services or otherHereditaments, Remainders or Reversions; And the Committee submit it tothe Consideration of the House, whether it would not be a great Discouragementto a lewd Course of Life, if the said Ninth Clause was permitted tohave an Entire Operation and be in full force; and from their Belief that itwould in a great Measure, if not effectually, answer that End, take the Libertyof recommending a Repeal of the second Clause, so far as the sameenables Persons to devise their Lands &ca. in favour of illegitimate Childrento the Prejudice and Disinherison of their lawful Issue.Ordered that the said Committee do prepare a Clause on the said Reportto be offered to the House at the Second Reading of the “Bill to supply the Defectsin Evidence where Original Wills cannot be procured and to make the Proceedingsupon Questions arising upon such Wills more Easy and Effectual.”Mr. Gadsden (according to Order) Reported from the Committee whowere appointed to enquire into the State and Condition of the CommonGoal, that they had inspected the said Goal and made Enquiry accordingly,and had directed him to report the same, as it appeared to them, to theHouse; And he read the same in his Place and afterward delivered it in atthe Clerk’s Table, where the same was read and is as follows (Vizt.)That They think the Goal very insufficient; That Your Committee observedno Keeper there, excepting a Negroe who was trusted with the Keysand shewed them the Prisoners, however they were told there was a whitePerson that had that Charge upon him, but Your Committee did not see him;To This Your Committee are of Opinion is owing so many Escapes, that havefrom time to time been made, and will still continue to be made, unless theMarshall’s Deputy or some other proper Person are obliged to dwell at theGoal as has been heretofore the Practice; Your Committee observed OneRoom in particular where was a Person dangerously ill with a Peripneumonia,that was unsa[s]hed and without Shutters; As to the Provisions Your Committeefound no Complaints in that Respect.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the said Reportbe now taken into Consideration.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that the Resolution of this House of the 26th of January last,whereby a Sum not exceeding One thousand Pounds was provided for, as aRecompence to the Person or Persons who will undertake to prepare a Digestof all the Laws now in Force in this Province with an Index to bethereunto annexed, for the Press, be extended to Examining, Correcting,making Marginal Notes and References to the said Laws.Mr. Guerard (according to Order) Reported from the Committee appointedto audit the Treasurer’s Accounts, to whom the Memorial of Charles

324 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759Mayne was referred, That they had considered the matter of the said Memorial,and had directed him to report the same, as it appear’d to them, to theHouse, and he read the same in his Place, and afterward delivered it in atthe Clerk’s Table, where the same was read and is as follows (Vizt.)That they find that Mr. Mayne ought to have shipped the Indigo mentionedtherein on or before the 17th of March 1758, in Order to avail himselfof the Drawback, but Your Committee submit it to the Consideration ofthe House, whether they will be pleased to grant the Prayer of the Memorialistfor the Reason he assigns.Resolved that the said Report be now taken into Consideration.The said Memorial was read a Second Time;Then the Report being read a Second Time,A Motion was made and the Question being put that a Resolve of thisHouse do pass for the Public Treasurer to pay Mr. Mayne the Draw-back, asprayed for in the Memorial.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that this House will grant His Majesty a Sum sufficient to defraythe Charges of the Government of this Province from the 25th Day ofMarch 1758 to the 31st Day of December 1758 inclusive.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill on the said Resolution,and that Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Laurens, Mr.Gadsden, do prepare and bring in the Same.Ordered that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Moultrie do wait upon the Governorand humbly desire His Excellency’s Leave to adjourn ’till Monday the 5th Dayof March next.And the said Gentlemen withdrew.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill for repealing all former Acts andParagraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of this Province relating to Discounts,and for Comprizing in One Act the several Acts and Paragraphs ofActs of the General Assembly of this Province with regard to Discounts.”The Council have read the Petition of Thomas Hailes, addressed to theGovernor, Council and Assembly, 32And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that It be an Instruction to the Committee to whom the PublicTreasurer’s Accounts were referred, that they do, in Conjunction withsuch Members of the Council as shall be appointed for that Purpose, see such32No copy of this petition has been found. The Upper House Journal notes a petition of Hailes “inbehalf of himself and many of the Inhabitants of this province,” but gives no abstract of its contents.

FEBRUARY 16, 1759325Paper Bills of Credit, Tax-Certificates and Orders for Payment of Money asare now in the Treasury, Cancelled and destroyed; pursuant to the Directionsof the Laws, In Virtue whereof the said Bills, Certificates and Orders wererespectively issued.Ordered that a Message be prepared to be sent to desire the Councilto appoint Some of their Members to joyn the said Committee, and accordinglythe following One was drawn (Vizt.)Honourable Gentlemen;The House hath given it as an Instruction to the Committee appointedto Audit the Public Treasurer’s Accounts that they do see such Paper Billsof Credit, Tax Certificates and Orders for Payment of Money as are now inthe Treasury, Cancelled and destroyed; pursuant to the Directions of theLaws, in Virtue whereof the said Bills, Certificates and Orders were respectivelyissued; And We desire that Your Honours will please to appoint Someof Your Members to joyn Our said Committee for that purpose.The Committee are Mr. Guerard, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Laurens, Mr.Blake, Major Stoutenburgh, Mr. Daniel Crawford, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Wainwright,Mr. Glover.Ordered that the said Message be Engrossed;And the same being Engrossed accordingly, was read to the House.Ordered that Mr. Speaker do sign the Same.Ordered that Mr. Guerard and Mr. Laurens do carry the said Messageto the Council.Mr. Lynch and Mr. Moultrie being returned, Mr. Lynch reported to theHouse that they had (pursuant to their Order) waited upon the Governorwith the Message they had in Charge, and that His Excellency was pleasedto give the House leave to adjourn till Monday the 5th of March next.And then the House adjourned ’till Monday the 5th of March next.Return to contents ➔

326 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Session Beginning March 5, 1759and Ending April 7, 1759Monday the 5th Day of March 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 6th Day of March 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 7th Day of March 1759.The Journal of the 16th of February last was read.“A Bill to supply the Defects in Evidence where Original Wills cannotbe procured, and to make the Proceedings upon Questions arising uponsuch Wills more Easy and Effectual,” was read a Second Time.A Clause was offered (according to Order) to be added to the said Bill,to repeal the Second Clause of the “Act for making more Effectual Wills andTestaments, so far as the same enables Persons to devise their Lands &ca. infavour of illegitimate Children to the Prejudice and Disinherison of theirLawful Issue”;And the Same being twice read was agreed to by the House to be madePart of the Bill.Ordered that Mr. Pinckney and Major Stoutenburgh do Carry the Billto the Council.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee appointedto Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public from 25th ofMarch 1758 to the 31st of December inclusive, into Consideration;And the first Paragraph of the said Report for allowing Thomas Anderson£20,The 2d for allowing Hugh Anderson £65:5,The 3d for allowing George Allison £9:7:6,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.

MARCH 7, 1759327The 4th Paragraph on an Affidavit of Richard Allison being read a SecondTime,Ordered That the said Affidavit do lye over until it be more properlyexplained.The 5th Paragraph for allowing Ancram, Lance & Loocock £637:7:2,[The] 6th for allowing William Bissett £6:10,Being Severally read a Second Time, were severally agreed to by theHouse.The 7th Paragraph for allowing Othniel Beale Esqr. £55:18:4; Being reada Second Time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that Othniel Beale Esqr. be allowed the Sum of £77:15.The 8th Paragraph for allowing Mark Anthony Basseleu £6; Being reada Second time was disagreed to by the House.Resolved that Mark Anthony Basseleu be allow’d the Sum of £11:15.The 9th Paragraph for allowing William Bridgman £27:10,[The] 10th for allowing John Barnett £17:1:3,[The] 11th for allowing Jonathan Badger £53:9,[The] 12th for allowing Charles Banks £15,[The] 13th for allowing William Bowry £10:13:9,[The] 14th for allowing Edward Brodey £8:5,[The] 15th for allowing John Bates £7:10,[The] 16th for disallowing David Ball’s Account and Certificate,[The] 17th for allowing David Ball £31:15,[The] 18th for allowing David Ball £8:15,[The] 19th for allowing Thomas Blythe £32:10,Being Severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.The 20th Paragraph for allowing Berresford’s Wharf £51:4,[The] 21st for allowing Daniel Bourget £55:4,Being severally read a Second Time were severally disagreed with by theHouse.Resolved that Berresford’s Wharf be allowed the Sum of £54, and ThatDaniel Bourget be allowed the Sum of £64.The 22d Paragraph for allowing Richard Coytmore £24:15,[The] 23d for allowing Childermas Croft £1671:10,[The] 24th for allowing John Cleland Esqr. £100,The 25th Paragraph for allowing William Codugin £11:15,[The] 26th for allowing Samuel Carne £52:13:6,[The] 27th for allowing Cornelius Cooke £4:10:6,[The] 28th for allowing George Coomer £23:7:6,[The] 29th for allowing Thomas Coneway £24:12:6,

328 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.The 30th Paragraph for allowing Timothy Crosby £102:18:4; Being reada Second time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that Timothy Crosby be allowed the Sum of £130.The 31st Paragraph, A Certificate to Peter Crim for 33 head of Cattle.Some Doubts arising, the Committee cannot Report.[The] 32d, For allowing the Church Wardens of Prince George Parish£112:10,[The] 33d, For disallowing Mary Cranmore’s Account £165:14,[The] 34th, For allowing Andrew Coningham £107:1:4,[The] 35th, For allowing the Chief Justice £238:0:2,[The] 36th, For allowing the Clerk of the Crown £200:1:7,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 37th, On an Account of the Church Wardens of St. Philip£2414:1:4. The Committee allow what the Law allows in such Cases;Being read a 2d Time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that the said Church Wardens be allowed the Sum of £2414:1:4.[The] 38th, For allowing the said Church Wardens on a Second Account£276:13:4; Being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.[The] 39th, On a third Account of the said Church Wardens £457:13:11.The Committee allow no more than £144:3:10;Being read a Second time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that the said Church Wardens be allowed the Sum of £457:13:11.[The] 40th, For allowing the said Church Wardens on a fourth Account£25; Being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.Ordered That the further Consideration of the said Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 8th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Report fromthe Committee to whom the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public werereferred.The 41st Paragraph thereof for allowing John Chevillette Esqr. £571:13:6,Being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.[The] 42d, For allowing Captain Raymond Demere £1941:18,

MARCH 8, 1759329The Memorial of Captain Raymond Demere with an Affidavit thereuntoannexed,And His Excellency the Governor’s Message, recommending the Paymentof Captain Demere’s Account,Being severally read a Second Time,Ordered that the said Account be recommitted;Ordered that Mr. Laurens be added to the Committee who were appointedto Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.The 43d Paragraph, For allowing Captain Paul Demere £87:10, beingread a Second Time,Resolved, (Upon the Question,) that this House do agree with the Committeein the said Report.[The] 44th, For allowing Jane Duthy £18,[The] 45th, On a Certificate from Captain Paul Demere in favour ofHenry Beacon £150; The Committee disallow it,[The] 46th, For allowing Edward Dannally £267:15,[The] 47th, For allowing James Daniel £8:10,[The] 48th, For allowing Robert Deanes £81:10,[The] 49th, For allowing John Dodd £50,[The] 50th, For allowing William Dandridge £44,[The] 51st, On an Account of Susannah Davison £32:2:6; The Committeedisallow it,[The] 52d, On an Account of Magdalen Deveaux £32:10; The Committeedisallow it,[The] 53d, For allowing Herman Christopher Detering £18:15,[The] 54th, On a Second Account of Herman Christopher Detering£45:15; The Committee disallow it,[The] 55th, On a third Account of Herman Christopher Detering £7:10;The Committee think ought to be paid out of the Moneys appropriated forthe Use of the South Carolina Regiment,The 56th Paragraph for allowing John Bates £17:10,[The] 57th, For allowing Elf and Hutchinson £67:10,[The] 58th, For allowing John Fouquet £67,[The] 59th, On an Account of Robert Fair-Weather, Ballance £99; TheCommittee disallow it,[The] 60th, For allowing Gabriel Fryday £1:2:6,Being severally read a Second Time were severally agreed to by the House.Ordered that the further Consideration of the said Report be adjourned.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the House do adjourntill this Afternoon three of the Clock,It was resolved in the Affirmative by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.

330 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759And then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Report [fromthe Committee] to whom the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public werereferred.The 61st Paragraph thereof, On 2 Certificates to Martin Fryday; TheCommittee disallow it,[The] 62d, For allowing Isabella Finch £21:2:7,Being Severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 63d, On a Certificate from Captain Stuart to John Friday £107:10,Being read a Second time; Ordered that the said Certificate be recommitted.[The] 64th, For allowing Gordon and Elliott £300:5:9,[The] 65th, On a Second Account of Gordon and Elliott £328:1:3, To bepaid out of the Moneys raised for the Use of the South Carolina Regiment,[The] 66th, On an Account of John Gordon of Beaufort £33:19:9, To bepaid out of the Moneys raised for the Use of the South Carolina Regiment,[The] 67th, For allowing John Paul Grimkie £30:10,[The] 68th, On an Account of George Town Ferryman £9:12:6, To bepaid out of the Moneys raised for the Use of the South Carolina Regiment,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.The 69th Paragraph, On an Account of Gabriel Fryday £50, Being reada Second time; Ordered that the said Account be recommitted.[The] 70th, For allowing William Glen £150,[The] 71st, For allowing John Gordon of Charles Town £71:18:9,[The] 72d, On an Account of David Giroud £303:3, Disallowed,[The] 73d, On an Account of James Griffeth £26:8:9; The Committeethink the Public have nothing to do with it,[The] 74th, For allowing the Governor £290:11:3, and the Secretary £113,[The] 75th, For allowing Henry Gallman £125,[The] 76th, For allowing John Gallman £17:10,Being Severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 77th, On a Second Account of Henry Gallman £393:4, Being reada Second time; Ordered that the said Account be recommitted.[The] 78th, For allowing John Gibson £5:10,[The] 79th, For allowing Isaac Guerine Senior £136:17:6,[The] 80th, For allowing John Guerard Esqr. £88:10,

MARCH 8, 1759331[The] 81st, For allowing John Gibson £8:5,[The] 82d, For allowing John Haines £25,[The] 83d, For allowing John Hannus £18:7:6,[The] 84th, For allowing Benjamin Harvey £108:12:3 1 /2,[The] 85th, For allowing Serjeant Harrison £15,[The] 86th, For allowing Christopher Holson £2,[The] 87th, For allowing William Heatley £91,[The] 88th, For allowing James Henderson £356:10,[The] 89th, For allowing Conrad Holman £20:17:6,[The] 90th, For allowing Francis James £6,[The] 91st, For allowing John Joyner £183:13:2,[The] 92d, For allowing Mary June £52:18,[The] 93d, For allowing Christopher Jordan £3:1:6,[The] 94th, For allowing John Kesson, 1st Account £28:5,[The] 95th, For allowing John Kesson, 2d Account £5:14:4 1 /2,[The] 96th, For allowing John Kesson, 3d Account £1:7:6,[The] 97th, For allowing John Kesson, 4th Account £6:11:3,[The] 98th, On an Account of John Keiner £25, Disallowed,[The] 99th, For allowing Robert Lewis £22:16:3,[The] 100th, For allowing Elias Legardare £96:15,[The] 101st, On an Account of Jacob Ladson £7:2:6, To lye Over,The 102d Paragraph On an Account of Thomas Lining, Disallowed,[The] 103d, For allowing Charles Lowndes £16:16:3,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 104th, On an Account of James Laurens and Company £557:13:3,Being read a Second time; Ordered that the said Account be recommitted.[The] 105th, For allowing William Mitchuson £12:7:6,[The] 106th, For allowing Joseph Maxey £27:19:9,[The] 107th, For allowing Jacob Morf £6,Being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 108th, On An Account of McCarten and Campbell £2143:6:5, Beingread a Second time; Ordered that the said Account be recommitted.[The] 109th, For allowing McCarten and Campbell £7:10,[The] 110th, For allowing McCarten and Campbell £105,[The] 111th, For allowing Hannah McGregor £33:5 and £12:5, 33[The] 113th, For allowing John Milner £470:10:10 1 /2,[The] 114th, For allowing John Martin £16:10,33See page 305, note 30.

332 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759[The] 115th, On an Account of Lachlan McIntosh £83, Disallowed,[The] 116th, For allowing John Francis Miller £575,[The] 117th, For allowing Spencer and McGilvray £562:4:5 1 /2,[The] 118th, For allowing James McKelvey Junior £48:10,[The] 119th, For allowing Richard Moncrief £169:11:10,[The] 120th, For allowing James McKelvey Junr. 2d Account £8:15,[The] 121st, For allowing James McKelvey Junr. 3d Account £8:15,Being Severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 122d, For allowing John McQueen and Company £5620:14:7,Resolved that this House will take the Opinion of the Committee on thisParagraph into Consideration, immediately after the whole Report is gonethrough.[The] 123d, For allowing Middleton & Brailsford £196,[The] 124th, For allowing John McQueen and Company £45,[The] 125th, On 2 Certificates from Captain Paul Demere to JohnStephens, Indorsed to John McQueen & Co. £120,[The] 126th, On a Certificate from the Same to Thomas Smith Indorsedto the Same £45,The 127th Paragraph, On a Certificate from Captain Paul Demere toHenry Beacon Indorsed to John McQueen and Co. £60,[The] 128th, On a Certificate from the same to Cornelius CockleyIndorsed to the same £31:5,Which the Committee, from No. 125 Inclusive disallow.[The] 129th, For allowing John McQueen and Co. £8:5,[The] 130th, For allowing Michael McEnfoot £30,[The] 131st, For allowing Martin Miller £25,[The] 132d, For allowing Jacob Motte, Public Treasurer, £11726:6:4,[The] 133d, For allowing George Sheed £44,[The] 134th, For allowing William Banbury £10,[The] 135th, For allowing Barnard Beekman £46:5,[The] 136th, For allowing James Veree £52,[The] 137th, For allowing Barnd. Beekman 2d Account £54,[The] 138th, For allowing Richard Moncrief £24:10,[The] 139th, For allowing Richd. Moncrief 2d Account £82:5,[The] 140th, For allowing Gabriel Manigault £581:14:7,[From No. 133 Inclusive] £894:14:7, To be paid by the Inhabitants ofCharles Town.[The] 141st, For allowing John Marley £653:1:3,[The] 142d, For allowing Harry Munro’s Order £23:4:6,[The] 143d, For allowing Sarah Nightingale £667:11:3,

MARCH 9, 1759333[The] 144th, For allowing Thomas Nightingale £55:13:9,[The] 145th, For allowing Thomas Nightingale £210,[The] 146th, On an Order from Captain Paul Demere to JamesBaldridge Endorsed to Thomas Nightingale £23:10, Disallowed,[The] 147th, On an Order from the same to James Beamer Indorsed tothe Same £100, Disallowed,[The] 148th, For allowing John North £367:6,[The] 149th, For allowing Oliphant and Garden £18,[The] 150th, For allowing Margaret Oliver £784:17:6,[The] 151st, For allowing Thomas Oldfield £29:0:9,[The] 152d, For allowing Christopher Plynas £75:2:6,[The] 153d, For allowing Judith Postell £178:2:6,[The] 154th, For allowing James Poyas £99:12:6,Being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 155th, On an Account of Philip Poole £8:5; the Same being submittedto the House, was read a Second time,Resolved that Philip Poole be allowed the Sum of £8:5.The 156th Paragraph for allowing James Poyas £35,[The] 157th, for allowing Edward Perry £32:10,[The] 158th, For allowing James Prescot £53:7:6,[The] 159th, For allowing Samuel Porcher £62:2,[The] 160th, On an Account of William Peters £19:10, Postponed tillmore properly delivered in,[The] 161st, For allowing James Pritchard £6:5,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 162d, On the Memorial and Account of Daniel Pepper £2458:15,Being read a Second time,The 20th Paragraph of the Indian Trading Act, whereby the Commissionerfor Indian Affairs is required & obliged to go to any of the IndianNations in Amity with this Government, Chickesaws and Chactaws excepted,under a Penalty; and fixing a Recompence for his so doing, was read.Ordered That the said Memorial and Account be recommitted.Ordered That the further Consideration of the said Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock.Friday the 9th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.

334 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759The House resumed the Adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee, to whom the Accounts of the Creditors of thePublic were referred.The 163d Paragraph, For allowing William Pinckney, Commissary General,£1235:11:4 1 /2,[The] 164th, For allowing Rice Price £7:5,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by the House.[The] 165th, For allowing John Pearson £215, Being read a Second Time,Resolved that the Public Treasurer do pay the said John Pearson theSum of £215 after a Return of the Survey by him made (mentioned in hisAccount) and a Plat thereof, into the hands of the said Treasurer.[The] 166th, For allowing Wm. Pinckney, Commissary General, on a 2dAccount £336:15,The 167th Paragraph For allowing White Outerbridge 1 Account £20:11:3,and for another Account £39:14:6 when properly attested.[The] 168th, For allowing Mallory Rivers £35,[The] 169th, For allowing James Roberts £17:10,[The] 170th, On an Account of Thomas Robertson £15; The Committeeare of Opinion the Public have nothing to do with it,[The] 171st, For allowing Richard Richardson £15,[The] 172d, For allowing Jacob Raugh £45,[The] 173d, For allowing Abraham Smith £25:5,[The] 174th, For allowing John Stone Junior £30:7:6,[The] 175th, For allowing Jonathan Scott £18:15,[The] 176th, For allowing Smith and Scott £121:18:6,[The] 177th, For allowing John Sykes £50,[The] 178th, On a Certificate from John Chevillette to Saml. Suther £60,Disallow’d,[The] 179th, For allowing William Seawright £28:17:6,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.Resolved that this House will make no further Provision for fixedSallarys to Tradesmen, at any of the Out Garrisons, nor for any Moneys underthe Denomination of Sallarys for Services done in any or all of the saidGarrisons, without the Appointments are made by and with the Consent ofthe General Assembly.[The] 180th, For allowing Smith and Brewton £1187:15, Being read a SecondTime,Resolved that this House will take the Opinion of the Committee on thisParagraph, into Consideration, immediately after the whole Report is gonethrough.

MARCH 9, 1759335[The] 181st, On a Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to JohnMcGregor, Indorsed to Smith and Brewton, £38:1 Disallowed,[The] 182d, On a Certificate from the same to John Shaw, Indorsed tothe same, £20 Disallowed,[The] 183d, On a Certificate from the same to James Coppock, Indorsedto the Same, £20 Disallowed,[The] 184th, For allowing John Swint £53:12:6,Being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 185th, On an Account of William Simpson, late Coroner, £60,Being Read a Second time,Ordered that the said Account be Recommitted.The 186th Paragra[p]h, On an Account of Margaret Shepherd £147,Disallow’d, Being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.[The] 187th [Paragraph] For allowing John Scott, Gun smith, £204:0:6,Being read a Second time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that the said John Scott be allowed the Sum of £206:0:6.[The] 188th, For allowing William Seawright £8:5,[The] 189th, For allowing Michael Suelty £12:5:6,[The] 190th, On a Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to CorneliusDoharty, Indorsed to Benjamin Stead, £103:5 Disallowed,[The] 191st, For allowing Benjamin Stead £103:6:6,[The] 192d, For allowing the same £12,[The] 193d, For allowing Alexander Tate £27:7:6,[The] 194th, For allowing the same £15,[The] 195th, For allowing Paul Townsend and Co. £18,[The] 196th, For allowing Tew and Roybould £151,[The] 197th, For allowing John Timmons £14:18:9,[The] 198th, For allowing Paul Townsend and Co. £38:5,[The] 199th, For allowing the Same £75,[The] 200th, For allowing Simon Theus £53:17:6,[The] 201st, For allowing Ann Wragg £16:6:7,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 202d, On an Account of John Wildermotte £45, To be paid outof the Moneys provided for the South Carolina Regiment,[The] 203d, On a Certificate from Captain Paul Demere to RobertWright £30, Disallowed,[The] 204th, For allowing Collonel John White £10,[The] 205th, For allowing Peter Whitten £20:12:6,[The] 206th, For allowing Charles Woodmason £31:10,

336 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759[The] 207th, For allowing Abraham Weersing £2:5,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 208th, On an Account of William West £101, being read a Secondtime, was (upon the Question being put) agreed to by the House.[The] 209th, For allowing Daniel Williams £23:1:6,[The] 210th, For allowing Thomas Willson £200,The 211th Paragraph for allowing Thomas Willson £32:8:3,[The] 212th, For allowing Mary Whitford £17:10,[The] 213th, For allowing Robert Weaver £100,[The] 214th, For allowing Thomas Walker £117:13:4,[The] 215th, For allowing Adam Wood, Provost Marshall, £810:2:6,[The] 216th, For allowing William Bonneau £3:5:7 1 /2,The last Paragraph for allowing John Hatton £28,Being severally read a Second Time, were severally agreed to by the House.Mr. Pinckney (according to Order) reported from the Committee towhom the Inspection of the Public Arms was referred, That they had examinedand inspected the said Arms, and had directed him to report the same,as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place,and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the same was read,and is as follows, (Vizt.)That they have carefully examined and inspected the Guns, Swords,Cutlasses, Bayonetts and other Arms, belonging to the Public, now in thePublic Armory, and find that there are 941 Musquetts in good Order, and fitfor immediate Service; that 30 Musquetts are very much out of Repair, andmany of them not worth the Expence of mending; that there are 380Bayonetts in good Order and fitted to the Musquetts and 47 Bayonetts ingood Order, but of little Use as they cannot be fixed upon any of the PublicGuns; that many of the Bayonetts are without Scabbards there being only 254new and 69 old Scabbards for all the Bayonetts, and therefore your Committeerecommend that Scabbards be made for the whole; That there are 153Cutlasses in good Order and 2 of very little Use or Service, that the goodCutlasses are mostly in want of Scabbards, there being only 4 Scabbards tothe whole; That there are 10 Fowling Pieces in the Armory in good Order,which were given to the Public by Edward Richards Esqr., 2 old BuccaneeringGuns, 4 Pistols, 4 Halberts and only 5 Cartouch Boxes, the rest having beengiven out to the South Carolina Regiment together with 508 Musquetts, withBayonetts to Each; by Order of His Excellency the Governor for the use ofthe said Regiment, as appeared to Your Committee, by Orders upon theArmourer for delivery of Guns from time to Time, with Receipts to him forthe Same.

MARCH 9, 1759337Ordered that the said Report be now taken into Consideration.And the said Report being read a Second time,Resolved (upon the Question) that all the Bayonetts in the Public Armorybe furnished with Scabbards, as recommended by the Committee.Mr. Pringle presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill toimpower the Commissioners for building a Church and Parsonage House in theParish of Saint Michael Charles Town, to purchase a Lott of Land and Housefor a Parsonage for the said Parish, and to dispose of and Convey in fee Simplesuch Pews as shall be built in the said Church, and to invite a proper Person inHoly Orders to do the Church Duty in the said Parish until a Rector shall bechosen, and for repealing several Paragraphs of the Act of the General Assemblyof this Province for dividing the Parish of Saint Philip, and for erecting thesaid Parish of Saint Michael, and a Parsonage for the same”;And the Bill was received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.A Letter signed by some Gentlemen of the Committee appointed to correspondwith James Wright Esqr., the Agent for this Province in Great Britain,directed to the said Agent, was read.Resolved that this House will on Wednesday Morning next take the subjectmatter of the said Letter into Consideration.Ordered that the Clerk do write Letters to be forthwith sent to the severalGentlemen hereafter mentioned at their own Expence, requiring theirAttendance (all Excuses being laid aside) on the Service of this House, TuesdayMorning next Ten of the Clock, (Vizt.) to Mr. Berresford, Mr. Moore,Mr. Wright, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Freer, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Glover and Mr. Stobo.A Petition of Isham Clayton was presented to the House and read, Settingforth,That he received a Certificate from Collonel Chevillette, late Commissaryat Fort Loudoun, for Labour done in taking Care of a Gang of CattleSeven months and a half, which Certificate was laid before the House lastmeeting, and as he is informed is disallowed of.That the Petitioner was employed by the late Governor Glen, and is verypoor; And therefore prays his Case may be taken into Consideration.Ordered that the said Petition do lye upon the Table.A Petition of the German Protestants residing in Charles Town was presentedto the House and read, Setting forth,That they are very desirous of having a Place of Public Worship of theirown, because many among them will never be able to attain to the Knowledgeof the English Language;That Providence has unexpectedly furnished them with a Minister topreach the Gospel in their own Language;

338 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759That they have obtained Leave from the Government for, and accordinglythey have, purchased a Piece of Ground for that purpose, but most ofthem being poor, are unable to bear the Charge of building a House thereon,And praying for the Assistance of the House.Ordered that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee and that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report thesame, as it shall appear to them, to the House; And it is referred to Mr.Rattray, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Laurens.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Afternoon five of theClock.Saturday the 10th Day of March 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday Morning next Ten of theClock.Monday the 12th Day of March 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 13th Day of March 1759.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.The House proceeded (according to Order) to give the “Bill to impowerthe Commissioners for building a Church and Parsonage House in the Parishof St. Michael Charles Town, to purchase a Lot of Land and House for aParsonage for the said Parish, and to dispose of and Convey in fee Simplesuch Pews, as shall be built in the said Church, and to invite a proper Personin Holy Orders to do the Church Duty in the said Parish until a Rectorshall be chosen, and for repealing several Paragraphs of the Act of the GeneralAssembly of this Province, for dividing the Parish of St. Philip, and forerecting the said Parish of St. Michael, and a Parsonage for the same,” a SecondReading;A Motion was made and the Question being put, that the House to bepurchased for a Parsonage be situated within the Limits of the said Parish,be added to the first Clause of the Bill by way of Amendment,It passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that the Second Clause of the Bill bestruck out,It passed in the Negative.

MARCH 14, 1759339Resolved That the third Clause of the Bill be struck out.And the said Bill was read a Second Time throughout with Blanks,which were filled up, and several Amendments were made by the House tothe Bill.And the Title was made “a Bill to impower the Commissioners for buildinga Church and Parsonage House in the Parish of Saint Michael CharlesTown; to purchase a Lot of Land and House for a Parsonage for the saidParish; and to dispose of and Convey in fee Simple, such Pews as shall be builtin the said Church; and for repealing several Paragraphs of the Act of theGeneral Assembly of this Province, for dividing the Parish of St. Philip, andfor erecting the Parish of St. Michael, and a Parsonage for the same.”Ordered that Mr. Mazyck and Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to the Council;And then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.“A Bill for repealing all former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the GeneralAssembly of this Province relating to Discounts and for Comprizing inOne Act the several Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly ofthis Province with regard to Discounts,” was read a third time, and severalAmendments were made by the House to the Bill.Resolved that the Bill do pass and that the Title be “An Act for repealingall former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of thisProvince relating to Discounts, and for comprising in One Act the severalActs and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of this Province withRegard to Discounts.”Ordered that Mr. Murray and Mr. Postell do carry the Bill to the Counciland desire their Concurrence.Mr. Lynch presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill for enlargingthe Qualifications of the Electors as well as of the Persons to beElected to serve as Members of the General Assembly of this Province,” andthe same was received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second time.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 14th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Trapier (according to Order) reported from the Committee towhom the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public recommitted, were Referred,

340 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759That the Committee had examined the Accounts, which were recommittedto them, and had directed him to report the same, as they appearedto them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwarddelivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the same was read and is as follows,(Vizt.)The 1st Paragraph, McCarten and Campbell for Indian Presents deliveredat Fort Augusta amounting to £2143:6:5, in which are sundry Overchargesamounting to £68:5:3; the Ballance £2075:1:2 Allowed.2d. Pepper, Daniel, his Account and Memorial amounting to £2458:15;Out of which Sum the Committee deduct for the Board and Provisions, andPay of 6 Men Extraordinary £261:15, not being allowed by Law; The Ballance£2197 Your Committee are of Opinion he is Intitled to by Law, being agreeableto the Allowance thereby stipulated, for the Pay of an Agent and TwoAttendants: Your Committee have perused his Journals, and seen Letterswrote him by His Excellency the Governor while on his Agency, and since,approving his Conduct in that Capacity, from which Your Committee areinduced to recommend the said Ballance may be allowed.3d. Laurens, James and Co., for sundry Services amounting to £557:13:3,£261:5 is for Flints, Ball &ca. supplyed the Troops, the Commissary informsthe Committee those Articles were provided by Order of the Governor to becharged to the Public; but submit to the House whether or not that Sumshould be paid by the Public of this Province, since His Excellency the Governorhas acquainted the House His Majesty had been pleased to Order suchNecessarys to be issued at the Expence of the Crown.4th. Gallman, Henry, for Carriage of Goods and Waggon-hire amountingto £393:4; £200 of which being for the Use of the Carolina Regiment, tobe paid out of the Money appropriated for Payment of that Regiment, andthe Remainder £193:4 to be provided for in the Estimate.5th. Fryday, Gabriel, for Carriage of Indian Presents Indorsed to PeterBacot, amounting to £50, to be allowed.6th. Simpson, William, for Coroner’s Inquest amounting to £60. As Mr.Simpson is not in Town to attest the Account, the Committee recommendhe may be allowed to attest the Account hereafter before he receives theMoney, and that it may be inserted in the Estimate under that Restriction.7th. Demere, Raymond, Accounts and Memorial for Indian Presentsand pay to the Soldiers of His Majesty’s Independant Companys, Employedto work at Fort Loudoun and Other Services amounting to £1941:8, in whichthe Committee conceive there are several unreasonable & improper Charges,amounting to £290, which deducting leaves a Ballance of £1651:8, which theyrecommend may be allowed in Consideration of the Necessity there was atthat Time to make Presents to the Indians and engage their Interest in Our

MARCH 14, 1759341Favour, being at a Critical Juncture, when the utmost Efforts of the Frenchmight have been suspected to alienate them from Us.Resolved that the Report be now taken into Consideration.The first Paragraph On an Account of McCarten and Campbell beingRead a Second Time was agreed to by the House.No. 2. On an Account of Daniel Pepper, Being read a Second Time;The Governor’s Message to this House relating to Mr. Pepper of the 29th ofMarch 1757, The Answer thereto from this House of the 1st of April following,And the Report of the then Committee, who were appointed to Auditthe Accounts of the Creditors of the Public, relative to the Account of DanielPepper with the Resolutions of this House thereupon, the 28th of April last,were severally read.The Question being put, that the House do agree with the said Report,The House divided;The Yeas go forth;Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Wragg—17.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Leigh—17.The Votes being Equal Mr. Speaker voted with the Yeas;So It was Resolved in the Affirmative.Ordered that the Order of the Day for taking into Consideration theLetter signed by some of the Gentlemen of the Committee appointed to Correspondwith the Agent in Great Britain, be postponed.And then the House adjourned ’till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.The House proceeded to take the Residue of the Report from the Committeeon the Accounts Recommitted, of the Creditors of the Public, intoConsideration.No. 3. On an Account of Laurens and Co., Being read a Second time,was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that the Sum of £313:18:3, part of the said Account, be providedfor; And that the remaining part thereof amounting to the Sum of £243:15be paid out of the Moneys raised for the Use of the South Carolina Regiment.4th. On an Account of Henry Gallman,5th. On an Account of Gabriel Fryday,6th. On an Account of William Simpson,The last Paragraph, On an Account of Captain Raymond Demere,Being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.Ordered that the Committee appointed to Enquire in what Manner thisProvince can be eased of the Expence arising from the Carriage of Provisions

342 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759to the several Garrisons in the Out-Settlements, do make a Report to MorrowMorning.Resolved (upon the Question) that the postponed Order of the Day benow taken into Consideration.And the said Order was read.Then a Letter signed by some of the Gentlemen of the Committee appointedto Correspond with the Agent in Great Britain,And the Act of the General Assembly of this Province appointing JamesWright Esqr. Agent to sollicit the Affairs of the Inhabitants of this Province,in Great Britain, passed the 19th Day of November 1756, were severally read;A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Committeeappointed by this House to Correspond with the said Agent, be Instructedto sign the said Letter.It passed in the Negative.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 15th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to prepare and bring in aSchedule of the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day of March 1758to the 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive;And It is referred to Mr. Laurens, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Trapier, Mr. Daniel Crawford.Captain Taylor (according to Order) reported from the Committee appointedto take into Consideration the Memorial of James Crokatt Esqr., Thatthe Committee had Considered the Matter of the said Memorial, and haddirected him to report the same, as it appeared to them, to the House; Andhe read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable, where the same was read, and is as follows (Vizt.)That having Examined the Journals, it appears that the House came toa Resolution on the 31st Day of January 1754; “That Mr. Crokatt be desiredto Continue to act as Agent for solliciting the Affairs of this Province untilAnother should be appointed; And that the Speaker be desired to signify thesame to him by Letter.” Therefore Your Committee recommend that hisAccount for acting as Agent from the 2d of July 1756, to the 7th of October1757 (the Time Mr. Wright arrived in England) amounting to £250 Sterlingbe provided for in the next Estimate.Resolved that this House will on Wednesday Morning next Ten of theClock take the said Report into Consideration.Then the House proceeded to take into Consideration the Opinion of

MARCH 15, 1759343the Committee to whom the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public werereferred, on the 122d and 180th Paragraphs of their Report;And the said Paragraphs were severally read a Second Time.Ordered that the Commissary General do advertise under the WatchHouse and Vendue House a List or Lists (as near as he can judge) of theArticles of Goods he shall at any time hereafter be ordered to collect andpurchase on Account of the Public, immediately after the Time he receivessuch Orders, provided that the Goods wanted exceed the Sum of £100 Currencyin Value; That he give the longest Notice for Proposals to be made forsupplying the same; And that he shall hereafter give the Preference to suchPersons only, who offer to supply the Public at the lowest Prices, and that theCommissary shall keep a Copy of such Advertisements with the Proposalsgiven in, to be produced to any Committee of this House hereafter to beappointed to Audit the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public.Ordered that the Commissary General be served with a Copy of the saidOrder.Ordered that a Message be prepared to be presented to the Governor,humbly to desire that His Excellency will please to order the several Personsto be paid their respective Sum or Sums of Money due to them for Supplysto the South Carolina Regiment out of the Fund appropriated for that Service,and that £66 for Entertaining Indians by Order of Collonel Bird be paidout of the Moneys granted for that Service.Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of theInhabitants of the Parish of St. James Santee was referred, that the Committeehad considered the matter of the said Petition, and had directed him toreport the same, as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Reportin his place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, wherethe same was read and is as follows, (Vizt.)That they have examined and Considered the said Petition and do recommendthat an Amendment may be added to the present Patrol Law, agreeableto the Prayer of the said Petition.Resolved that the said Report be taken into Consideration at the thirdReading of the “Bill to revive and Continue several Acts and Clauses of Actsof the General Assembly of this Province; and for Amending Some of the saidActs in the manner therein mentioned.”Then the House proceeded to give the “Bill for enlarging the Qualificationsof the Electors as well as the Persons to be Elected to serve as Membersof the General Assembly of this Province,” a Second Reading.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Qualificationof the Elector be, instead of Ten Shillings Proclamation Money, four ShillingsProclamation Money.

344 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759It passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that the Clause in the Oath to be takenby all Persons Elected to serve as Members to represent the Inhabitants ofthis Province in General Assembly, respecting the Situation of the Estates ofthe Persons so Elected, be dashed;It passed in the Negative.The Bill was read a Second time throughout with Blanks, which werefilled up and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered that Mr. Wragg, Mr. Graeme and Mr. Manigault do prepare aClause to be offered at the third Reading of the said Bill, to ascertain thedue Return of all Writts that shall hereafter be issued, to Elect Members torepresent the Inhabitants of this Province in General Assembly.Ordered that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Wareing do carry the Bill to the Council.Mr. Wright reported from the Committee appointed to enquire in whatmanner this Province can be eased of the Expence arising from the Carriageof Provisions to the several Garrisons in the Out Settlements of this Province,That the Committee had enquired accordingly, and had directed him toreport the same, as it appeared to them, to the House; and he read the Reportin his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table where thesame was read, and is as follows, (Vizt.)That Your Committee being informed that certain Persons in GreatBritain had Entered into a Contract with the Government for furnishingProvisions for his Majesty’s Forces in America, and that by such Contract theyhad bound themselves to carry and transport all such Provisions to thePlaces, Forts and Garrisons, where such Forces may be destined, at their ownExpence. But Your Committee have not been able to procure any otherEvidence of the Truth of the said Information than what is inserted in theLondon Magazine for July 1758, from Page 329 to Page 331, which Your Committeebeg leave to refer to, and humbly submit the Same to the Considerationof the House, with this Observation; That if the Matters asserted in thesaid Magazine be true, it is the Opinion of the Committee that the Expencearising from the Carriage of Provisions to the several Garrisons in this Provinceought to be borne by the said Contractors and not by this Province. 34A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,34The reference is to the proceedings of the British House of Commons as reported in LondonMagazine for July 1758. In February and March, the members had conducted an investigation of thesupply contract between the Lords of the Treasury and the London firm of William Baker, ChristopherKilby, and Richard Baker. The merchants had told the legislators they considered themselves bound toattend the army with provisions wherever it should march by land. This cleared up an ambiguity in thecontract. The magazine article implied that the contract would otherwise have defrauded the public byallowing the merchants an extravagant profit for a negligible risk.

MARCH 15, 1759345The Council have twice read “a Bill to restrain and prevent the too frequentSales of Goods, Wares and Merchandize by Public Auction or Out-Cryin Charles Town, and for the better Regulation of such Sales.”The Council have likewise twice read “a Bill for the more effectual Reliefof Insolvent Debtors and for that purpose putting in force and effectuallycarrying into Execution in this Province such part of An Act made in theParliament of Great Britain in the Second Year of his present Majesty’s Reign,Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with respect to the Imprisonmentof their Persons,’ as is herein after mentioned, and to repeal several Acts ofthe Assembly now in force in this Province for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.”The Council have also twice read “a Bill to impower the Commissionersfor building a Church and Parsonage House in the Parish of SaintMichael Charles Town; to purchase a Lot of Land and House for a Parsonagefor the said Parish, and to dispose of and Convey in Fee simple such Pewsas shall be built in the said Church; And for repealing Several Paragraphsof the Act of the General Assembly of this Province for dividing the Parishof Saint Philip, and for Erecting the said Parish of Saint Michael, and a Parsonagefor the same.”And then the Messenger withdrew.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the House do adjourntill this Afternoon three of the Clock.It was Resolved in the Affirmative.And then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.The House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee appointedto enquire in what manner this Province can be eased of theExpence arising from the Carriage of Provisions to the several Garrisons inthe Out Settlements of this Province, into Consideration.The Report was read a Second time;Then the Governor’s Message to this House of the 18th of January 1758,The Resolution of the House thereupon,And the Message of this House in Answer to the Governor’s Message,were severally read.Ordered that An Address be prepared to be presented to the Governorto acquaint His Excellency that the House has some Reason to believe, theContractors in England, to Supply His Majesty’s Troops in America with Provisions,are obliged to pay the Expence of the Carriage of Provisions to theOut Garrisons; And that if His Excellency has no Intimation of it, humblyto desire that he will be pleased to take such Measures to be informed of the

346 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Certainty thereof as He shall think proper, and Communicate the Same tothis House as soon as possible.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Committee appointed to Correspondwith the Agent in Great Britain, that they do direct him to send overfrom time to time, addressed to them, three Setts of the Votes of the Houseof Commons, and four Setts of such Acts of Parliament as relate to America.Resolved (upon the Question) that this House do adjourn till to MorrowMorning Nine of the Clock.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Friday the 16th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.“A Bill to Impower the Commissioners for building a Church and ParsonageHouse in the Parish of Saint Michael Charles Town, to purchase aLot of Land and House for a Parsonage for the said Parish and to disposeof and Convey in Fee Simple, such Pews as shall be built in the said Church,and for repealing Several Paragraphs of the Act of the General Assembly ofthis Province, for dividing the Parish of Saint Philip and for Erecting the saidParish of Saint Michael, and a Parsonage for the same,” was read a thirdTime.Resolved That the Bill do pass; And that the Title be “An Act for buildinga Church and Parsonage House in the Parish of Saint Michael CharlesTown; to purchase a Lot of Land and House for a Parsonage for the saidParish; And to dispose of & Convey in Fee Simple such Pews as shall be builtin the said Church, and for repealing several Paragraphs of the Act of theGeneral Assembly of this Province for dividing the Parish of Saint Philip, andfor Erecting the said Parish of Saint Michael, and a Parsonage for the Same.”Ordered that Mr. Mazyck and Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to the Counciland desire their Concurrence.“A Bill to restrain and prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods, Waresand Merchandize by Public Auction or Out-Cry in Charles Town, and for thebetter Regulation of such Sales,” was read a third Time.Resolved that the Bill do pass and that the Title be “An Act to restrainand prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods, Wares & Merchandize by PublicAuction or Out-Cry in Charles Town and for the better Regulation of suchSales”;Ordered that Mr. McQueen and Mr. Moore do carry the Bill to theCouncil and desire their Concurrence.“A Bill to supply the Defects in Evidence where Original Wills cannot

MARCH 16, 1759347be produced, and to make the Proceedings upon Questions arising uponsuch Wills more Easy and Effectual,” was read a third time.Resolved that the Bill do pass, and that the Title be “An Act to supplythe Defects in Evidence where Original Wills cannot be produced, and tomake the Proceedings upon Questions arising upon such Wills more Easyand Effectual.”Ordered that Mr. Wragg and Mr. Rattray do carry the Bill to the Counciland desire their Concurrence.Then the House proceeded to give the “Bill for the more effectual Reliefof Insolvent Debtors, and for that purpose putting in force and effectuallyCarrying into Execution in this Province such part of An Act made inthe Parliament of Great Britain in the Second Year of his present Majesty’sReign; Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with Respect to the Imprisonmentof their Persons’ as is herein after mentioned, and to repeal the severalActs of Assembly now of Force in this Province for the Relief of InsolventDebtors,” a third Reading.A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill to oblige the Petitioner todeliver up all his Effects into the Hands of the Assignee or Assignees appointedby the Court.The same being received and read three times and amended, was uponthe Question being put thereupon agreed to by the House to be made partof the Bill;And the House having made some Progress in the Reading of the said Bill,Resolved that the further Consideration thereof be postponed.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Upon Reading the third time the “Bill for allowing of Discounts,” Wethink the Title of the said Bill should be altered, and that the Title be “AnAct for allowing of Discounts and for repealing all former Acts and Paragraphsof Acts of the General Assembly of this Province relating to Discounts,”to which Amendment we desire the Concurrence of your House.In the Upper House of Assembly, the 16th Day of March 1759.By Order of the House, William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew,And the Amendment proposed by the Council to the Title of the BillIntitled “An Act for repealing All former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of theGeneral Assembly of this Province relating to Discounts, and for Comprisingin One Act the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province withregard to Discounts” being read three times was agreed to by the House.

348 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759And the following Message was drawn (Vizt.)Honourable Gentlemen,This House have agreed to the Amendment proposed by Your HonorsMessage just now received and that the Title of the said Bill be for allowingof Discounts and for repealing all former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of theGeneral Assembly of this Province with Regard to Discounts.Ordered that Mr. Murray and Mr. Moultrie do carry the Message to theCouncil.According to the Order of the 15th Instant the following Address wasdrawn.May it please Your Excellency,This House having some Reason to believe the Persons who contractedin Great Britain to furnish Provisions for his Majesty’s Forces in America havebound themselves to carry and transport all such Provisions to the Places,Forts and Garrisons, where such Forces may be destined, at their ownExpence, We humbly desire that if Your Excellency has no Intimation of itat this Time, that You will be pleased to take such Measures to be informedof the Certainty thereof, as You shall judge most proper, and Communicatethe same to this House as soon as possible.And the Address being twice read, Ordered that it be Engrossed.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Afternoon five of the Clock.Saturday the 17th Day of March 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday Morning next Ten of the Clock.Monday the 19th Day of March 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 20th Day of March 1759.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.The Address to the Governor of last Friday being Engrossed and Signedby Mr. Speaker,Ordered that Mr. Gadsden and Mr. Broughton do attend His Excellencywith the said Address.The House resumed the Postponed Consideration of the “Bill for themore effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and for that purpose putting inforce and effectually carrying into Execution in this Province, such part ofAn Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the Second Year of His

MARCH 20, 1759349present Majesty’s Reign, Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with Respectto the Imprisonment of their Persons,’ as is herein after mentioned,and to repeal the several Acts of the Assembly now of force in this Provincefor the Relief of Insolvent Debtors”;And the Bill being read a third Time throughout,Resolved that the Bill do pass, and that the Title be “An Act for the moreEffectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and for that Purpose putting in forceand effectually carrying into Execution in this Province such Part of An Actmade in the Parliament of Great Britain in the Second Year of his presentMajesty’s Reign Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with respect to theImprisonment of their Persons,’ as is herein after mentioned and to repealthe several Acts of the Assembly in this Province for the Relief of InsolventDebtors.”Ordered that Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Blake do carry the Bill to the Counciland desire their Concurrence.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson,Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the “Bill for Allowing of Discounts and forrepealing all former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assemblyof this Province relating to Discounts,” and have made the Amendment inthe Title thereof which was agreed to by the House.The Council have also agreed to the “Bill to impower the Commissionersfor building a Church and Parsonage House in the Parish of SaintMichael Charles Town, to purchase a Lot of Land and House for a Parsonagefor the said Parish; And to dispose of and Convey in Fee Simple, suchPews, as shall be built in the said Church, and for repealing the several Paragraphsof the Act of the General Assembly of this Province for dividing theParish of Saint Philip, and for Erecting the said Parish of Saint Michael anda Parsonage for the Same,” without any Amendment.The Council have likewise agreed to the “Bill to supply the Defects inEvidence where the Original Wills cannot be produced; And to make theProceedings upon Questions arising upon such Wills more Easy and Effectual,”without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the said Bills be Engrossed.Mr. Guerard reported from the Committee, who were appointed toAudit the Public Treasurer’s Accounts, that they had examined theTreasurer’s Books and had directed him to report the State of the said Accountsas they appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report inhis place and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the samewas read and is as follows (Vizt.)

350 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759That they have Examined the Public Treasurer’s Books, and find thatthe Dutys arising on Deer-Skins Exported from the 29th of September 1757to the 29th of September 1758 is £4067:5:5 and that the Same is transferredto the General Duty Fund.That the Amount of the Dutys arising on Sole Leather Exported fromthe 29th of September 1757, to the 29th of September 1758 is £358:8:10, and thatthe Same is also transferred to the General Duty Fund.That the Income of the General Duty Fund from the 29th of September1757 to the 29th of September 1758, including the above-mentioned twoSums is £34618:17:5. Against which the following Sums are Charged, Vizt.For Debentures £ 4804:08:11Clergy’s Salarys &ca. 3932:05:00Fortifications 5000:00:00Saint Michael’s Church 1500:00:00Ditto Parsonage House 200:00:00State House 2500:00:00Commissions 2333:00:05£ 30269:14:04From whence it appears that there is a Ballance of £4349:3:1 in the Treasuryin favour of this Fund.That the Amount of Taxes on Goods imported by transient Personsfrom the 29th of September 1757 to the 28th of September 1758 is £342:1:8, Outof which £17:2 the Treasurer’s Commissions being deducted leaves a Ballanceof £324:19:8, And is transferred to the Credit of the Account of Licences forselling and retailing strong Liquors.That the Income of the Tax on the first Purchaser of Negroes importedfrom the 29th of September 1757 to the 29th of September 1758 amounts to£23315. And stands Charged with the following Sums, Vizt.For Debentures £ 382:10:00Commissions 592:08:09To the Fund for New Settlers 17872:01:00For Pest House and Beaconsnow applied to finishingSaint Michael’s Church 4468:00:03£ 23315:00:00By which it appears this Fund is Ballanced.That the Fund for building and repairing the Fortifications of Charles

MARCH 20, 1759351Town from the 29th of September 1757 to the 29th of September 1758, withthe £5000 appropriated out of the General Duty Fund for this Use, and theSum of £62300 Granted for said Purpose by Law passed the 6th of July 1757amounts to £67300. And it is Debited with the following Sums, Vizt.For so much advanced by theTreasurer last Year £ 6787:01:11For The Commissioners of theFortifications Orders 56262:14:09£ 63049:16:08By which there appears to be a Ballance of £4250:3:4 of this Fund in theTreasury.That of the Fund for building a Parsonage House in Saint Michael’s Parishfrom the 29th of September 1757 to the 29th of September 1758 there is aBallance of £41:13:4 in favour of the Treasurer.That the Income of the Additional Duty for Fortifications from the passingof the Law to the 29th of September 1758, amounts to £14946:18:4; TheTreasurer’s Commission at £2 1 /2 per Cent: for receiving the Same is £373:13:5,being deducted leaves a Ballance of £14572:14:11; Of which Ballance Your Committeewith a Committee of the Council have burnt the Sum of £14500.That of the Fund for finishing Saint Michael’s Church to the 29th of September1758 there is a Ballance of £2482:1:7 due to The Treasurer, of which hewill be reimbursed by the Fund for Pest House and Beacons applied for thatUse.That of the Fund for Building the State House to the 29th of September1758 there is a Ballance of £19270:16:8 in favour of the Treasurer, which he is tobe reimbursed by the General Duty Fund, and Provision made in the Act ofAssembly passed the 21st of May 1757.That the Income on Licences for selling and retailing Strong Liquors forthe Year 1758 amounts to £2990:16:6; which together with £324:19:8, the Ballanceof Taxes on Transient Persons brought to this Fund makes in the whole £3315:16:2.That the Amount of the Fund appropriated for New Settlers to the 29thof September 1758 is £36497:0:4. Out of which the following to be deducted, Vizt.Payments made to theCommissary General £ 9055:10:09The Treasurer’s Commissions 226:07:09£ 9281:18:06From whence it appears there is a Ballance due to this Fund of £27215:1:10.

352 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759That the Income of Tax on Goods sold at Public Vendue is £1235:9:2.That on Settling the Tax for the Charges of Government for the YearEnding the 25th of March 1756 by Virtue of the Tax Law passed the 6th of July1756, Your Committee find a Surpluss in the Treasurer’s hands of £8740:10:5,of which £5965:15:3 is more than the Country’s Proportion and £302:16:6 morethan the Town’s Proportion of said Tax; the Other Part of said Surpluss is£2471:18:9 being a Ballance of the General Duty Fund and Tax on Goods soldat Vendue, which was applyed in Aid of that Tax, and belongs to the Publicin General.The Committee have not settled the Tax for the Charges of Governmentfor the Year Ending the 25th of March 1757, as the Treasurer informed themthat several of the Collectors in the Country had not finally settled with andpaid him their several Collections.Your Committee find that the Number of Certificates issued for Paymentof the Estimate annexed to the Tax Law for 1757 were 2000, amountingto £96628, of which the Treasurer produced 793 amounting to £38047,which your Committee with the Committee of the Council have burnt toAshes, so there remains 1207 of these Certificates amounting to £58581, to bebrought into the Treasury to be sunk.By the Report of the last Committee on the Treasurer’s Accounts therewas Outstanding 891 Tax Certificates amounting to £38662, issued in the Year1756, of which the Treasurer produced 409 amounting to £18863 which yourCommittee with a Committee of the Council have burnt, so there remains472 of those Certificates amounting to £19799 to be brought into the Treasuryto be sunk.Your Committee also find by the said Report that there remained outstanding210 Tax Certificates issued in the Year 1755 amounting to £10774, ofwhich the Treasurer produced 100 amounting to £4937, which your Committeetogether with the Committee of the Council have burnt to Ashes, so thereremains 110 of those Certificates amounting to £5837 to be brought into theTreasury to be sunk.Your Committee also find by the said Report that there remained Outstanding29 Tax Certificates issued in 1754 amounting to £1303, of which theTreasurer produced 22 amounting to £1077, which Your Committee and aCommittee of the Council have burnt, so there remains 7 of those Certificatesto be brought into the Treasury to be burnt which amount to £226.Your Committee also find by the Report of the last Committee that thereremained Outstanding 5 Tax Certificates amounting to £215 issued in the Year1753 of which the Treasurer produced 1 of £50 which Your Committee and aCommittee of the Council have burnt, so there remains 4 of those Certificatesamounting to £165 to be brought into the Treasury to be sunk.

MARCH 20, 1759353Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt 31 Certificatesamounting to £1500 issued for building Saint Michael’s Church.Your Committee find by the Report of the last Committee that there wasa Ballance of £737:10 Outstanding of the £63000 Orders issued in the Year1742, for the Assistance of Georgia & Defence of this Province, of which theTreasurer produced £265; which is burnt by your Committee and a Committeeof the Council, which being Substracted leaves a Ballance of £472:10 yetto be brought into the Treasury to be sunk.Your Committee also find that by the said Report there was £117:10 ofthe Fortification Orders issued in 1745, not then brought into the Treasuryof which the Treasurer produced 1 Order of £10 which Your Committee anda Committee of the Council have burnt, so there is £107:10 of said Orders yetto be brought in to be exchanged and sunk.Your Committee also find by the said Report that there was a Ballanceof £266:7:6 of the old Lawful Currency issued in 1731, of which the Treasurerproduced £6:10 which is burnt by your Committee and a Committee of theCouncil, which being deducted leaves a Ballance of £259:17:6, yet to bebrought into the Treasury to be Exchanged and sunk.Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt the Sumof £2064:12:6 of torn and obliterated Currency, which together with the Sumof £7925:12:6 burnt by former Committees amounts to £9990:5 which beingdeducted from the Sum of £20000, provided for exchanging the aforesaidCurrency, leaves a Ballance of £10009:15 in the Treasury for said Purpose.Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt £8400 ofthe £33600 Orders issued in 1755 for the defending His Majesty’s Rights & Dominionsin North America.Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt £30 of theold Appropriation Orders issued in 1731, which is to be reimbursed the Treasurer,as no Fund is appropriated for that purpose.Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have also burnt £5000of the Certificates issued in the Year 1756 for the Fortifications of CharlesTown.Your Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt £2500 ofthe Certificates issued for Building the State House.That there is in the Treasury £468:13:6 arising by Fines and Forfeitures.Then the House proceeded to give the “Bill for preventing as much asmay be the spreading of malignant and contagious Distempers in this Province,and for repealing the former Acts & Paragraphs of Acts heretoforemade for that Purpose” a third Reading. And having made some Progresstherein,Ordered That the further Consideration thereof be postponed.

354 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759A Motion was made and the Question being put that this House do adjourntill this Afternoon three of the Clock.It was resolved in the Affirmative.And then the House adjourned ’till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.The House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 21st Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House resumed the postponed Consideration of the “Bill for preventingas much as may be the spreading of malignant and contagious Distempersin this Province, and for repealing the former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts heretoforemade for that purpose”;And the Bill being read a third time throughout,Resolved that the Bill do pass, and that the Title be “An Act for preventingas much as may be, the spreading of malignant and Contagious Distempersin this Province and for repealing the former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts heretoforemade for that purpose.”Ordered that Mr. Laurens and Mr. Murray do carry the Bill to the Council,and desire their Concurrence.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Joseph Callaway having acted for two Years as Gunner at Fort Loudoun andbeing recommended to me by the Commanding Officer there, as a very properPerson to serve in that Capacity, but no Salary having yet been established bythis Government for such an Officer there, I desire You will make a Provisionof such a Sum for that Service for the time to come as may appear requisite.I must also acquaint you that Ensign McIntosh, Commanding Officer atFort Prince George, having made appear to me the absolute Necessity there wasof an Interpreter to reside constantly in the Fort, and the Person best qualifiedto act as such having refused to serve in that Station unless he was assured ofhaving a fixed Salary from this Government, I did in the Month of Septemberlast authorize Ensign McIntosh to engage the best Interpreter he could, uponthe most advantageous Terms to the Province that he was able, and Mr. McIntoshdid accordingly agree with Thomas Foster at the Rate of twenty five Poundsper Month; I must therefore recommend to you to provide for the Payment ofso much as is due to the said Thomas Foster from the 1st of October last, and

MARCH 22, 1759355desire that You will resolve on a Sum to be provided for the payment of anInterpreter at that Fort for the time to come.William Henry Lyttelton.Resolved that this House will this Afternoon take the said Message intoConsideration.Resolved that this House will this Afternoon take the Report of the Committeeto whom the Memorial of James Crokatt Esqr. was referred into Consideration.Ordered that such Members who do not attend the Service of thisHouse at three of the Clock this Afternoon, or should at any time thereafterdepart the Same during the Sitting of the House without Leave, do paythe Sum of five Pounds Currency into the hands of the Cashier.And then the House adjourned ’till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.The Order of the Day to take the Report of the Committee to whomthe Memorial of James Crokatt Esqr. was referred, into Consideration, beingread,The said Memorial, The Account of James Crokatt Esquire, And theReport of the Committee thereupon, were severally read a Second Time;Then the Resolution of this House of the 31st of January 1754 Relatingto Mr. Crokatt,Mr. Crokatt’s Letter of the 11th of April 1754 to the then Speaker,Mr. Crokatt’s Account dated the 30th of September 1756 amounting to£16 Sterling,And the Resolution of this House of the 30th of April 1755, relating toMr. Crokatt were severally read.Then the Question being put that the House do agree with the Reportof the Committee,It passed in the Negative.Resolved that the Governor’s Message of this Morning be taken intoConsideration to Morrow Morning.Resolved (upon the Question) that this House do adjourn till to MorrowMorning Nine of the Clock.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Thursday the 22d Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.

356 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759The House proceeded to take the Governor’s Message of yesterday intoConsideration.The first Paragraph of the said Message was read a Second time.Resolved that this House will not provide for a fixed Salary for a Gunnerat Fort Loudoun.Then the second Paragraph was read a Second time.Resolved (upon the Question) that this House will not provide for afixed Salary for an Indian Interpreter at Fort Prince George.Resolved (upon the Question) that the Sum of £15 per month be providedfor in the Schedule to be annexed to the Tax-Bill for the Current Year,as a Recompence for Thomas Foster’s Service as Indian Interpreter from thefirst of October last to this Time.Ordered that an Answer be prepared to the Governor’s said Message,And the following was drawn (Vizt.)May it please Your Excellency,This House having Considered Your Excellency’s Message of yesterday,desiring that a Salary may be provided for a Gunner at Fort Loudoun, anda Salary for an Interpreter at Fort Prince George, have resolved not to makeany Provision for any fixed Salarys for those Services, but have agreed toprovide in the Schedule for the Current Year the Sum of £15 per month forThomas Foster as Indian Interpreter from the first of October last to thisTime, being the usual Allowance hitherto paid to Interpreters.Ordered that Collonel Richardson and Mr. Cantey do attend the Governorwith the said Message.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill to invest the Church Wardensand Vestry of Saint Bartholemew’s Parish with Power to dispose of thePews in the Chappel of Saint Edmundsbury, and to apply the Money arisingthereby to defray the Expence of Building the said Chappel and Pews, andkeeping the same in Repair,And that Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Blake and Mr. Stobo do prepare and bringin the same.Mr. Cantey presented to the House (according to Order) “a Bill forVesting the Ferry over Santee River in the Way leading from Charles Townto Williamsburgh, commonly called Murray’s Ferry, in James Hunter, Executorof the last Will and Testament of Joseph Murray, late of Craven County,Planter, deceased, in trust for and to the only Use and Behoof of JamesMurray, an Infant, only Son and Heir at Law of the said Joseph Murray, hisExecutors, Administrators and Assigns for a Term of Years therein mentioned.”And the Same was received and read the first Time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.

MARCH 22, 1759357Mr. Lamboll presented to the House (according to Order) “a Bill forraising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of . . . to defray the Charges ofthis Government from the 25th Day of March 1758 to the 31st Day of December1758 Inclusive, and for other Services therein mentioned.” And the samewas received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second time.And then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee who were appointed toprepare a Schedule to be annexed to the Tax Bill, that the Committee hadprepared a Schedule accordingly, which they directed him to report to theHouse, and he read the Report in his place, and afterward delivered it in atthe Clerk’s Table, where the same was read.Resolved that this House will to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock takethe said Report into Consideration.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee towhom the Public Treasurer’s Accounts were referred, into Consideration.And the Report being Read a Second time,Resolved that the Sum of £4349:3:1, being the Ballance of the GeneralDuty Fund in the Treasury the 29th of September last, be applyed in Aid ofthe Tax to be raised for the Year ending the 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive.Resolved that the Sum of £3315:16:2 arising by the Income on Licencesfor selling and retailing strong Liquors for the Year 1758, and the Ballanceof Taxes on transient Persons, be applyed in Aid of the Tax to be raised forthe Year Ending the 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive.Resolved that the Sum of £1235:9:2, the Amount of the Income of theTax on Goods sold at Public Vendue, be applyed in Aid of the Tax to be raisedfor the Year Ending the 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive.Resolved that the Sum of £8740:10:5 being the Surpluss in the Treasurer’shands raised by Virtue of the Tax Law passed the 6th Day of July 1756, beapplyed in Aid of the Tax to be raised for the Year Ending the 31st Day ofDecember 1758 Inclusive.Resolved that the Sum of £30 be Inserted in the Schedule to the TaxBill to make Good the Deficiency of the old Appropriation Orders issued in1731.Resolved that the Sum of £468:13:6 arising by Fines and Forfeitures beapplyed in Aid of the Tax to be raised for the Year Ending the 31st Day ofDecember 1758 Inclusive.

358 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Committee to whom the PublicTreasurer’s Accounts were referred, to Consider of proper Methods forsinking all the Public Orders that have been issued for Taxes since the Year1753, and that are yet Outstanding, and Report the same, as it shall appearto them, to the House.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the said Committee that they doexamine the Public Treasurer’s Account of the Moneys granted for raisingand paying the South Carolina Regiment, and report the same, as it shallappear to them, to the House.Ordered that the Gentlemen who were directed by this House to importArms from Great Britain to be disposed of to the Inhabitants of thisProvince for Account of the Public, do lay an Account of that Transactionbefore this House.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Friday the 23d Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Resolved that the Public Treasurer do advance the further Sum of Fifteenhundred Pounds Currency to defray the Charge for Carriage of Provisionsto the Garrisons in the Out Settlements.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to Enquire what Savings havebeen made by the present Method of Paying for Carriage of Provisions to theGarrisons in the Out Settlements, and report the same, as it shall appear to them,to the House; And it is referred to Mr. Laurens, Mr. McQueen and Mr. Blake.Then the House proceeded to read the Schedule to be annexed to theTax Bill for the Year Ending the 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive, a SecondTime.The House being moved that the Sum of Two hundred and fifty PoundsSterling or One thousand Seven hundred and fifty Pounds Currency be insertedin the said Schedule, under the head of Salarys, for Mr. Crokatt’s Servicesas Agent for this Province, the same was objected to as irregular, beingalready determined by the House the 21st Instant.Resolved (upon the Question) that the said Motion is regular and agreeableto the former Practice of the House.Mr. Crokatt’s Letter of the 6th of July 1753 to the Committee of Correspondence,And Mr. Middleton’s Letter of the 1st of July 1756 to the Committee ofCorrespondence were severally read.Then the Question was put that the Sum of Two hundred and fifty

MARCH 27, 1759359Pounds Sterling be inserted in the Schedule, as a Salary for Mr. Crokatt’sServices as Agent.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that the Sum of One hundred Ninety three Pounds, three Shillings,be inserted in the said Schedule, To William Henderson for the Hireof a House for a Free School.Resolved that the Sum of Five hundred Ninety four Pounds be insertedin the Schedule to Peter Crim for 33 head of Cattle delivered at FortLoudoun.Resolved that the Sum of One hundred and Seven Pounds Ten Shillingsbe inserted in the said Schedule to Peter Bacott for Captain Stuart’s Certificateto John Friday.Resolved that the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds be inserted in the saidSchedule, to the Commissioners appointed for building a Church in SaintMark’s Parish, toward building the said Church;And the said Sums were severally inserted in the Schedule accordingly.And the House having made some Progress therein,Resolved that the further Consideration thereof be Postponed.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Afternoon five of the Clock.Saturday the 24th Day of March 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday Afternoon five of the Clock.Monday the 26th Day of March 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 27th Day of March 1759.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.The House proceeded to give the Residue of the Schedule to be annexedto the Tax Bill for the Year Ending the 31st of December 1758 Inclusive,A Second Reading.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Sum of SixtyEight Pounds five Shillings and three Pence be added to the Sum of Twothousand and Seventy five Pounds One Shilling and two Pence, reported bythe Committee to whom the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public werereferred, to be due McCarten and Campbell on the Recommitment of theirAccount, and to be allowed accordingly in the said Schedule;It passed in the Negative.

360 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Resolved that the Sum of Thirty Pounds be inserted in the said Schedule,to the Public Treasurer, to make good so much of the old AppropriationOrders issued in 1731, which were burnt.Resolved that the Sum of Thirty Eight Pounds twelve Shillings andSeven Pence be inserted in the said Schedule for an Annuity to the NegroeSampson for discovering a Cure for the Bites of Rattle Snakes.Resolved that the Sum of Three hundred and Eighty Six Pounds fiveShillings and ten Pence be inserted in the said Schedule, To the Commissionersfor the Streets in Charles Town; (to be paid by the Inhabitants of thesaid Town.)Resolved that the Sum of Thirty Eight Pounds twelve Shillings andSeven Pence be inserted in the said Schedule, To the Commissioners forRoads on Charles Town Neck, (to be paid by the Inhabitants of Saint Philipand Saint Michael Charles Town.)Resolved that the Sum of Four thousand One hundred and Sixty OnePounds two Shillings and five Pence be inserted in the said Schedule, To thePublic Treasurer for Money advanced for Carriage of Provisions to the Garrisonsin the Out Settlements.Mr. Mazyck further reported from the Committee, to whom the Curesperformed by Joseph Howard were referred; That they had Enquired intothe Nature of the said Cures, and had directed him to report the same, asthey appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place,and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the same was readand is as follows, (Vizt.)That Mr. Howard has since attended the Committee and delivered tothem in Writing his Method of Curing the Lame Distemper, Yaws and otherDisorders proceeding from Corrupt Blood, which the Committee beg leaveto deliver to the House in his own Words, according to the annexed Directionof said Howard, Signed and sworn to. 35Your Committee recommend the Sum voted to be given JosephHoward, for his Discovery, may be raised or provided for in the Estimate nowdepending.Resolved that the said Report be now taken into Consideration.Then the Report was read a Second Time.Resolved that the Sum of three thousand Pounds be inserted in the saidSchedule for Joseph Howard for his Discovery of the Method of Cureing theLame Distemper, Yaws and other Disorders;Then the said Schedule was read a Second time throughout, and agreedto by the House.35See below, pp. 365–367.

MARCH 27, 1759361Resolved that this House will give the “Bill for raising and Granting toHis Majesty the Sum of . . . to defray the Charges of this Government fromthe 25th Day of March 1758 to the 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive and forother Services therein mentioned,” a Second Reading, To morrow MorningNine of the Clock.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,The following Gentlemen (Vizt.) Charles Stevenson, Paul DouxSaint,Richard Moncrief, William Gibbes and Peter Bacott, appointed Assessors andCollectors of the Tax imposed by An Act Intitled “An Act for raising andGranting to His Majesty the Sum of One hundred and Sixty Six thousandfour hundred and thirty Eight Pounds, fourteen Shillings and Seven Pencefarthing and applying Eight thousand and Sixty Nine Pounds three Shillingsand Six pence &ca. to defray the Charges of this Government from the 25thof March 1757 to the 24th of March 1758,” having represented to me that theyare unable to make the Assessment within the Time prescribed by the saidAct, and praying that they may be allowed a further Time I recommend toYou to bring in a Bill for that purpose.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.Resolved that the said Message be now taken into Consideration.And the message being read a Second time,Ordered that Leave be given to bring in a Bill for allowing further Timefor the Assessors and Collectors appointed for the Parishes of Saint Philipand Saint Michael Charles Town, in and by An Act of the General Assemblyof this Province for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of£166438:14:7 1 /4 and applying £8069:3:6 to defray the Charges of this Governmentfrom the 25th of March 1757 to the 24th of March 1758 to make theirAssessment, and that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Izard and Mr.Lowndes do prepare and bring in the same.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of William Hemsworth and the Subscribersthereunto, addressed to the Governor, Council and Assembly.The Council have also read the Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants onboth Sides of Pedee River, addressed to the Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.Mr. Lowndes presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forEmpowering the Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Saint

362 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Bartholemew to dispose of the Pews, in the Chappel lately Erected atEdmundbury in the said Parish”;And the Same was received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.Mr. Manigault presented to the House (according to Order) “An AdditionalBill to An Act of the General Assembly of this Province Intitled ‘AnAct for disposing of the Acadians now in Charles Town by Settling One fifthpart of their Number in the Parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael andthe other four Parts of them in the several other Parishes within this Province.’”And the same was Received and read the first time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second time.And then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.Ordered that the Committee to whom the Commissary’s Accounts werereferred, do make their Report as soon as Conveniently they can.Mr. Guerard Reported from the Committee to whom the Considerationof proper Methods for sinking the Public Orders issued since 1753, and theExamination of the Treasurer’s Account of the Money Granted for the SouthCarolina Regiment were referred, that they had Considered the Matter toThem referred, and examined the Treasurer’s Account accordingly, and haddirected him to report the same, as they appeared to them, to the House,And he read the Report in his place, and afterward delivered it in at theClerk’s Table, where the same was read, and is as follows, (Vizt.)That they have Considered of proper Methods for Sinking all the PublicOrders and Tax-Certificates whose time of being Current is Elapsed andought to have been brought into the Treasury in Order to have been Exchangedand sunk, and do recommend that the Public Treasurer be orderedto insert An Advertisement in the Gazette and Continue the same a sufficienttime, that the Province in General may have Notice to bring in such Ordersand Tax-Certificates to be Exchanged, and also that a Standing Committeemay be appointed to visit the Treasurer’s Office at Stated Times to take anAccount of such Orders and Tax-Certificates, and to cause the Same to becancelled and filed, to be burnt when a Committee of this House shall bedirected to meet a Committee of the Council for that purpose; By theseMethods Your Committee are of Opinion the Ends intended will be the soonestand most effectually answered.Your Committee have also, in Pursuance of the Order of the House, Examinedthe Treasurer’s Account of the Money granted for raising and pay-

MARCH 27, 1759363ing the South Carolina Regiment, and find That Out of the Amount of£140,000, provided by Law passed the 6th of July 1757 for raising and payingthe said Regiment for One Year, he has paid to the Amount of £98409:10:10,Vizt.For Recruiting £ 17100:00:00For Cloaths &ca. 14000:00:00For Provisions 4725:06:09For Officers & Soldiers Pay 62584:04:01£ 98409:10:10And of the £20000 the Governor was desired by this House to take outof the above Fund, to purchase Presents to be given to encourage a Numberof Cherrokee Indians to go with Collonel Bird to joyn his Majesty’s Forcesthat went against Fort Du Quesne, The Treasurer has paid £15178:4:9; allwhich being deducted from the aforesaid Sum Granted, leaves a Ballance of£21590:9:2 in the Treasury; and after sundry other Charges that have hithertoaccrued for the aforesaid Service are further deducted, Your Committee areof Opinion that what may then appear to remain, be applied in Aid of Tax.Resolved that the said Report be taken into Consideration to MorrowAfternoon.The Message to the Governor (Ordered the 15th Instant), to desire thatHis Excellency will please to Order Payment to the several Persons thereinmentioned, was drawn and read and is as follows,May it please Your Excellency,Among the Accounts of the Creditors of the Public, which were by YourExcellency’s Order, laid before this House are several for the Use of theSouth Carolina Regiment, Vizt., One of Ancram, Lance and Loocock for£34:17:6; another of Herman Christopher Detering for £7:10; A third of Gordonand Elliott for £328:1:3; a fourth of Gordon and Elliott for £33:19:9; a fifthof the George Town Ferry Man for £9:12:6; a sixth of John Gordon for £22:10;A Seventh of Henry Gallman for £200; An Eighth of James Henderson for£273:5; a Ninth of Christopher Jordan for £13:1; a Tenth of John Marlow for£59:12:6; an Eleventh of the Commissary General for £401:15; a Twelfth of JohnWildermotte for £45 and a thirteenth of James Laurens and Company for£243:15, Which we humbly desire Your Excellency will please to Order to bepaid out of the Money provided for that Regiment.There is likewise an Account of William West for £66 for EntertainingIndians, by Order of Collonel Bird, We are of Opinion that sum should bepaid out of the Money allotted for that Service.And the Same being read a Second Time,

364 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Ordered that the said Message be Engrossed.“A Bill for Vesting the Ferry Over Santee River in the way leading fromCharles Town to Williamsburgh, commonly Called Murray’s Ferry, in JamesHunter, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Joseph Murray, deceased,In trust for, and to the only Use and Behoof of James Murray, an Infant, onlySon and Heir at Law of the said Joseph Murray, his Executors, Administratorsand Assigns, for a term of Years therein mentioned,” was read a Secondtime with Blanks which were filled up, and several Amendments were madeby the House to the Bill.Ordered that a Clause be prepared to be added to the said Bill to obligethe Proprietor of the said Ferry, to post up in the most Conspicuous placeor Places, the several Rates of Ferriages, to be paid by Passengers using thesaid Ferry, to be offered at the third Reading of the Bill; And that the Gentlemenwho prepared and brought in the Bill do prepare the same.Ordered that Mr. Cantey and Collonel Richardson do carry the Bill tothe Council.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Committee for Grievances, thatthey do examine what Fees are taken by the several Officers of this Provincein their respective Offices, and that they report the Same, as it shall appearto them, to the House; And that Mr. Mazyck be added to the said Committee.Read the Petition of William Hemsworth, and the Subscribersthereunto, Setting forth,That it would be very convenient for the Neighbours and a great Advantageto the Public to have a Ferry established on the Lands belonging toWilliam Hemsworth, on the South side of Pedee River, as Travellers from theNorthward are often disappointed in Crossing the said River for want of anEstablished Ferry.And Praying that a Public Ferry may be established.Ordered that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee, and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report theSame, as it shall appear to them, to the House; And It is referred to Mr.Lynch, Mr. Trapier, Mr. Gadsden, Collonel Richardson, Mr. Mazyck, Mr.Thomas Waties, Mr. John Waties.Read also the Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants on both Sides ofPedee River, Setting forth,That on the 19th Day of April in the Year of Our Lord 1756, the Commissionersfor the Upper District on the East Side of Pedee River did appointand Establish a Ferry on the said River on Abraham Lundy’s Land, nowOccupied by John Crawford; And as the said Ferry is now kept in good Orderto the great Satisfaction of the Inhabitants and many Travellers, it be-

MARCH 28, 1759365ing the most Convenient Way and best Landing; And therefore humbly prayingthat the said Ferry be Established:Ordered, that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Petition of William Hemsworth is referred.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Wednesday the 28th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Committee to whom the Curesperformed by Joseph Howard were referred, that they do direct the Printingof the said Howard’s Method of Cureing the Lame Distemper, Yaws andother Disorders proceeding from corrupt Blood, which was by him deliveredto the said Committee in Writing, and by them delivered to the House, inthe Gazettes, and continue the same a reasonable time for the Benefit of thePublic.[The clerk of the Commons House did not include the committee’s report of JosephHoward’s cure in the engrossed manuscript. The printed text of the cure appearedin the April 7, 1759 issue of the South Carolina Gazette in the following form.]In the Commons House of Assembly, the 28th Day of March, 1759.Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, to whom the Cures performedby Joseph Howard was referred, That they do direct the Printing said Howard’sMethod of curing the Lame-Distemper, Yaws, and other Disorders, proceeding fromcorrupt Blood (which was by him delivered to the said Committee) in the Gazette,and continue the same some Time for the Benefit of the Public.John Bassnett, C.D.C.A Receipt for curing the Lame Distemper, Yaws, or almost any corrupt Blood, &c.First bleed in the Arm on the Side where most Sores lie; if no Sores, in theArm on the Side where most Pain is, if any Odds: Then purge with Pilulae ex Duobus,from 15 Grains to 35 or 40, according to the Age or Strength of the Patient; dividethe Pill. ex Duobus into 5 Pills, give 3 just before the Patient goes to Bed, and 2 in theMorning, working it off with Gruel. Continue this Method of purging 3 or 4 Times,but let there be 2 or 3 Days between each Purge. Where the Patient is weak, purgewith Extractum Rudii, giving 2 or 3 Pills every other Night; the Pills to be about theSize of a Garden Pea: If the Patient is weak and unable to bear it, there must be alonger Intermission. After the above Medicines are made Use of, according to theDirections above, then have ready the following

366 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Diet Drink.Take 6 or 8 Ounces of Sarsaparilla, the same Quantity of dried China Root split andchip’d fine, to which add an Ounce and an half or 2 Ounces of Gum Guiacum: Put theSarsparilla into an Iron Pot, to which add 8 or 10 Quarts of Water; if the Patient is strongput 8, if weak put 10 Quarts. If the Disorder is hard to be cured, I add half a Pound ofAntimony grosly powdered, and put into a Linen Bag tied loosely, and hang it in the Pot(if the Patient is weak, add a Handful or two of Buckshorn Shavings) covering the Potvery close, and pasted tight round the Brim that no Steam can come out, setting it overa gentle Fire of Coals so that it may stew or simmer for 12 Hours; then take it off theFire, and let it cool before you open it; then bottle it for Use.Give the Patient a Gill and half first in the Morning, and the same Quantitygoing to Bed at Night.The Patient must take particular Care to keep to a strict Diet, such as, WheatBread well raised, or good Bisket: Their common Drink must be, small Beer brewedwith Molasses.The above Directions to be strictly observed ’till the Patient is well, if Strengthwill permit: If the Patient is unable to bear the Diet Drink, he must quit the Diet Drink,and live upon the aforementioned Bread and Beer for 3 Days, and then he may withSafety take Nourishment.For an old Pox.Take 8 Ounces of Sarsaparilla, 8 Ounces of dried China Root chipt or split fine,2 Ounces of Gum Guiacum, 4 Ounces of the Root of a Plant or Bush known by theName of Queen’s Delight or Pock Root, to be put in a Pot as before directed with 8Quarts of Water: And the above Directions to be observed in every Particular, notforgetting to bleed and purge as before directed.To cure the Canker.Take Holly Leaves a good Quantity, and burn them to Ashes, and pulverise themvery fine, add as much Allum pulverised as there is Ashes: Take a Piece of Rag, andrub the Ashes on the Sore twice a Day; then take an Ounce of Salt and one Ounceof Allum, put in one Pint and an Half of Water, put it over the Fire ’till it is dissolved,and wash the Ashes and Allum out of the Sore with the Water, a Quarter of an Hourafter it is dress’d.Charles-Town.Joseph Howard, being duly sworn, made Oath before me, that he has made aplain and full Discovery of the Medicines and Methods used by him in the Cure of

MARCH 28, 1759367the Lame Distemper, Yaws, and other scorbutical Disorders, as described in the Directionsabove annexed;Joseph Howard.Sworn before me, this 24th March, 1759.Thomas Wright. 36Ordered that Mr. Gadsden and Mr. Manigault do attend the Governorwith the Engrossed Message of Yesterday, Concerning the several Sums duefor Supplys to the South Carolina Regiment.“A Bill for impowering the Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parishof Saint Bartholemew, to dispose of the Pews in the Chappel lately Erectedat Edmundbury in the said Parish,” was read a Second time with Blanks,which were filled up, and several Amendments were made by the House tothe Bill.Ordered that Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Blake do carry the Bill to the Council;A Motion was made and the Question being put that the “Bill for raisingand granting to His Majesty the Sum of £ . . . for defraying the Chargesof this Government from the 25th Day of March 1758 to the 31st Day of December1758 Inclusive, and for other Services therein mentioned,” be Committedbefore the Second Reading thereof;It passed in the Negative.Then the House proceeded to give the said Bill a Second Reading.A Motion was made and the Question being put, that all the Landsgranted in this Province, be taxed according to their full Value;It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that the Words in the Bill, whereby a Taxis imposed on Black Cattle, be dashed.Ordered that the further Consideration of the said Bill be postponed.Then the House adjourned ’till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.Ordered that the Order of the Day for taking the Report from the Committee(to whom the Consideration of proper Methods for Sinking the PublicOrders issued since 1753, and the Examination of the Treasurer’s Account of36South Carolina Gazette, April 7, 1759. The newspaper included Howard’s statement thanking theGeneral Assembly for purchasing the cure, which he assured them had “not failed one in twenty, andwhere it has, it has been for want of close application to the prescription, or making use of such things asis injurious to the efficacy of it.” Howard announced a schedule of times and places where he wouldexhibit the herbs to the interested public, and offered information to anyone who would apply to him “atBroughton-Hall in St. John’s parish, or at his own house at Santee.”

368 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759the Moneys Granted for the South Carolina Regiment were referred) intoConsideration, be now read.The first Paragraph of the said Report being read a Second time,And the Question being put that the House do agree with the Reportof the Committee on the first Paragraph.It passed in the Negative.The Second Paragraph being read a Second time,Ordered that the Committee to whom the Public Treasurer’s Accountswere referred, be a Standing Committee, to visit the Public Treasurer’s Officeat Stated Times, to take an Account of such Orders and Tax Certificates,as are brought in after the time appointed for their passing Current iselapsed, and to cause the same to be Cancelled and filed, ready to be burnt,when a Committee of this House shall be directed to meet a Committee ofthe Council for that purpose.Then the last Paragraph was read a Second time;The Governor’s Message to this House of the 28th of April 1758, recitingpart of The Right Honorable Mr. Secretary Pitt’s Letter to him, and Partof a Letter from General Abercromby,The Report of the Committee of this House of the 2d of May 1758 thereupon,And the Answer from this House to the said Message, of the 9th of May1758, were severally read.Then the said Paragraph of the Report was disagreed with by the House.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the “Bill for preventing as much as may bethe spreading of malignant and Contagious Distempers in this Province, andfor repealing the former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts heretofore made forthat Purpose,” without any Amendment.Also the following Message,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Upon reading the third time “a Bill to restrain the too frequent Salesof Goods, Wares and Merchandize &ca.,” We think the following Amendmentsnecessary to be made therein, Vizt.; That the Words, in Page 1st, Line7th, “to the utter Ruin of many of the Inhabitants of the said Town, who haveno,” be struck out; And that the Governor’s Designation, in the last Line ofthe said Page, “of Governor in Chief and Captain General,” be altered to“Captain General and Governor in Chief &ca.”; And that in Page 2d, Line12th, after the Word “Lott,” the Words, “Perishable Goods excepted,” be inserted;To which Amendments We desire the Concurrence of Your House.

MARCH 29, 1759369In the Upper House of Assembly, the 28th Day of March 1759.By Order of the House, Edward Fenwicke.The Amendments proposed by the Council to the “Bill to restrain andprevent the too frequent Sales of Goods, Wares and Merchandize, by PublicAuction or Out Cry in Charles Town, and for the better Regulation ofSuch Sales,” being twice read, were agreed to by the House.Ordered that the “Bill for preventing as much as may be the Spreadingof Malignant and Contagious Distempers in this Province, and for repealingthe former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts heretofore made for thatPurpose,” be Engrossed.And then the House adjourned till To Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Thursday the 29th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Several Members representing to the House that the Minute takendown in the Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings relating to the Taxation ofall Lands Granted in this Province, according to the full Value, did not fullyExpress the Nature of the Question as founded on the Motion made for thatpurpose, and that the Sense of the Majority then was to pass a Negative onthe Impractibility of immediately ascertaining the Mode or Method to levythe said Tax, which would require more time for Consideration than possiblycould be spared, so as to be made part of the present Tax Bill.A Question was thereupon stated, by way of Amendment to that of Yesterday,Vizt.That Each respective Tract of Land granted in this Province, be taxedaccording to the full Value thereof, to be ascertained by Assessors appointedin the several Districts and Sworn for that purpose.And the Question so stated being propounded,Resolved (Upon the Question) that the Minute of Yesterday relative to theLand-Tax be amended, by inserting the Words, Each respective Tract of Land, insteadof, all Lands, and by adding thereto, the Words following, to be ascertainedby Assessors appointed in the several Districts, and sworn for that Purpose.The following Message to the Council was drawn, vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,This House having Considered the several Amendments which YourHonors propose to be made to the “Bill to restrain and prevent the too frequentSales of Goods, Wares & Merchandize &ca.” have agreed to all the saidAmendments.

370 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759And the Message being ingrossed, read and signed by Mr. Speaker,Ordered that Mr. Drayton and Mr. Stoutenburgh do Carry the Messageto the Council.Then the House proceeded in the further Reading the “Bill for raisingand granting to His Majesty the Sum of £ . . . for defraying the Charges ofthis Government from the 25th Day of March 1758 to the 31st of Decemberinclusive, and for other Services therein mentioned,” a Second Time.Resolved (upon the Question) that the Blank in the Second Clause ofthe Bill whereby a Tax per Centum is imposed on all Stock in Trade,Factorage, Facultys and Professions (the Clergy excepted), Town Lotts,Wharfs and Buildings, according to such Estimate as the Assessors shall makeof the Value of the Same, be Nine Shillings and Six pence.And the House having made some Progress therein.Resolved that the further Consideration of the Bill be postponed.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,An Act having been passed on the 11th Day of May 1754 Intitled “An Actfor applying the fifth part of the Tax imposed by the General Duty Law onthe first Purchasers of Negroes & other Slaves imported &ca.,” whereby theCommissioners of Fortifications are impowered to purchase a Piece of Landnear the Work House in Charles Town, within the Line at the North End ofthe said Town, and to build another Powder Magazine thereon, and it appearingto me upon Inspection of the said Land that it is inconvenient forthat purpose aforesaid, for as much as two Powder Magazines should not bebuilt near to One another, and that it is difficult to find a Spot within theLine abovementioned, at a sufficient Distance from the Magazine alreadyConstructed, where a new One may be Erected, without raising Fears andApprehensions in the Inhabitants of that Quarter, that the Safety of theHouses and other Buildings there may be endangered thereby; I recommendto You to bring in a Bill to repeal the Clause in the Act abovementionedConcerning the Construction of a Powder Magazine in the place aforesaid,and to apply the Money appropriated for that Service to defray the Chargeof building One or more Powder Magazines in such other Place or Placesas shall be found most Convenient.William Henry Lyttelton.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the “Bill to restrain and prevent the too frequentSales of Goods, Wares and Merchandize by Public Auction or Out Cry

MARCH 29, 1759371in Charles Town and for the better Regulation of such Sales”; And have madethe Amendments therein which were agreed to by Your House.The Council have also agreed to the “Bill for the more effectual Reliefof Insolvent Debtors, and for that purpose putting in force and effectuallycarrying into Execution in this Province such part of An Act made in theParliament of Great Britain in the Second Year of His present Majesty’sReign, Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with Respect to the Imprisonmentof their Persons’ as is herein after mentioned, and to repeal the severalActs of the Assembly now in force in this Province for the Relief ofInsolvent Debtors.”Ordered that the said Bills be Ingrossed.The Council have likewise twice read the “Bill for enlarging the Qualificationsof the Electors as well as of the Persons to be Elected, to serve asMembers of the General Assembly of this Province.”And The Council have twice read the “Bill for impowering the ChurchWardens and Vestry of the Parish of Saint Bartholemew to dispose of the Pewsin the Chappel lately Erected at Edmundbury, in the said Parish.”And then the Messenger withdrew.And then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the Postponed Consideration of the Second Readingof the Residue of the “Bill for raising and Granting to His Majesty theSum of £ . . . for defraying the Charges of this Government from the 25th ofMarch 1758 to the 31st of December 1758 Inclusive, and for other Servicestherein mentioned.”A Motion was made and the Question being put, that the Words in the15th Clause, Explaining Stock in Trade, be struck out.It passed in the Negative.A Motion was made and the Question being put, That a Tax be imposedon the Value of all Schooners, belonging to the Inhabitants of this Province.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that Fifty Pounds Proclamation Moneybe inserted in the 27th Clause of the said Bill, as a Fine or Forfeiture incurredby Each Person appointed to carry the Same into Execution, who shall neglector refuse to do and perform the several matters thereby required ofthem respectively, to His Majesty, for the Support of this Government.A Motion was made and the Question being put, that the Public Treasurerbe ordered to deduct 5 per Centum per Annum from the first of November1760, on all Certificates to be issued by Virtue of the “Act for raising

372 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759and granting to His Majesty the Sum of £ . . . for defraying the Charges ofthis Government from the 25th of March 1758 to the 31st of December 1758inclusive, and for other Services therein mentioned,” to the time they arebrought in, and Payment demanded from the said Treasurer.It passed in the Negative.And the Bill was read a Second time throughout with Blanks which werefilled up, and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill; Andthe Title was made,“A Bill for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of Ninety fivethousand three hundred and Seventy Nine Pounds, five Shillings and EightPence half penny, and for applying the Sum of Eighteen thousand One hundredand Nine Pounds, twelve Shillings and five Pence, being the Surplusof Taxes and Ballance of several Funds in the Public Treasury of this Province,making together the Sum of One hundred and thirteen Thousand fourhundred and Eighty Eight Pounds, Eighteen Shillings and One Penny halfpenny, for defraying the Charges of this Government from the 25th of March1758 to the 31st of December 1758 inclusive and for other Services thereinmentioned.”Ordered that Mr. Laurens and Mr. Guerard do carry the Bill to theCouncil.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Friday the 30th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.“A Bill for impowering the Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parishof Saint Bartholemew to dispose of the Pews in the Chapel lately Erected atEdmundbury in the said Parish,” was read a third Time.Resolved that the Bill do pass, and that the Title be “An Act forimpowering the Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of SaintBartholemew to dispose of the Pews in the Chapel lately Erected atEdmondbury in the said Parish.”Ordered that Mr. Stobo and Captain Glover do carry the Bill to theCouncil, and desire their Concurrence.Then the House proceeded to give the “Bill for Enlarging the Qualificationsof the Electors as well as of the Persons to be Elected to serve asMembers of the General Assembly of this Province,” a third Reading.A Clause was offered to the House to be added to the Bill to impowerthe Church Wardens or returning Officers in the several Parishes in thisProvince (in Case of Doubt as to the Qualification of any Elector offering

MARCH 30, 1759373to Ballot at any Election) to administer an Oath to such Elector; and the samewas received and twice read with Blanks which were filled up, and the Clauseamended, was agreed to by the House, to be made part of the Bill.Another Clause was offered to the House to be added to the said Bill,to repeal several Clauses in the Act Intitled “An Act to ascertain the mannerand form of Electing Members to represent the Inhabitants of this Provincein the Commons House of Assembly, and to appoint who shall be deemedand adjudged capable of choosing or being chosen Members of the saidHouse” passed the 21st Day of September in the Year of Our Lord 1721, andto ascertain the Returns of the Writts issued by the Governor and Councildirected to the several Church Wardens in this Province for Electing Membersto represent the Inhabitants of this Province in General Assembly.A Motion was made and the Question being put, that the Blank in thesaid Clause whereby a Penalty is laid on the Returning Officer be filled upwith the Sum of £100 Proclamation Money,It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that the said Blank be filled up with £50Proclamation Money.Then the said Clause was received and twice read with Blanks, whichwere filled up and the Clause amended was agreed to by the House, to bemade part of the Bill.Another Clause was offered to the House to be added to the said Billto oblige the proper Officer to send at the same time with the several Writtsof Election to the Church Wardens or other returning Officers, a printedCopy of this Act, and the unrepealed Clauses of the former Election Act, andthe same being objected to;The Question was put that the said Clause be received,It passed in the Negative.Then the said Bill (with the Clauses thereunto added) was read a third Timethroughout, and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Resolved (upon the Question) That the Bill do pass and that the Titlebe “An Additional Act to an Act intitled ‘An Act to ascertain the Manner andform of Electing Members to represent the Inhabitants of this Province inthe Commons House of Assembly, and to appoint who shall be deemed andadjudged capable of choosing or being chosen Members of the said House,’passed the 21st Day of September, in the Year of Our Lord 1721, and for repealingseveral Clauses in the said Act.”Ordered that Mr. Murray and Mr. Pinckney do carry the Bill to theCouncil and desire their Concurrence.Resolved (upon the Question) that Mr. Murray have leave to be absenton Business of Consequence until Wednesday next.

374 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Resolved (upon the Question) that the House do adjourn till this Afternoon,four of the Clock.And then the House adjourned ’till this Afternoon four of the Clock.P.M.The House proceeded to give the “Bill to revive and Continue SeveralActs and Clauses of Acts of the General Assembly of this Province, and foramending some of the said Acts in the manner therein mentioned,” a Thirdreading.A Clause was offered to the House to be added to the Bill, to invest theCommanding Officer at Fort Lyttelton lately Constructed near Beaufort PortRoyal, with the same Powers and Authority, respecting the Discharge of hisDuty, as the Commanding Officer at Fort Frederick was, by the said Act, formerlyinvested with; And the Same was received and twice read, And theClause amended was agreed to by the House to be made part of the Bill.Another Clause was offered to the House to be added to the said Bill;To revive the Act Intitled “An Act to Encourage the making of Flax andHemp in the Province of South Carolina,” passed the 13th Day of April 1756,Except such part thereof as by the said Clause is excepted.A Motion was made and the Question being put, that a Bounty of 8 Shillingsfor Every 100 lb. Weight of Merchantable Hemp brought to CharlesTown be granted in lieu of the Bounty given by the Act, revived and Continuedby the said Clause.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (Upon the Question) that a Bounty of 6 Shillings for Every100 lb. Weight of Merchantable Hemp brought to Charles Town be grantedin lieu of the Bounty given by the said Act.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the said Bountyof 6 Shillings for Every hundred Weight of Hemp, be Continued for fiveYears,It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that a Bounty of Six Shillings given forEvery hundred Weight of Hemp be Continued for three Years.Then the said Clause was received and twice read, and the Clauseamended was agreed to by the House, to be made part of the Bill.The Governor’s Message of the 19th of January last, relating to the Militiaof this Province, was read a Second Time.Resolved that a Clause be prepared to be added to the said Bill, to obligethe Militia in Charles Town to muster Eight times within the Year during thepresent War.

APRIL 2, 1759375And accordingly a Clause was offered to the House, received, twice readand agreed to by the House to be made part of the Bill.And another Clause was offered to the House to be added to the saidBill, That Lists of the Names and Number of Slaves in the Country, be deliveredto the Captain of the Company of Each Parish or District once a Year,to be by him delivered to the Commanding Officers of the Patrolls, and tobe by them called over at each respective Plantation; And that such Slavesas appear to be then absent, and cannot afterward give a reasonable Excuse,be punished.Resolved that the Report of the Committee to whom the Petition of theInhabitants of Saint James Santee was referred, be now taken into Consideration.The said Report and Petition being severally read a Second time.Resolved that the said Clause be rejected.The said Bill, with the Clauses thereunto added was read a third Timethroughout, and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill;Resolved That the Bill do pass, And that the Title be “An Act to reviveand Continue Several Acts and Clauses of Acts of the General Assembly ofthis Province, and for amending some of the said Acts in the manner hereinmentioned.”Ordered that Mr. Murray and Mr. Mazyck do carry the Bill to the Council,and desire their Concurrence.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Afternoon five of theClock.Saturday the 31st Day of March 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday Afternoon three of theClock.Monday the 2d Day of April 1759. P.M.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Trapier presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forErecting and establishing District Courts to hear and determine all Civil Pleasand Actions of Debt above £20 and not exceeding £ . . . Current Money ofthe Province of South Carolina, within the said Province,” And the same wasreceived and read the first time;Resolved that the Bill be read a Second Time.The House proceeded to give “An Additional Bill to An Act of the GeneralAssembly of this Province Intitled ‘An Act for disposing of the Acadians

376 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759now in Charles Town by settling one fifth part of their Number in the Parishesof Saint Philip and Saint Michael, and the other four parts of them inthe several other Parishes within this Province,’” a Second Reading.A Motion was made and the Question being put, that the Blank in theClause, whereby a Penalty is inflicted on the Commissary General, be filledup with the Sum of Twenty Pounds Proclamation Money,It passed in the Negative.Resolved that the said Blank be filled up with the Sum of £5 ProclamationMoney.And the Bill was read a Second time throughout with Blanks, whichwere filled up, and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.The Question being put that the Bill be sent to His Majesty’s Council.It passed in the Negative.Mr. Graeme presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forallowing a further Time to the Assessors and Collectors for the Parishes ofSaint Philip and Saint Michael, for carrying into Execution An Act of theGeneral Assembly of this Province, Intitled ‘An Act for raising and Grantingto His Majesty the Sum of £166438:14:7 1 /4 and applying £8069:3:6, (being theSurplus of Taxes and Ballance of a Fund in the Public Treasury) making together£174507:18:1 1 /4 to defray the Charges of this Government from the 25thDay of March 1757 to the 24th Day of March 1758, and for other Servicestherein mentioned.’”And the Same was received and read the first Time.Resolved that the Bill be read a Second time.And then the House adjourned ’till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 3d Day of April 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.“A Bill for allowing a further time to the Assessors and Collectors forthe Parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael, for carrying into ExecutionAn Act of the General Assembly of this Province Intitled ‘An Act for raisingand Granting to His Majesty the Sum of £166438:14:7 1 /4 and applying £8069:3:6(being the Surplus of Taxes and Ballance of a Fund in the Public Treasury)making together £174507:18:1 1 /4 to defray the Charges of this Government fromthe 25th Day of March 1757 to the 24th Day of March 1758, and for other Servicestherein mentioned,’” was read a Second time with Blanks which werefilled up, and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered that Mr. Guerard and Mr. Gadsden do carry the Bill to theCouncil.

APRIL 4 , 1759377The Governor’s Message relating to the Militia of this Province was read.Ordered that a Message be prepared in Answer to His Excellency’s saidMessage, signifying that this House have prepared and passed a Bill to reviveand Continue several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province (theMilitia Act being One) for the Term of five Years from the time the said Billpasses into a Law, with a Clause thereunto added, to oblige the Militia inCharles Town to train, muster and Exercise Eight times in the Year duringthe Continuance of the present War.Ordered that a Message be prepared to acquaint the Governor that fiveof the Seven Commissioners who were appointed by the Act intitled “An Actfor regulating the Buildings thereafter to be Erected or built in CharlesTown, and for preventing Encroachments on the Streets, Lanes and PublicAlleys within the said Town, as the said Streets, Lanes and Public Alleys stoodon the 17th Day of November,” passed the 20th Day of December 1740, aresince dead, and humbly to desire that His Excellency will please to appointfive other Commissioners in their Room, to carry the said Act into Execution.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,The Council have agreed to the “Additional Bill to An Act Intitled ‘AnAct to ascertain the manner and form of Electing Members to represent theInhabitants of this Province in the Commons House of Assembly, and toappoint who shall be deemed and adjudged Capable of Choosing or beingChosen Members of the said House,’ passed the 21st Day of September, inthe Year of Our Lord 1721, and for repealing several Clauses in the said Act.”The Council have likewise agreed to the “Bill to revive and Continueseveral Acts and Clauses of Acts of the General Assembly of this Province,and for amending some of the said Acts in the manner herein mentioned.”The Council have also agreed to the “Bill for impowering the ChurchWardens and Vestry of the Parish of Saint Bartholemew to dispose of the Pewsin the Chappel lately erected at Edmundbury in the said Parish.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the said Bills be Ingrossed.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Wednesday the 4th Day of April 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.According to Order the following Messages were drawn (Vizt.)May it please Your Excellency,

378 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759In Answer to your Message of the 19th of January last, with Several Lettersfrom the Collonels of Militia, We beg leave to acquaint Your Excellencythat this House have passed A Bill to revive and Continue several Acts of theGeneral Assembly of this Province (the Militia Act being One) for the Termof five Years, from the time the said Bill passes into a Law, with a Clausethereunto added to oblige the Militia in Charles Town to train, Muster andExercise Eight times in the Year, during the Continuance of the present War.And the same being twice read,Ordered that the said Message be Ingrossed.May it please Your Excellency,Upon Inspecting the Act Intitled “An Act for regulating the Buildingshereafter to be Erected in Charles Town &ca.” passed the 20th Day of December1740, We find that five of the Seven Commissioners who were appointedby the said Act are since dead, and We have Reason to believe theother Commissioners have refused to Act; We humbly desire that Your Excellencywill be pleased to appoint other Commissioners in their Room, aswe think it of the greatest Consequence that the said Act should be carry’dinto Execution.And the said Message being twice read,Ordered that the same do lye upon the Table.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Committee of Grievances that theydo enquire what Infringements have been made on the Streets, Lanes and PublicAlleys in Charles Town, Contrary to the Intent and Meaning of An Act passedthe 20th Day of December 1740, for regulating the Buildings in the said Town,and to consider how and in what manner the said Act can be better carry’d intoExecution, and that they do report the same, as it shall appear to them, to theHouse, And that Mr. Guerard, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Daniel Crawford be added to the said Committee.The Governors Message of the 29th of March last, Concerning the Constructionof a Powder Magazine,And the Address of the Petition of the Subscribers in Behalf of themselves& Others, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Philip’sCharles Town, were severally read.Ordered that the said Message be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee, and that they do report their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Guerard, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Laurens, Mr.Rattray, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Pinckney.Then a Letter dated the 25th of November 1758 from James Wright Esqr.,Agent to sollicit the Affairs of this Province in Great Britain, directed to theHonorable the Committee of Correspondence,A Copy of His Memorial to the Right Honorable The Lords of the Treasury,

APRIL 4, 1759379And a Copy of His Memorial to The Right Honorable The Lords of theAdmiralty, were severally read. 37Ordered that the Account of James Wright Esqr., Agent to sollicit theAffairs of this Province, referred to in the said Letter, be referred to theConsideration of the Committee to whom the Accounts of the Creditors ofthe Public were referred, and that they do examine the said Account, andreport the same, as it shall appear to them, to the House.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Memorial of the Commissioners appointed byLaw for building a State-House, addressed to the Governor, Council andAssembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.The Memorial of the Commissioners appointed by Law for building aState-House, was read, Setting forth,That the Memorialists have proceeded therein according to a Planunanimously agreed upon, being such as was thought most proper by themto answer the End proposed by the Legislature in the said Building.That as such Buildings are intended to be an Ornament as well as ofUse to the Public, The Memorialists flatter themselves that the Design andDimensions of the Plan and the Neatness aimed at in the Execution of it,have met with the Approbation of Your Excellency and Honors.That the Memorialists Endeavoured to procure the best Materials onthe Cheapest terms both from England and in this Province, and employedsuch Workmen as they thought most skilful, faithful and Diligent in the Work& reasonable in their Conditions.That the Monies granted by the General Assembly for defraying theExpence of the said Building are exhausted and the Commissioners arethereby rendered unable to finish and Compleat the same in a suitable manner,which they are hopeful cannot reasonably be charged on them as a wantof due Attention thereto, for as no such large Building has been erected inthis Province, the Memorialists had it not in their Power to form any Computationof the Expence this Work would in fact amount to, from their ownor any Information they could receive from the most diligent Enquiry, especiallyas frequent Experience has shewn that the Expence in the smallestWorks generally greatly exceed the first Calculation.The Memorialists having thus proceeded as far as they could or indeedrather farther than they ought to have gone as there are Debts owing to the37The James Wright-Charles Garth Letterbook, 1758–1766, William L. Clements Library (microfilmat SC Archives) contains texts for all three documents.

380 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Amount of three thousand five hundred and Ninety three Pounds ten Shillingsand Nine Pence for work done to this Building, do now, according tothe Directions of the Act of the General Assembly, by which they are appointed,beg leave to lay before Your Excellency and Honors a full State oftheir Accounts, the Book and Vouchers whereof are ready for your Inspectionwhenever required.All which is humbly submitted to the Consideration of Your Excellencyand Honors.Ordered that the said Memorial be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report thesame, as it shall appear to them, to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Wragg, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Lowndes,Mr. Manigault, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Laurens, Mr. McQueen, Mr. Graeme, Mr.Gadsden, Mr. Pinckney.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill for raising and Granting to His Majestythe Sum of Ninety five thousand three hundred and Seventy NinePounds, five Shillings and Eight Pence half penny, and applying Eighteenthousand One hundred and Nine Pounds, twelve Shillings and five Pence,being the Surplus of Taxes and Ballance of several Funds in the Public Treasury,making together One hundred and thirteen thousand four hundredand Eighty Eight Pounds Eighteen Shillings and One Penny half Penny, todefray the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day of March 1758 tothe 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive, and for other Services therein mentioned.”The Council have also twice read “a Bill for allowing a further time tothe Assessors and Collectors for the Parishes of Saint Philip and SaintMichael, for carrying into Execution An Act of the General Assembly of thisProvince, Intitled ‘An Act for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sumof £166438:14:7 1 /4 & applying £8069:3:6 (being the Surplus of Taxes andBallance of a Fund in the Public Treasury) making together £174507:18:1 1 /4 todefray the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day of March 1757 tothe 25th Day of March 1758, and for other Services therein mentioned.’”And then the Messenger withdrew.And then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Trapier reported from the Committee to whom the Examination of theAccount of James Wright Esqr., Agent to sollicit the Affairs of this Province in

APRIL 4, 1759381Great Britain, was referred, that they had examined the said Account, andhad directed him to report the same, as it appeared to them, to the House,and he read the Report in his place and afterward delivered it in at theClerk’s Table, where the same was read and is as follows (Vizt.)That they have examined the Account of Disbursements of JamesWright Esqr., Agent for this Province in Great Britain, and Compared thesame with the Accounts of former Agents.That the Charges in the said Account appear to the Committee to be usualand reasonable; And that the largeness of the said Account is owing to the Varietyof Matters which the said Agent was directed by the House to sollicit.The Committee are therefore of Opinion that the Sum of £170:10:6 Sterling,amounting to £1193:13:6 Currency ought to be provided for the said Agent.The said Report being read a Second time,Resolved that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report.Resolved that the Sum of £1193:13:6 be inserted in the Schedule to be annexedto the Tax Bill for defraying the Charges of this Government to the 31stof December 1758 Inclusive, for James Wright Esqr., Agent in Great Britain.The House proceeded to give the Tax Bill a third Reading, and on Readingthe Schedule to be annexed to the said Bill, a third time,Resolved that the Sum of £77:5:2 1 /2 be inserted in the said Schedule forProvisions for a Gunner and two Quarter Gunners at Fort Johnson, at theRate of £25 per Annum Each.Resolved that the Sum of £710:10 be inserted in the said Schedule forAdditional Pay to 35 Subaltern Officers of the Highland Battallion, 58 Daysat 1/ Sterling per Day from the 25th of March to the 21st of May 1758.And the Schedule was read a third time throughout and several Amendmentswere made by the House thereto.Which Schedule is as follows (Vizt.)A Schedule of the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day ofMarch 1758 to the 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive. 38Allowances to Public Officers.To His Excellency the Governor £ 2704:02:02To The Clerk of the Council £ 231:15:07[To] The Master in Chancery £ 154:10:0538Pursuant to a committee report of April 27, 1758, the Commons House resolved to convert itsannual tax laws to the New Style calendar. Accordingly, the schedule approved in 1759 covered only thelast nine months of the previous calendar year.

382 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759[To] The Messenger of the Council £ 154:10:05[To] The Door-keeper of the Council £ 154:10:05[To] The Clerk of the Assembly £ 463:11:03[To] The Messengers of the Assembly £ 309:00:10[To] The Commissary General £ 309:00:10[To] The Agent in Great Britain £ 1081:12:11[To] The Clerk of the Committee ofCorrespondence £ 38:12:07[To] The Clerk to the Board ofChurch Commissioners £ 23:03:06£ 5624:10:11House Rent for the PublicService.To His Excellency the Governor for 39 £ 540:16:05To William Henderson for hire of aHouse for a Free School £ 193:03:00£ 733:19:05Writing for the Public Service.To the Clerk of the Council forCopies of the Minutes ofCouncil, Entries inthe Indian Book, and Copiesof Laws for the Use of theCouncil £ 1425:07:08To the Clerk of the Assembly forCopies of Journals, drawingBills &ca. £ 1671:10:00To John Murray Esqr. for feesdue to the Secretary’s Office £ 403:11:03To James Wright Esqr., Agent, for theAmount of his Account ofDisbursements £ 1193:13:06To Mark Anthony Basseleu £ 5:15:00£ 4699:17:0539Sic. This article would ordinarily read “to his excellency the governor for one year’s rent.”

APRIL 4, 1759383To be raised by particular Lawsappointing the Same.For Sinking 1 /4 part of the £33600Orders issued in 1755, fordefending the Kings Rights inNorth America £ 8400:00:00For Sinking 1 /5 part of the £160000Orders issued to raise & pay theSouth Carolina Regiment £ 32000:00:00To Adam Wood, Provost Marshal,for serving Writts of Election,Summoning Jurors, & attendingthe Courts £ 115:17:09To Clement Lampriere, Annuity onthe Militia Law £ 69:10:08£ 40585:08:05For the Forts.To the Commander of Fort Johnsonat £200 per Annum £ 154:10:05To the Gunner of the said Fort at £18per Month £ 166:05:00To two Quarter Gunners at £8 perMonth Each £ 157:14:08To the Gunner of Fort Moore if notbelonging to the IndependentCompanys £ 129:15:11To the Gunner of Charles Town £ 173:16:08To the Gunner of Craven’s Bastion £ 77:05:03To the Gunner of Broughton’s Battery £ 77:05:03To Jane Duthy for making Flaggs £ 18:00:00To James Laurens & Co. for severalArticles £ 313:18:03To Joseph Maxey for Repairs of a Boatbelonging to Fort Johnson £ 27:19:09To Benjamin Stead for White Rope £ 3:06:06To Collonel John White for freight ofGreat Guns &ca. for the Look-Out at Winyaw Inlett £ 10:00:00

384 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759To Smith and Scott, for Sundrys tomake Flags £ 51:08:06Provisions for 4 Men at Fort Johnsonat £25 per Annum Each £ 77:05:02 1 /2£ 1438:11:04 1 /2For the Garrisons at Fort PrinceGeorge and Fort Loudoun in theCherrokees.To Serjeant Thomas Harrison forHorse-hire at Fort PrinceGeorge £ 15:00:00To John Fouquett for Carriage ofRum to Fort Prince George £ 67:10:00To Captain Paul Demere, forFencing, Digging a Well andother Services at Fort Loudoun £ 87:10:00To Captain Raymond Demere forIndian Presents & Pay to theSoldiers for Work done atFort Loudoun and otherServices £ 1651:08:00To Collonel John Chevillette, lateCommissary, for the Ballanceof his Account delivered inlast Year £ 571:13:06To Peter Crim for 33 head of Cattledelivered at Fort Loudoun £ 594:00:00To Richard Coytmore for making 33Beef Casks for the Use ofFort Loudoun £ 24:15:00To Middleton and Brailsford forCorn supplied Fort Loudounby William Shorey, Certifiedper Captain Paul Demere,Indorsed to them £ 196:00:00To John McQueen and Co. aCertificate from CaptainPaul Demere to William Shorey,as Interpreter £ 45:00:00

APRIL 4, 1759385To Michael McEnfoot as Black Smithper Mr. Chevillette’s Certificate £ 30:00:00To Martin Miller, A Mason, per Mr.Chevillette’s Certificate £ 25:00:00To Thomas Nightingale for theCarriage of 3000 lb. of Flourfrom Keeowee to Fort Loudounper Mr. Chevillette’s Order toJames Beamer, Indorsed toNightingale £ 210:00:00To James Poyas, for a Certificate fromthe Commissary to Lewis Fink,for Carriage of Goods to FortsPrince George and Loudoun £ 99:12:06To James Poyas for LachlanMcIntosh’s Certificate to JohnGeorge Smith Peter forCarriage of Musket Balls toFort PrinceGeorge £ 35:00:00To John Pearson for Travelling toand from the CherrokeeNation and Surveying theRivers there (N.B. Not to bepaid until a Return is madeto the Treasurer, of the saidSurvey) £ 215:00:00To Othniel Beale Esqr. for aCertificate from Mr. Chevilletteto Jacob Raugh, Black Smithat Fort Loudoun £ 45:00:00To Benjamin Stead for Paul Demere’sCertificate to Cornelius Doharty,for Provisions supply’d theTroops at Fort Loudoun £ 12:00:00To Paul Townsend and Co. for L.McIntosh’s Certificate to SamuelThomas Indorsed to them £ 18:00:00To Paul Townsend and Co. forCaptain Paul Demere’sCertificate to William Shorey,Interpreter to the Indians £ 75:00:00

386 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759To Alexander Petere for CaptainPaul Demere’s Certificate toJohn Hatton for Carriage ofGunpowder to Fort Loudoun £ 28:00:00To Henry Gallman for Carriage ofStores £ 35:00:00To John Bacott, for Captain Stuart’sCertificate to John Fryday £ 107:10:00£ 4187:19:00For the Forces.To Ancram, Lance and Loocock forSeveral Articles £ 637:07:02To Othniel Beale Esqr. for House-Rent £ 77:15:00To Berresford’s Wharf, for Rent £ 54:00:00To Daniel Bourgett, for Rent £ 64:00:00To Samuel Carne, for Rent £ 52:13:06To George Coomer, for Cartage £ 23:07:06To Timothy Crosby, for Rent £ 130:00:00To Andrew Cuningham for Rent £ 107:01:04To The Church-Wardens of SaintPhilip’s for Supplys to theWidows & Children of theSoldiers £ 276:13:04To The Church-Wardens of SaintPhilip’s for Invalid Soldiersand [Soldiers] Wives atFort Loudoun 40 £ 457:13:11To Isabella Finch, for Rent £ 21:02:07To John Gordon of Charles Town, forVinegar £ 71:18:09To James Henderson, for Candles £ 356:10:00To John Hannus, for Cartage £ 18:07:06To Christopher Jordan, for Ferryageat Santee £ 3:01:06To John Marley, for Wood and Cartage £ 653:01:0340Both the South Carolina and British copies read “Soldiers and Sailors Wives.” The error wascaught and corrected in the engrossed and printed versions of the tax act.

APRIL 4, 1759387To John Delagaye, for Rent £ 23:04:06To Christopher Plynas, for Carting £ 75:02:06To William Pinckney Esqr.,Commissary General, forSeveral Articles £ 1235:11:04 1 /2To Rice Price, for Rent £ 7:05:00To Mallory Rivers, for Rent £ 35:00:00To Abraham Smith, for Carting £ 25:05:00To Jonathan Scott, for Rent £ 18:15:00To Benjamin Stead, for Rum £ 100:00:00To Ann Wragg, for Rent £ 16:06:07To Thomas Walker, for Rent £ 117:13:04To Additional Pay of 1/ per Day for35 Subaltern Officers of theHighland Batallion for 58 Daysfrom the 25th of March to the21st of May 1758, in lieu ofQuarters £ 710:10:00£ 5369:06:07 1 /2Barracks.To Hugh Anderson, for Workdone at the Brick Barracks £ 65:05:00To John Guerrard Esqr. for Axes £ 88:10:00To John Stone Junior, for Pumps £ 30:07:06To the Public Treasurer, more thanwas raised last Estimate £ 8985:16:06To Richard Moncrief £ 169:11:10To the Public Treasurer, advancedHumphrey Sommers by anOrder £ 489:13:06£ 9829:04:04For The Scout Boats.To Two Commanders at £25 perMonth £ 463:11:03To Pay of 22 Men at £12 per month £ 2447:11:10Provisions for 22 Men at £28 perAnnum £ 475:15:00

388 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759To Gordon & Elliott for SeveralArticles £ 300:05:09To John Joyner for Iron Work £ 30:02:06To John Joyner for Bread £ 153:10:03£ 3870:16:07For Look-Outs.8 Look-Outs, Each Containing 3 Menat £12 per month £ 2670:02:03£ 2670:02:03For Public Arms.To John Millner, for mending andkeeping them clean £ 470:10:10 1 /2£ 470:10:10 1 /2Parochial Charges.To the Commissioners, towardsbuilding a Church in SaintMark’s Parish £ 700:00:00£ 700:00:00For Coroners Inquests.To Thomas Blythe £ 32:10:00To James Roberts £ 17:10:00To William Simpson £ 60:00:00To Charles Woodmason £ 31:10:00£ 141:10:00For Criminals.To The Chief Justice, Fees onProsecuting them £ 238:00:02To the Clerk of The Crown, Fees onProsecuting them £ 200:01:07To Charles Lowndes, LateProvost Marshall £ 16:16:03

APRIL 4, 1759389To Adam Wood, Provost Marshall £ 810:02:06To Thomas Anderson, Constable,for Conveying Malefactors toGoal &ca. £ 20:00:00To William Bridgman, Constable,[for the like Service]. To beallowed making it appear hedelivered Wm. Moore into Goal £ 27:10:00To Charles Banks, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 15:00:00To Thomas Conway, Constable, [forthe like Service] £ 24:12:06To James Daniel, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 8:10:00To John Kesson, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 1:07:06To William Mitchuson, Constable,[for the like Service] £ 12:07:06To Michael Suelty, Constable, [forthe like Service] £ 12:05:06To the Treasurer, which he paidConstables for the like Service £ 725:19:03£ 2112:12:09For Criminal Slaves.To William Glen, For SlavesExecuted £ 150:00:00To John Sikes, For Slaves Executed £ 50:00:00To Thomas Willson, For SlavesExecuted £ 200:00:00To Robert Weaver, For SlavesExecuted £ 100:00:00To John Cleland Esqr., For SlavesExecuted £ 100:00:00To George Allison, Constable, forFees on the Trials of Slaves £ 9:07:06To William Bissett, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 6:10:00To John Barnett, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 17:01:03

390 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759To William Bowry, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 10:13:09To John Kesson, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 40:10:07 1 /2To Robert Lewis, Constable, [for thelike Service] £ 22:06:03To John Timmons, Constable, [forthe like Service] £ 14:18:09To Daniel Williams, Constable, [forthe like Service] £ 23:01:06To Thomas Willson, Constable, [forthe like Service] £ 32:08:03To William Bonneau, Constable,[for thelike Service] £ 3:05:07 1 /2To Christopher Holson, Warden ofthe Work-house £ 2:00:00£ 782:03:06Indian Expences.To The Commissioner for IndianAffairs at £100 per Annum £ 77:05:02To Daniel Pepper Esqr., Agent to theCreeks £ 2197:00:00To the following Persons for Presents&ca.To Edward Brodey £ 8:05:00To John Bates £ 7:10:00To David Ball, One Account £31:15/,Another Account £8:15/ £ 40:10:00To William Cadugen £ 11:15:00To Cornelius Cooke £ 4:10:06To John Dodd £ 50:00:00To John Bates £ 17:10:00To Gabriel Fryday £ 1:02:06To John Paul Grimkie £ 30:10:00To John Gallman £ 17:10:00To John Gibson, 1st Account £5:10,2d Account £8:5 £ 13:15:00To John Haines £ 25:00:00To Conrad Hollman £ 20:17:06

APRIL 4, 1759391To Francis James £ 6:00:00To Henry Gallman £ 125:00:00To Jacob Morf £ 6:00:00To McCarten and Campbell,1st Certificate £7:10,2 Certificate £105 £ 112:10:00To Hannah McGregor £ 12:05:00To John Martin £ 16:10:00To John Francis Miller £ 575:00:00To McGilvray & Spencer £ 562:04:05 1 /2To James McKelvey Junr. £48:10, £8:15,£8:15 £ 66:00:00To John McQueen & Co. £ 5620:14:07To John McQueen & Co. £ 8:05:00To Sarah Nightingale £ 667:11:03To Thomas Nightingale £ 55:13:09To Philip Poole £ 8:05:00To James Pritchard £ 6:05:00To the Commissary General, a2d Account £ 336:15:00To White Outerbridge, to be paidwhen properly attested £ 39:14:06To Richard Richardson £ 15:00:00To William Seawright £ 28:17:06To Alexander Tate £ 27:07:06To Alexander Tate £ 15:00:00To Tew and Roybould £ 151:00:00To Paul Townsend and Co. £ 38:05:00To Smith and Brewton £ 1187:15:00To John Scott, Gunsmith £ 206:00:06To William Seawright £ 8:05:00To Simon Theus £ 53:17:06To Peter Whitter £ 20:12:06To Abraham Weirsing £ 2:05:00To William West £ 35:00:00To Mary Whitford £ 17:10:00To Peter Bacott for Carriage of IndianPresents by Gabriel Fryday £ 50:00:00To Henry Gallman for Ditto £ 158:04:00To McCarten and Campbell £ 2075:01:02£14837:14:10 1 /2

392 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759For Prisoners of War.To Elias Legardiere, For EntertainingThem £ 96:15:00To Edward Donnelly, [for the likeService] £ 267:15:00To Isaac Guerine, [for the likeService] £ 136:17:06To Hannah McGregor, [for the likeService] £ 33:05:00To Margaret Oliver, [for the likeService] £ 784:17:06To Judith Postell, [for the like Service] £ 178:02:06To Mark Anthony Basseleu forConveying a Prisoner toDorchester £ 6:00:00To Oliphant and Garden forMedicines £ 18:00:00To The Public Treasurer for thePassage of Captain Castina £ 50:00:00£ 1571:12:06For the French Acadians.To the following Persons formaintaining Them, (Vizt.)To the Church Wardens of PrinceGeorge £ 112:10:00To the Church Wardens of St. PhilipCharles Town £ 2214:01:04To William Heatley £ 91:00:00To Mary June £ 52:18:00To John North £ 367:06:00To Thomas Oldfield £ 29:00:04To Edward Perry £ 32:10:00To Samuel Porcher £ 62:02:00To Smith and Scott £ 70:10:00To Herman Christopher Deteringfor Medicines £ 18:15:00To James Prescott for Medicines £ 53:07:06£ 3104:00:02

APRIL 4, 1759393Extraordinary Charges.To Jonathan Badger for the Use ofthe Assembly £ 53:09:00To Benjamin Harvey for the Use ofthe Council £ 108:12:03 1 /2To William Dandridge for paintingGun Carriages and Sentry-Boxes £ 44:00:00To Robert Deans for making fivefield Carriages £ 81:10:00To the Church Wardens of St. Philip £ 25:00:00To Elf and Hutchinson for a Pressin the Secretary’s Office £ 67:10:00To the Public Treasurer for SundryArticles £ 1473:12:01To the Public Treasurer for oldAppropriation Orders issuedin 1731 being burnt £ 30:00:00To John Swint, for Medicines to thePrisoners in Goal £ 53:12:06To be paid by the Inhabitants ofCharles Town.To Gabriel Manigault Esqr. for aFire Engine £ 581:14:07To George Sheed, Fire Master £ 44:00:00To William Banbury £ 10:00:00To Bernard Beckman, One Account£46:5 & 2d Account £54 £ 100:05:00To James Veree £ 52:00:00To Richard Moncrief, One Account£24:10, 2d Account £82:5 £ 106:15:00To Mr. Stradman, Officer of theArtillery for One Year’s Payat £9:6 per Week £ 483:12:00To the Negroe Sampson for hisAnnuity, discovering a Cure forthe Bites of Rattle-snakes at£50 per Annum £ 38:12:07To the Commissioners for the Streets

394 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759in Charles Town (to be paidby the Inhabitants of the saidTown) £ 386:05:10To the Commissioners for the Roadson Charles Town Neck; (to bepaid by the Inhabitants of St.Philip’s and St. Michael’sCharles Town) £ 38:12:06To the Public Treasurer for Moneyadvanced for Carriage ofProvisions to the Garrisons inthe Out Settlements £ 4161:02:05To Isaac Mazyck, John Rattray, DanielCrawford, Rawlins Lowndes andPeter Manigault, Esqrs., or anythree of them, as a Recompenceto Joseph Howard, for hisDiscovery of the Method ofCureing the Lame Distemper,Yaws and other Disorders £ 3000:00:00Towards defraying the ContingentCharges of the Current YearEighteen hundred Pounds £ 1800:00:00£ 12740:05:09/21£ 115470:06:09 1 /2Resolved that the further Consideration of the Tax Bill be adjourned.“A Bill for allowing a further Time to the Assessors and Collectors forthe Parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael for carrying into ExecutionAn Act of the General Assembly of this Province Intitled ‘An Act for raisingand Granting to His Majesty the Sum of £166438:14:7 1 /4 and applying £8069:3:6being the Surplus of Taxes and Ballance of a Fund in the Public Treasury,making together £174507:18:1 1 /4 to defray the Charges of this Governmentfrom the 25th Day of March 1757 to the 24th Day of March 1758, and for otherServices therein mentioned,’” was read a third time.Resolved that the Bill do pass, and that the Title be “An Act for allowinga further time to the Assessors & Collectors for the Parishes of St. Philip& St. Michael for carrying into Execution, an Act of the General-Assemblyof this Province Intitled ‘an Act for raising and granting to His Majesty theSum of £166438:14:7 1 /4 and applying £8069:3:6, being the Surplus of Taxes andBallance of a Fund in the Public Treasury, making together £174507:18:1 1 /4 to

APRIL 4, 1759395defray the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day of March 1757 tothe 24th Day of March 1758, and for other Services therein mentioned.’”Ordered that Mr. Moore and Mr. Wareing do carry the Bill to the Council,and desire their Concurrence.Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee to whom the Governor’sMessage relating to the Construction of a Powder Magazine was referred, thatthey had considered the said Message, and had directed him to report theSame, as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report in hisplace, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the Same wasread, and is as follows, (Vizt.)That Your Committee are of Opinion that the Building of a Magazinein pursuance of An Act passed the 11th Day of May 1754, may be of dangerousConsequence, not only from it’s Vicinity to the other Powder Magazinenow erected near the Brick Barracks, but also by Reason of it’s Nearness toSt. Philip’s Church and other Buildings in the North parts of Charles Town,and therefore Your Committee recommend that the said Act be repealed inso far as it relates to the Building of another Magazine, and that a Bill orOrdinance be introduced, impowering the Commissioners of Fortificationsto purchase a Piece or Pieces of Land in some convenient place or Placeswithin the New Fortifications and for building a Magazine or Magazines uponthe Same, and applying the Moneys granted by the said Act to that purpose.Resolved that the said Report be now taken into Consideration.The Report being Read a Second Time,Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill agreeable to the said Report,and that the Gentlemen of the said Committee do prepare and bringin the same.Ordered that Mr. Rattray and Mr. Pringle do examine the ingrossed BillIntitled “An Act to restrain and prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods,Wares and Merchandize by Public Auction or Out Cry in Charles Town, andfor the better Regulation of such Sales,” by the Original, to see if the sameis truly Ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Drayton do examine the ingrossed Bill,Intitled “An Act for Taxing Transient Persons,” by the Original, to see if theSame is truly ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Trapier and Mr. Moore do examine the Ingrossed BillIntitled “An Act to impower the Commissioners for building a Church andParsonage House in the Parish of Saint Michael Charles Town; to purchasea Lot of Land and House for a Parsonage for the said Parish, and to disposeof and Convey in Fee Simple such Pews as shall be built in the said Churchand for repealing several Paragraphs of the Act of the General Assembly ofthis Province for dividing the Parish of Saint Philip and for Erecting the said

396 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Parish of Saint Michael and a Parsonage for the same,” by the Original, tosee if the same is truly ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Freer and Mr. Glover do examine the Ingrossed BillIntitled “An Act for Impowering the Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parishof Saint Bartholemew to dispose of the Pews in the Chapel lately erectedat Edmondbury in the said Parish,” by the Original to see if the same is trulyingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Graeme and Mr. Broughton do examine the ingrossedBill intitled “An Act for allowing of Discounts, and for repealing all formerActs and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of this Province relatingto Discounts,” by the Original, to see if the same is truly Ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Wragg and Mr. Leigh do examine the Ingrossed Billintitled “An Act to supply the Defects in Evidence where Original Wills cannotbe produced and to make the Proceedings upon Questions arising uponsuch Wills more Easy and effectual, and for repealing so much of the SecondClause of ‘An Act for making more effectual Wills and Testaments’ ascontradicts or repeals the Ninth Clause of the ‘Act against Bastardy,’” by theOriginal, to see if the same is truly ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Roper do examine the IngrossedBill Intitled “An Act for the more effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors, andfor that purpose putting in force and effectually carrying into Execution inthis Province such Part of an Act made in the Parliament of Great Britainin the Second Year of His present Majesty’s Reign Intitled ‘An Act for theRelief of Debtors with Respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons,’ as isherein after mentioned, and to repeal the Several Acts of the Assembly nowin force in this Province for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors,” by the Original,to see if the Same is truly ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. McQueen and Collonel Richardson do examine theingrossed Bill intitled “An Act for preventing as much as may be, the spreadingof malignant and Contagious Distempers in this Province, and for repealingthe former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts heretofore made for thatpurpose,” by the Original, to see if the Same is truly ingrossed.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Thursday the 5th Day of April 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The Gentlemen to whom the Examination of the several ingrossed Bills bythe Originals were yesterday referred, Severally reported that the said Billsare truly ingrossed, and they severally delivered them in at the Table.

APRIL 5, 1759397Then the House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the thirdReading of the Tax Bill.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Lands in theCountry be taxed rateably and proportionably, according to the full Valueof Each Tract of Land, to be appraised by Assessors to be appointed in theseveral Districts for that Purpose.It passed in the Negative.A Clause was offered to the House to be added to the Bill to ascertainthe Rates of Tax imposed by the Bill on Negroes, Lands, Town-Lots, Wharfsand Buildings, And on Moneys at Interest, Annuities, Free Negroes, Mulattoesand Mustezoes respectively;And the said Clause was received and being 3 times read,Resolved that the said Clause be made part of the Bill.Resolved (upon the Question) that a Tax be imposed on Black Cattle.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the said Tax belaid on all Black Cattle sold in One Year.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (Upon the Question) that a Tax of two Shillings per Head onall Calves (exceeding 30 in Number) raised, marked, branded or sold by anyPerson in one Year, be inserted and made part of the Bill.Resolved that the further Consideration of the Tax Bill be adjourned.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to “a Bill for allowing a further time to theAssessors and Collectors for the Parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael,for Carrying into Execution An Act of the General Assembly of this Province,intitled ‘An Act for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of£166438:14:7 1 /4 and for applying £8069:3:6 being the Surplus of Taxes andBallance of a Fund in the Public Treasury, making together £174507:18:1 1 /2 todefray the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day of March 1757 tothe 24th Day of March 1758, and for other Services therein mentioned.’”The Council have twice read “a Bill for Vesting the Ferry over SanteeRiver in the Way leading from Charles Town to Williamsburgh, commonlycalled Murray’s Ferry, in James Hunter, Executor of the last Will and Testamentof Joseph Murray, late of Craven County, Planter, deceased, in Trustfor and to the only Use and Behoof of James Murray, an Infant, only Son andHeir at Law of the said Joseph Murray, his Executors, Administrators andAssigns for a Term of Years therein mentioned.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the Bill agreed to by the Council, for allowing a furthertime to the Assessors &ca. be ingrossed.

398 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759And then the House adjourned till this Afternoon three of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the third Readingof the Residue of the “Bill for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sumof Ninety Seven thousand three hundred and Sixty Pounds, fourteen Shillingsand four Pence half Penny, and for applying Eighteen thousand Onehundred and Nine Pounds, twelve Shillings and five Pence, being the Surplusof Taxes and Ballance of several Funds in the Public Treasury of thisProvince, making together One hundred and fifteen thousand four hundredand Seventy Pounds, Six Shillings and Nine Pence half penny, for defrayingthe Charges of this Government from the 25th of March 1758 to the 31st ofDecember 1758 Inclusive, and for other Services therein mentioned.”And the said Bill was read a third Time throughout, and several Amendmentswere made by the House to the Bill.Resolved that the said Bill do pass, and that The Title be “An Act forraising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of Ninety Seven thousand threehundred and Sixty Pounds, fourteen Shillings and four Pence half-penny,and for applying Eighteen thousand One hundred and nine Pounds, twelveShillings and five Pence, being the Surplus of Taxes and Ballance of SeveralFunds in the Public Treasury of this Province, making together One hundredand fifteen thousand four hundred and Seventy Pounds, Six Shillings andNine Pence half Penny, for defraying the Charges of this Government fromthe 25th of March 1758 to the 31st of December 1758 Inclusive and for otherServices therein mentioned.”Ordered that Mr. Wragg and Mr. Middleton do carry the Bill to theCouncil and desire their Concurrence.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill, to impose a Tax on allthe Lands Granted in this Province, according to their true Value, to be assessedby Commissioners or Assessors, to be for that purpose appointed.And that Mr. Rattray do prepare and bring in the Same to be presentedto this House the next Meeting of the General Assembly.Then the House proceeded to give the “Bill for vesting the Ferry overSantee River, in the Way leading from Charles Town to Williamsburgh, commonlycalled Murray’s Ferry, in James Hunter, Executor of the last Will andTestament of Joseph Murray, late of Craven County, Planter, deceased, intrust for, and to the only Use and Behoof of James Murray, an Infant, onlySon and Heir at Law of the said Joseph Murray, his Executors, Administratorsand Assigns for a Term of Years therein mentioned,” a third Reading.A Clause was offered to the House to be added to the Bill, to oblige the

APRIL 6, 1759399Person holding the said Ferry, to post up at the most convenient and ConspicuousPlace there, the several Rates appointed by the Bill to be taken fromPassengers passing the said Ferry.And the same was received and read three times.Resolved that the said Clause be made Part of the Bill.And the Bill was read a third time throughout, and several Amendmentswere made by the House to the Bill.Resolved that the Bill do pass and that the Title be “An Act for Vestingthe Ferry over Santee River in the Way leading from Charles Town toWilliamsburgh commonly called Murray’s Ferry in James Hunter, Executorof the last Will and Testament of Joseph Murray, late of Craven County,Planter, deceased, in Trust for, and to the only Use and Behoof of JamesMurray, an Infant, only Son and Heir at Law of the said Joseph Murray, hisExecutors, Administrators and Assigns, for a Term of Years therein mentioned.”Ordered that Collonel Richardson and Mr. Glover do carry the Bill tothe Council and desire their Concurrence.Ordered that a Committee be appointed to examine the Accounts ofthe Gentlemen who were directed to import Guns from Great Britain intothis Province for Account of the Public, and report the same, as it shall appearto them, to the House.And It is Referred to Mr. Guerard, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Lowndes, Mr. Pinckney.Ordered that Mr. Guerard and Mr. Laurens do examine the ingrossedBill intitled “An Additional Act to An Act Intitled ‘An Act to ascertain theManner and form of Electing Members to represent the Inhabitants of thisProvince in the Commons House of Assembly, and to appoint who shall bedeemed and adjudged capable of choosing or being chosen Members of thesaid House passed the 21st Day of September in the Year of Our Lord 1721,and for repealing several Clauses in the said Act,’” by the Original, to see ifthe same is truly ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Trapier and Mr. Berresford do examine the ingrossedBill Intitled “An Act to revive and Continue several Acts and Clauses of Actsof the General Assembly of this Province; And for amending some of the saidActs in the manner therein mentioned,” by the Original, to see if the samebe truly ingrossed.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 6th Day of April 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.

400 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759The Gentlemen to whom the Examination of the two Ingrossed Billsby the Originals were referred, Reported that the said Bills are trulyingrossed, and they delivered them in at the Table.Ordered that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Gadsden do examine the ingrossed Billintitled “An Act for allowing a further Time to the Assessors and Collectorsfor the Parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael for carrying into ExecutionAn Act of the General Assembly of this Province intitled ‘An Act for raisingand granting to His Majesty the Sum of £166438:14:7 1 /4 and for applying£8069:3:6, being the Surplus of Taxes and Ballance of a Fund in the PublicTreasury, making together £174507:18:1 1 /2, to defray the Charges of this Governmentfrom the 25th of March 1757 to the 24th of March 1758, and for otherServices therein mentioned,’” by the Original, to see if the same is trulyingrossed.Mr. Lynch reported that they had examined the Bill accordingly, andthat the same is truly ingrossed, and then he delivered it in at the Table.Ordered that the Commissary General do cause the Guard House tobe new Covered and repaired, and that he be served with a Copy of the saidOrder.Ordered that a Message be prepared to be presented to the Governorin Answer to His Excellency’s Message relating to the Construction of a Magazine,And a Message was drawn accordingly, and is as follows, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,In Answer to Your Message relating to the Construction of a Magazine,We beg Leave to acquaint Your Excellency that upon Considering the samea Bill was ordered to be brought in, agreeable to Your Excellency’s Recommendation,but as the necessary Business of the Members who reside in theCountry now calls for their Attendance, and as the present Meeting has beenlong and close, the House have resolved to receive the said Bill at their nextSitting.Ordered that the Message be ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Gadsden do attend the Governor withthe said Message, and the ingrossed Message of the 4th Instant, in Answerto One from His Excellency relating to the Militia.Mr. Izard reported from the Committee to whom the Powder-Receiver’sAccounts were referred, that they had examined the said Accounts, and haddirected him to report the same, as it appeared to them, to the House; Andhe read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable, where the same was read and is as follows, Vizt.That they had examined the Powder Receiver’s Books and Receipts, andfind that there is now in the Public Magazine 11380 lb. Weight of Gunpow-

APRIL 6, 1759401der (Exclusive of 3000 Weight borrowed from the Public by Captain Hale,Commander of His Majesty’s Ship Winchelsea) which Remainder of Powdernow on hand, the Committee have viewed in the said Magazine, and find thesame in good Order.The said Report was read a Second Time.And the House being informed that the Powder Receiver attended atthe Door, he was called in, and presented to the House his Books of Accounts.And then he withdrew.Resolved that the Accounts of the Powder Receiver (the Ballance of Gunpowder in the Public Store being 11380 lb. Weight) do pass.Ordered that Mr. Speaker do sign the Book.And Mr. Speaker signed the same accordingly.And the said Book was sent out to be delivered to the Powder Receiver.Ordered that Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Glover, Mr.Murray, Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Moore, Mr. Freer, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Rattray andMr. Graeme do carry the several ingrossed Bills, with the Originals, to theCouncil Chamber, to be examined by such Members of the Council as shallbe appointed for that purpose; And that they do afterward attend the Governorand desire that his Excellency will please to Order the Great Seal tobe affixed to the said ingrossed Bills.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to “a Bill for Vesting a Ferry over Santee Riverin the Way leading from Charles Town to Williamsburgh, Commonly calledMurray’s Ferry, in James Hunter, Executor of the last Will and Testament ofJoseph Murray, late of Craven County, Planter, deceased, in trust for and tothe only Use and Behoof of James Murray, an Infant, only Son and Heir atLaw of the said Joseph Murray, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns fora Term of Years therein mentioned.”The Council have also agreed to “a Bill for raising and granting to HisMajesty the Sum of Ninety Seven thousand three hundred and Sixty Pounds,fourteen Shillings and four Pence halfpenny and for applying Eighteen thousandOne hundred and Nine Pounds, twelve Shillings and five Pence, beingthe Surplus of Taxes and Ballance of several Funds in the Public Treasuryof this Province, making together One hundred and fifteen thousand fourhundred and Seventy Pounds, Six Shillings and Nine Pence halfpenny, fordefraying the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day of March 1758to the 31st Day of December 1758 Inclusive, and for Other Services thereinmentioned.”And then the Messenger withdrew.

402 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759Ordered that the said Bills be ingrossed.And the said Bills being ingrossed accordingly, were laid upon the Table.Ordered that Mr. Postell and Mr. Broughton do examine the IngrossedBill Intitled “An Act for Vesting the Ferry over Santee River in the Way leadingfrom Charles Town to Williamsburgh commonly called Murray’s Ferryin James Hunter, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Joseph Murray,late of Craven County, Planter, deceased, in Trust for & to the only Use andBehoof of James Murray, an Infant, only Son and Heir at Law of the saidJoseph Murray, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns, for a Term of Yearstherein mentioned,” by the Original, to see if the same is truly ingross’d.And then the House adjourned till To Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Saturday the 7th Day of April 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that Mr. Manigault and Mr. Moore do examine the ingrossedSchedule to be annexed to the Tax Bill for the Year 1758, by the Original tosee if the same is truly ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Gadsden and Mr. Drayton do examine the IngrossedTax Bill for the Year 1758 by the Original, to see if the same is truly ingrossed.Mr. Broughton reported to the House that Mr. Postell and himself hadexamined the ingrossed Bill Intitled “An Act for vesting the Ferry over SanteeRiver in the Way leading from Charles Town to Williamsburgh commonlycalled Murray’s Ferry, in James Hunter, Executor of the last Will and Testamentof Joseph Murray, late of Craven County, Planter, deceased, in Trustfor, and to the only Use and behoof of James Murray, an Infant, only Sonand Heir at Law of the said Joseph Murray, his Executors, Administrators andAssigns, for a Term of Years therein mentioned,” And that the same is trulyingrossed, and then he delivered it in at the Table.Ordered that Mr. Postell do carry the said ingrossed Bill with the Originalto the Council Chamber to be examined by such Member of the Councilas shall be appointed for that purpose, and that he do afterward attendthe Governor and desire that His Excellency will please to Order the GreatSeal to be affixed to the said ingrossed Bill.The Gentlemen who were appointed to carry the several ingrossed Billsto the Council Chamber to be examined by such Members of the Councilas should be appointed for that purpose, and afterward to attend the Governorand desire that His Excellency would please to Order the Great Sealto be affixed to the said ingrossed Bills, Severally Reported to the House thatthey had, pursuant to their Order, examined the said Bills in the Council

APRIL 7, 1759403Chamber, and that they afterward attended the Governor, who had beenpleased to Order the Great Seal to be affixed to the said Bills, and then theyseverally delivered the said Bills with the Originals in at the Table.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee appointed to examine theBooks, Accounts and Vouchers of the Commissary General of this Province,That they had examined the same accordingly, and had directed him to reportthe same, as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Reportin his place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the samewas read, and is as follows, (Vizt.),That the Account of Monies on the Fund for settling the Townships, receivedby and paid to the said Commissary stands thus.The Public To Commissary General.Debits.To Sundry Payments by Orders andCertificates £ 9924: 7:11To Commissions thereon at 2 1 /2 perCent 248: 2: 2£ 10172:10: 1Credits.By last Years Ballance as by theReport made April the 20th 1758 £ 539:12: 9 1 /2By Cash of the Treasurer since, atthrice 9055:10: 9By an Overcharge in Payment toWilliam Pinckney Esqr., lateDeputy Secretary 2: 6Ballance due to the CommissaryGeneral 577: 4: 0 1 /2£ 10172:10: 1That the Account of Monies on the Fund for Additional Pay of theIndependent Companys to the 2d of February 1758 Stands thus.The Public to Commissary GeneralOn Additional Pay for the Independent Companys.Debits.To Sundry Payments £ 940: 7:10

404 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759To Commissions thereon at 2 1 /2 perCent 23:10: 3Ballance due from the CommissaryGeneral on this Account 12:10: 3£ 976: 8: 4Credits.By last Year’s Ballance as by theReport made April the 20th 1758 £ 773: 4: 4By an Overcharge then 3: 4: 0By Cash of the Treasurer since 200: 0: 0£ 976: 8: 4That Your Committee conceive it to be incumbent on them to representto this House that to the Township Fund is Charged several Sums ofMoney said to be due and in Arrear, to Sundry Public Officers for their Feeson Grants of Land, passed to New Comers, and since the Report of the Committeein April 1758, and by Order of His Excellency Governor Lyttelton, tothe Amount of Seven thousand and fifty five Pounds Ten Shillings and NinePence, for the Uses of the undermentioned Persons, Vizt.Governor Lyttelton, £486 and £302:2:6.Late Governor Glen, £1630.William Simps[on], Clerk of the Council, £329 and £181.William Pinckney, late Deputy Secretary, £908 and £573:11:3.Alexander Gordon for Account of Alexander Gordon, late Clerk of theCouncil, £440 and £300:2.Egerton Leigh Esqr., Surveyor General, £60 and £37.John Murray Esqr. for Deputy Secretary, £1042 and £643.Benjamin Harvey, Messenger, £65 and £58:15.That Your Committee called for the Accounts of Particulars of the aboveSums and was told by Mr. Doyley (Who acts for the Commissary General)that the Clerk of the Council had the keeping of the said Accounts.Your Committee observe that not only the Surveyor General charges aFee of Two Pounds ten Shillings for every Plat of Land, but his Deputys alsocharge the same Sum, notwithstanding the Act of Assembly in that Case ofthe 13th of April 1733 appears to have limitted the whole of those Charges totwo Pounds ten Shillings.Your Committee was informed that there now remains in Store in thesaid Commissary General’s Hands Six hundred and thirty Six Striped DuffilBlankets of the Public’s, which have been used by the Royal American andHighland Regiments, and being now lying by, may be spoiled by the Moth,

APRIL 7, 1759405if not disposed of, or otherwise taken Care of, during the Ensuing Summer.Ordered that the Commissary General do dispose of the 636 Blanketsmentioned in the said Report at Public Sale giving three Weeks Noticethereof in the Gazette, and that the Monies arising thereby, be paid to thePublic Treasurer for the Use of the Public, and that the said Commissary beserved with a Copy of this Order.Rawlins Lowndes Esqr., a Member of this House and One of the Trusteesappointed in behalf of the Public, to receive a Transfer and Assignmentof the Public Treasurer’s Estate, in Order to make good several CertificatesOutstanding, issued by the Treasurer agreeable to several Tax Laws, andother Ballances that might be found due from the Treasurer on settling hisAccounts in the Year 1752, informed the House, at the Desire of the said Trustees,that they have, agreeable to the Deed of Trust, fully executed & performedthe several Matters therein required of them.Ordered that the said Trustees be discharged from any further Attendancein that Behalf.Mr. Manigault reported to the House that Mr. Moore and himself hadexamined the Schedule to be annexed to the Tax-Bill for the Year 1758, andthat the same is truly ingrossed, and then he delivered it in at the Table.Ordered that Mr. Manigault do carry the said ingrossed Schedule withthe Original to the Council Chamber to be examined by such Member ofthe Council as shall be appointed for that purpose.Mr. Gadsden reported to the House that Mr. Drayton and himself hadexamined the ingrossed Tax Bill for the Year 1758, and that the same is trulyingrossed, and then he delivered it in at the Table.Ordered That Mr. Gadsden do Carry the said Ingrossed Tax Bill withthe Original to the Council Chamber to be examined by such Member ofthe Council as shall be appointed for that purpose.Ordered that a Message be drawn to acquaint the Governor that theCommittee to whom the Commissary General’s Accounts were referred, hadinformed the House that 721 Duffil Blankets belonging to the Public hadbeen used by the South Carolina Regiment, and to desire that his Excellencywill please to Order £2163, the Cost of the said Blankets, to be replaced inthe Treasury, out of the Fund appropriated for the Payment of the said Regiment.And a Message being drawn accordingly is as follows, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,The Committee to whom the Commissary General’s Accounts were referredhaving informed this House that 721 Duffil Blankets belonging to thePublic have been made use of by the South Carolina Regiment, desire thatYour Excellency will be pleased to Order the Cost of the said Blankets, being

406 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759£2163, to be replaced in the Treasury, out of the Fund appropriated for thePayment of the said Regiment.And the same being twice read,Ordered that the Message be ingrossed and signed by Mr. Speaker.Ordered that Mr. Pinckney do attend the Governor with the said Message.Mr. Gadsden and Mr. Manigault severally reported to the House thatthey had, pursuant to their Order, carried the ingrossed Tax Bill and Scheduleto be thereunto annexed, to the Council Chamber, where the same wereexamined by such Members of the Council as were appointed for that purpose.And they delivered the said Bill and Schedule in at the Table.Ordered that Mr. Drayton do attend the Governor and desire that HisExcellency will please to Order the Great Seal to be affixed to the ingrossedTax Bill for the Year 1758.Mr. Drayton reported to the House that he had, pursuant to their Order,attended the Governor with the Tax Bill and Schedule thereunto annexed,who had been pleased to Order the Great Seal to be affixed thereto;And then he delivered the said Bill and Schedule with the Originals in at theTable.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Governor Commands this House to attend His Excellency immediatelyin the Council Chamber.And then the Messenger withdrew.And accordingly Mr. Speaker with the House went up to attend the Governorin the Council Chamber,Where His Excellency was pleased to give His Assent to the several Publicand Private Bills following, Vizt.“An Additional Act to An Act Intitled ‘An Act to ascertain the mannerand Form of Electing Members to represent the Inhabitants of this Provincein the Commons House of Assembly, and to appoint who shall be deemedand adjudged capable of Choosing and being Chosen Members of the saidHouse,’ passed the 21st Day of September in the Year of Our Lord 1721, andfor repealing several Clauses in the said Act.”“An Act for preventing as much as may be the spreading of Malignantand Contagious Distempers in this Province and for repealing the formerActs and Paragraphs of Acts heretofore made for that Purpose.”“An Act for allowing of Discounts and for repealing all former Acts andParagraphs of Acts of the General Assembly of this Province relating to Discounts.”

APRIL 7, 1759407“An Act for the more effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and for thatpurpose putting in force and effectually carrying into Execution in this Provincesuch part of an Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the SecondYear of his present Majesty’s Reign Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief ofDebtors with Respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons’ as is herein aftermentioned, and to repeal the several Acts of the Assembly now in forcein this Province for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.”“An Act to Supply the Defects in Evidence where Original Wills cannotbe produced, and to make the Proceedings upon Questions arising uponsuch Wills more easy and effectual, and for repealing so much of the SecondClause of ‘an Act for making more effectual last Wills and Testaments’as Contradicts or repeals the Ninth Clause of the ‘Act against Bastardy.’”“An Act for Taxing Transient Persons.”“An Act To restrain and prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods, Waresand Merchandize by Public Auction or Out Cry in Charles Town, and for thebetter Regulation of such Sales.”“An Act to revive and Continue Several Acts and Clauses of Acts of theGeneral Assembly of this Province, and for Amending some of the said Actsin the manner herein mentioned.”“An Act to Impower the Commissioners for building a Church and ParsonageHouse in the Parish of Saint Michael Charles Town, to purchase aLot of Land and House for a Parsonage for the said Parish, and to disposeof and Convey in fee Simple such Pews as shall be built in the said Church;And for repealing several Paragraphs of the Act of the General Assembly ofthis Province for dividing the Parish of Saint Philip, and for erecting the saidParish of Saint Michael, and a Parsonage for the same.”“An Act for impowering the Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parishof Saint Bartholemew to dispose of the Pews in the Chappel lately Erectedat Edmondbury in the said Parish.”“An Act for allowing a further Time to the Assessors and Collectors forthe Parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael for Carrying into Executionan Act of the General Assembly of this Province intitled ‘An Act for raisingand Granting to His Majesty the Sum of One hundred and Sixty Six thousandfour hundred and thirty Eight Pounds fourteen Shillings and SevenPence farthing, and applying Eight thousand and Sixty Nine Pounds, threeShillings and Six pence (being the Surplus of Taxes and Ballance of a Fundin the Public Treasury) making together One hundred and Seventy fourthousand five hundred and Seven Pounds, Eighteen Shillings and One PennyFarthing to defray the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day ofMarch 1757 to the 24th Day of March 1758, and for other Services thereinmentioned.’”

408 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759“An Act for raising and Granting to His Majesty the Sum of Ninety Seventhousand three hundred and Sixty Pounds fourteen Shillings and four Pencehalf-Penny, and applying Eighteen thousand One hundred and Nine Pounds,twelve Shillings and five Pence, being the Surplus of Taxes and Ballance ofseveral Funds in the Public Treasury, making together One hundred and fifteenthousand four hundred and Seventy Pounds, Six Shillings and NinePence halfpenny to defray the Charges of this Government from the twentyfifth Day of March One thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight to the thirtyfirst Day of December One thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight Inclusive,and for Other Services therein mentioned.”“An Act for Vesting the Ferry Over Santee River in the Way leading fromCharles Town to Williamsburgh, Commonly called Murray’s Ferry, in JamesHunter, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Joseph Murray, late ofCraven County, Planter, deceased, in Trust for and to the only Use andBehoof of James Murray, an Infant, Only Son and Heir at Law of the saidJoseph Murray, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns, for a Term of Yearstherein mentioned.”After which His Excellency was pleased to make a Speech to the Counciland Assembly as follows, Vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,The Alacrity and Dispatch with which You have carried through thePublic Business are highly satisfactory to me, and I must return You myThanks for the Supplies You have raised as well to defray the OrdinaryCharges of Government as to pay the Debts that were Contracted for someextraordinary Services.The Desire I have to afford You all the leisure that may be necessaryfor your Private Affairs, would have induced me to give You a longer Recess,but as the present Conjuncture renders it probable I may soon have Occasionto meet you again, I do prorogue this General Assembly unto Thursdaythe 28th Day of June next, and You are prorogued accordingly.William Henry Lyttelton.Return to contents ➔

409Session Beginning July 2, 1759and Ending July 14, 1759SOUTH CAROLINABy His Excellency William Henry Lyttelton, Esqr.; Captain General and Governorin Chief, in and over the Province of South Carolina; and Vice Admiralof the Same.A Proclamation.Whereas the General Assembly stands prorogued to Thursday the 28thDay of this Month, I have thought fit with the Advice of His Majesty’s HonorableCouncil further to prorogue the said General Assembly to Mondaythe Second Day of July next, then to meet for the Dispatch of divers weightyMatters whereof the Members of the said General Assembly, and all otherPersons whom it may concern, are desired to take due Notice accordingly.Given under my Hand, and the Great Seal of this His Majesty’s Provinceof South-Carolina, the Eighteenth Day of June 1759. And in the ThirtySecond Year of His Majesty’s Reign.William Henry Lyttelton.God save the King.Monday the 2d Day of July 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till To-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 3d Day of July 1759.The House being met according to the last Prorogation.Ordered That Mr. Lamboll and Mr. Trapier do attend the Governor andacquaint his Excellency therewith.The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew and being returned Mr.Lamboll reported to the House that having delivered their Message, his Excellencywas pleas’d to say that he would send to the House when he wasready.And then the House adjourned till Tomorrow Morning Ten of theClock.

410 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759Wednesday the 4th Day of July 1759.The House adjourned till To-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 5th Day of July 1759.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Since the conclusion of your last Session, I have received from the RightHonorable William Pitt Esqr.; one of His Majesty’s principal Secretaries ofState, the Letters of which I now transmit Copies to you; by which you willperceive in how urgent a manner His Majesty is pleased to ask Supplies fromYou, for raising at least as large a Body of Men as you did for the last Campaignand even as many more as the Number and Situation of the Inhabitantsof this Province will allow, and also what gracious Promises accompanyHis Majesty’s demand, of a speedy compensation for the Expences you havealready incurr’d. The Letters are conceived in such clear and comprehensiveTerms as leave me little more to add than to express my most earnestWishes that you may exert your utmost Efforts to comply with the expectationsof the Crown in this most important Juncture: And I am induced tohope that if you will furnish the necessary Aids for keeping the Regimentof this Province in Pay upon it’s present Establishment of Seven HundredMen until the First Day of January next, it may be found satisfactory. By thismeans, shou’d that Corps be wanted for any Southern Operations (whichmay be of peculiar benefit to this Province) it will be in readiness to act, butshou’d the Services of the Campaign be confined to such Parts as to renderthe employment of it unnecessary, I give you my word of honour I will gladlyseize the first moment to proceed to such a Reduction of it, as shall in themost Oeconomical view of Things be found consistent with your internalSecurity. I send you herewith an Estimate of the Charge that will be incurredby the Measure I propose, which I recommend to you the rather, because Iam truly desirous your Conduct should be such, that you may appear to HisMajesty’s Ministers worthy, not only of an ample Compensation for what youhave already done, but of an encrease of Royal Favor and Munificence forthe Time to come; but shou’d you slight His Majesty’s repeated Requisitions,contained in the Letters I now lay before You, I fear it may prove detrimentalto such ulterior Operations of this Campaign as may be in view, and affectthe Reputation you have justly maintain’d of a Province dutiful andaffectionate to The King and zealous for his Service. While I say this, I amthoroughly sensible, that, since the commencement of the present War yourTaxes have been much greater than usual; and I lament the Condition of the

JULY 5, 1759411Times which has render’d those Taxes necessary; but whatever your Burthensare I am ready to share them with you, and will very willingly consent to adimunition of my own income, by your omitting for this Year to provide theSum of Three Thousand Five Hundred Pounds Currency, which you haveannually rais’d for me, if you judge that it may be an encouragement to thegood People to pay the more chearfully, the extraordinary Subsidy I am nowasking for the Service I have propounded to You.As I expected to have an Application of this nature to make to you, Ihave not discharg’d the Sums out of the Regimental Fund express’d in yourMessage of the 27th Day of March last, nor have I replaced to the Treasurythe Sum of £2163; Your Order also of the 7th of April to the CommissaryGeneral has (as I conceive) been quash’d by the last Prorogation; but if youare still desirous that these Things should be done, I will, upon your acquaintingme therewith, issue the necessary Orders for that purpose.The Monies heretofore granted for Fortifications are expended; neverthelessI shall not press you upon that Article, but if you shall comply withthe Proposition abovementioned for the continuance of the Regiment, andshall then find that the Circumstances of your Constituents will afford a furthergrant for Fortifications; I have the Satisfaction to acquaint you that CaptainRichard Dudgeon, an Engineer, is arrived here in consequence of HisMajesty’s gracious Orders; and it is with pleasure I add, that I am authorizedby that Gentleman to say, that notwithstanding any Precedents of formerTimes, he will not expect any pay or gratuity whatsoever from the Provincefor any Services he may perform here.William Henry Lyttleton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read his Excellency’s Message to the House.Then the following Papers (brought down with the said Message) wereseverally read, vizt.Copy of a Letter from the Right Honorable William Pitt Esq., one of HisMajesty’s principal Secretaries of State, to his Excellency the Governor, DatedWhitehall the 9th Day of December 1758.Copy of another Letter from Mr. Pitt to his Excellency Dated the 29thof December 1758. 41An Estimate of the Pay of the South Carolina Regiment.Ordered, that the said Message and other Papers be referred to theconsideration of a Committee; and that they do report their opinion thereuponto the House.41See Kimball, Original Correspondence of William Pitt, 1: 417–20; BPRO Transcripts, 28: 126–30, 132–33.

412 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759And a Committee was appointed accordingly of the following Gentlemen,Vizt., Mr. Taylor, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Rattray, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Trapier, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Laurens.Ordered, That an Address be prepared, to be presented to the Governor,humbly to desire that his Excellency will please to order Accounts of the State of theRegimental Fund, and of the Fortification Fund, to be laid before this House.And accordingly the following One was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Excellency,Before we can come to any Resolution upon the Subject Matter of YourExcellency’s Message just now received, it will be necessary for us to knowhow the Monies provided for raising the South Carolina Regiment have beenexpended; as also to be acquainted with the present State of the Fund appropriatedfor building and repairing the Fortifications; And therefore wehumbly desire that your Excellency will be pleased to order Accounts of thesame to be laid before this House as soon as conveniently may be.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Gadsden and Mr. Rattray.Mr. Speaker presented to the House, a Letter from James Wright Esqr.,Agent for the Inhabitants of this Province in Great-Britain, addressed to theCommittee of Correspondence, Dated London, 31st March 1759. 42 Enclosing,Copy of a Memorial of the said Mr. Wright to the Right Honorable WilliamPitt Esqr., one of His Majesty’s principal Secretaries of State; and also,Copy of a Memorial of the said Mr. Wright to the Right Honorable theLords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations.Copy of an Order of reference from the Lords of Council to the Boardof Ordnance.And the said Papers were severally read.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 6th Day of July 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants living and residingin the Fork between the Congaree and Wateree Rivers, and Parts adjacent,addressed to his Excellency the Governor, His Majesty’s Council and thisHouse.42See James Wright-Charles Garth Letterbook, 1758–1766, Clements Library (microfilm at SC Archives).

JULY 6, 1759413And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Petition was read setting forth,That the Petitioners labour under a great Disadvantage and Trouble forthe Want of a Road through the said Fork, whereby the Petitioners now residingin the said Fork are obliged either to cross the Wateree River and godown on the North side thereof with their Carriages, or otherwise to go bythe Congaree, which is very illconvenient and troublesome to the Petitioners,and very considerable out of their way; And praying that a Law may bepassed for the Inhabitants residing on the South West Side of the WatereeRiver, or within Ten Miles thereof, to make a Road down the South West Sideof the said River to John McCords Ferry; and vest the said Ferry in the saidJohn McCord: And that the Inhabitants of the North Side of the CongareeRiver, as far as Cedar Creek, be obliged to the same. And that CharlesRussell, John McCord, John Russell, Robert Tweedy, Timothy Kelly, JohnMilliss and Isaac Ross, be Commissioners thereof. And that the Commissionersresiding in Amelia Township, between the said Road and the River, maymake that part of the said Road (that is to say) from the said John McCordsFerry to the Congaree Road.Ordered that the said Petition do lie upon the Table.A Petition of the Church Wardens of the Parish of St. Philip CharlesTown was presented to the House and read setting forth,That the Office of Church Wardens for the said Parish hath for someyears past been burthen’d with providing for Invalid Soldiers, the Widowsand Orphans of Soldiers, and above all for a great number of People calledAcadians, for which there is neither prescription, Law or Resolution of eitherHouse, to warrant Parish Officers providing for such, nor can any Assessmentbe made on the Inhabitants for their Relief.That the present Church Wardens with Consent of the Vestry have suppliedthe sick Acadians and such who are unable to labour with Money tothe Amount of Fifty One pounds, Seventeen Shillings and Six pence Currency,And are chargeable for Payment of the Doctor’s Bill who attendedthem from the 15th April to this Time; And have provided for Invalid Soldiers,Widows and Orphans of Soldiers, but that not being the Duty of Parish Officershave caused great confusion in the Parish Accounts and will be themeans to deter others from serving the Office of Church Wardens. And thePetitioners experiencing the difficulties, beg leave to declare their Intentionof finally declining those Affairs as are no ways relative to the Duty of theirOffice. And humbly praying this Honorable House will please to make suchOrder concerning Invalid Soldiers, the Widows and Orphans of Soldiers, andfor the Acadians as in their Wisdom shall seem meet.Ordered That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.

414 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759A Petition of William Peaseley, Clerk, was presented to the House, andread; setting forth,That the Petitioner has for some time past officiated at Pedea as Ministerof St. Marks Parish, where he has undergone a very hard Duty, beingobliged to ride two Sundays in three, between Thirty or Forty Miles.That his doing any part of Duty at Santee (another part of the said Parish)was utterly impracticable on Account of the Distance which is computedto be Ninety Miles. The Inhabitants of Pedea formed a Vestry, and accordinglythey gave the Petitioner an Order on the Public Treasurer for SixMonth’s Service; Which the said Treasurer refuses to pay on pretence thatthere is another more legal Vestry at Santee. And therefore humbly prayingthe House will take the premises into Consideration and grant such Reliefas they in their great Wisdom shall think most meet.Ordered That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.A Petition of Samuel Lavington, was presented to the House, and read;setting forth,That the Petitioner, about two Months ago, imported into this Provincefrom the Island of Antigua, Twenty six Negroe Slaves which were given andbequeathed to him by the last Will and Testament of Mr. Stephen Lavington,Brother to the Petitioner, who is since dead. That since the Petitioner’s Arrivalhere with said Negroes, he has, by Jacob Motte Esqr., Public Treasurer,been required to pay a Duty of Ten pounds Currency per Head for each Slaveimported, agreable to the General Duty Act, passed the 14th Day of June inthe Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty one.And begging leave to observe that he conceives the Legislature on passingthe above Act never intended it should extend to subject Negroes left as a Legacyto the payment of the aforesaid Duty, but only such as should be brought herefor Sale. And as the Slaves brought into this Province by the Petitioner (Five ofwhich since his Arrival are dead) are to be employed and kept to work on thePetitioner’s Plantation in this Province and not be disposed of.And humbly praying the House will take the Premises into their Consideration,and give Directions that the above Duty be remitted, for the reasonsabovementioned.Ordered That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.The House being informed that the Public Treasurer attended at theDoor, he was called in, and, at the Bar presented to the House pursuant totheir Address of Yesterday to his Excellency the Governor,An Account of Cash paid for the South-Carolina Regiment,An Account of the State of the several Funds under the Direction of theCommissioners for building and repairing the Fortifications in this Provincefrom the 29th September 1756 to the 1st July 1759.

JULY 7, 1759415An[d] then he withdrew.And the Titles of the said Accounts were read.Ordered that the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Governor’s Message with several other Papersbrought down Yesterday from his Excellency were referred.Order’d That the said Committee have power to send for Persons, Papersand Records for their better information.Order’d That the said Committee do sit this Afternoon.Order’d That Mr. Wright and Mr. Middleton be added to the said Committee.And then the House adjourned till To-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Saturday the 7th Day of July 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Taylor reported from the Committee to whom the Message broughtdown from his Excellency the Governor, the 5th Instant, with several otherPapers, were referred; that the Committee, having consider’d the Matter ofthe said Message, had come to several Resolutions thereupon, which they haddirected him to report to the House, and he read the Report in his Place,and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table; where the same was read,and is as follows, Vizt.1. That the Regiment in the Pay of this Province be not continued.2. That not more than 750 Men were inlisted in the whole at differenttimes, into the said Regiment, but at no one time there existed above 500,and at present it is composed of 386 private Men.3. That 300 private Men be taken into the Pay of this Province, until thefirst Day of January next; and that no Field-Officer is necessary for the Same.4. That the Sums mentioned in the Message of the 27th March last, bedischarg’d out of the Regimental Fund.5. And also the Sum of £2163 be replaced in the Treasury out of the saidFund.6. That the Order of the 7th of April to the Commissary General berenew’d and that his Excellency the Governor be acquainted herewith.The Time necessary for a thorough Examination of the RegimentalAccounts would be more than the present Season of the Year will convenientlyadmit of; and therefore recommend that the auditing of those Accountsbe deferred to the future meeting of the House. And also we takeleave to mention the same as to the Accounts relating to the Fortifications.The Question being put that the said Report be recommitted.

416 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759It passed in the Negative.Resolved That the Report be now consider’d.And the first Resolution of the Committee being read a Second time,and the Question being put that the House do agree with the Committeein the said Resolution.It was resolved in the Affirmative.The Second Resolution of the Committee being read a Second time wasagreed to by the House.The Third Resolution of the Committee being read a Second time, was,upon the Question being put thereupon, agreed unto by the House.The Fourth and Fifth Resolutions of the Committee, being severallyread a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The Sixth Resolution of the Committee being read a Second time,Resolved That an Address be presented to the Governor humbly todesire that his Excellency will please to order the Commissary to dispose of(at Public Vendue) the 636 Blankets which were made use of by the RoyalAmericans and Highlanders.Order’d That an Answer be prepared to his Excellency’s Message of the5th Instant.Order’d That a Committee be appointed to consider of ways and meansto raise Money to pay the Three hundred Men above agreed to be continuedin the Service of this Province, of the following Gentlemen, Vizt., Mr.Crawford, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Roper, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Stobo, Mr. Broughton,Mr. Pringle.And then the House adjourned till Monday Morning Ten of the Clock.Monday the 9th Day of July 1759.The Journal of Saturday’s Proceedings was read.According to Order the following Answer to his Excellency’s Messagewas drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,This House, having referred Your Excellency’s Message, together withthe Copies of the Letters from the Right Honorable William Pitt Esqr., Oneof His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, and the other Papers whichYour Excellency was pleas’d to transmit to us, to the Consideration of a Committee,who having made a Report thereon, we have agreed with the Committeein the following Resolutions, vizt.That the Regiment shou’d not be continued any longer in the Pay ofthis Province.That Three Companies of the said Regiment, each to consist of One

JULY 9, 1759417Captain, two Lieutenants, one Ensign, four Serjeants, four Corporals and twoDrummers, with One hundred private Men, be continued in the Pay of thisProvince, till the First Day of January next.That several Persons named in an Address presented to Your Excellencyfrom this House, on the 27th Day of March last; be paid the several sums ofMoney therein mentioned, out of the Regimental Fund, the same being dueto the said Persons respectively for the use and Service of the Regiment.That the Sum of Two Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty ThreePounds, mentioned in Your Excellency’s Message, be replaced in the Treasuryout of the same Fund.That Orders be given to the Commissary General for selling at publicSale for the use of this Government, Six hundred and Thirty Six Duffil Blanketspurchased with Public Money and made use of by the Highland andRoyal American Battalions.And we humbly desire that Your Excellency will be pleas’d to issue thenecessary Orders for carrying these Things into execution.At the same Time we beg leave to acquaint Your Excellency that as theTime necessary for a thorough Consideration of what may be requisite to bedone with respect to the Fortifications will be more than the present Seasonof the Year will conveniently admit of, we have deferr’d the same till a futuremeeting of the General Assembly.And we have appointed a Committee to consider of Ways and Meansfor paying the Three Companies intended to be continued in the Serviceof this Province.We cannot conclude without declaring, that it is a matter of great concernto us to find ourselves under the disagreable necessity of not complyingwith His Majesty’s desire, and the Proposition, which (we conceive) YourExcellency has very much at Heart, from your generously offering to contributeso largely toward defraying the expence of carrying it into execution:And we assure You, Sir, that nothing but a consideration of the heavy chargesthe Province has labour’d under, during the present War, and the inutilityas well as impracticability of raising or continuing a Regiment, as the Operationsof the Campaign are already enter’d upon, determin’d us to continuesuch a Number of Men only, as with the Independent Companies we thinksufficient for our internal Security.The said Address being twice read, and the Question being put that thefirst part of the last Paragraph be left out.It passed in the Negative.Then the Address was agreed to by the House with an Amendment.Order’d That the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Blake and Mr. Drayton.

418 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759Mr. Crawford reported from the Committee who were appointed toconsider of ways and means to raise Money for paying the three Companiesintended to be continued in the Service of this Province, that the Committeehad consider’d the same, and had come to several Resolutions thereupon,which they had directed him to report to the House, and he read theReport in his Place, and afterward deliver’d it in at the Clerks Table: Wherethe same was read, and is as follows, vizt.That a Sum of Fifteen Thousand Pounds, current Money of this Province,will be sufficient to discharge the Expence of Six Month’s Pay of ThreeCompanies, consisting of One Captain, two Lieutenants, one Ensign, and oneHundred private Men each, at the several Rates and Proportions in theSchedule hereunto annex’d.That an Aid be granted to His Majesty, by laying a Tax, or inland Dutyof Five Pounds Current Money per Head on the first Purchasers of all sizeableNegro Slaves, and two Pounds per Head on all Slaves under size hereafterto be imported into this Province, to be applied toward discharging thePay of the said Companies.That the said Tax or inland Duty shall commence . . . Months after thepassing of an Act of the General Assembly for that purpose and be continuedduring the space of two Years and no longer.That the Sum of £15,000 shall be borrow’d and taken out of the Moniesnow lying in the Treasury belonging to the Township-Fund, and be appliedtoward the present Pay of the said three Companies, and shall bereplaced again into the said Fund, out of the Monies arising from the Taxor inland Duty on Slaves aforesaid.An Estimate of the Pay of Three Companies, consisting of One Captain,two Lieutenants, One Ensign and one hundred private Men each for sixMonths.3 Captains at 8/ Sterlingper Day £ 1: 4: 06 Lieutenants at 4/ 1: 4: 03 Ensigns at 3/2 9: 612 Serjeants at 1/ 12: 012 Corporals at 8d 8: 06 Drummers at 8d 4: 02 Surgeons at 2/6 5: 0270 private Men at 6d 6:15: 0Sterling £ 11: 1: 6Equal to £77:10:6 Currencyfor 183 Days is £ 14,187: 1: 6

JULY 10, 1759419Treasurer’s Commission and otherContingencies 812:18: 6£ 15,000: 0: 0The first Resolution of the Committee being read a Second time, wasagreed unto by the House.The second Resolution of the Committee being read a Second time,was, upon the Question being put thereupon agreed unto by the House.The Third and Fourth Resolutions of the Committee being severallyread a Second time were severally agreed to by the House.Resolved That the Committee who were appointed to agree with aPrinter to print the Laws, be revived.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Tuesday the 10th Day of July 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Order’d That the Public Treasurer of this Province do pay, out of theMonies now lying in the Treasury, belonging to the Township Fund the Sumof Fifteen Thousand Pounds Current Money to such Person or Persons andin such manner and proportion as His Excellency the Governor shall bepleas’d to order and direct to be applied for discharging the Pay of ThreeCompanies now or late belonging to the South-Carolina Regiment which areto be continued in the Service of this Province till the First Day of Januarynext at the same Rates as were provided by Law, for paying the Officers ofthe like Rank and the private Men belonging to the said Regiment: WhichCompanies are each to consist of one Captain, Two Lieutenants, one Ensign,four Serjeants, four Corporals, two Drummers and one Hundred privateMen; with two Surgeons for the said three Companies at the Rate of TwoShillings and Six Pence Sterling per diem each.Order’d That this Order be sent to His Excellency the Governor for HisAssent and to His Majesty’s Council for their Concurrence and that Mr.Speaker do sign the same.Resolved That this House will make provision for replacing the said Sumof Fifteen Thousand Pounds to the said Fund.Order’d That Mr. Lynch and Mr. Middleton do carry the said Order tothe Governor and Council and desire their Concurrence.Resolved That the Committee who were appointed to enquire into thestate and condition of the Common Goal, and that the Prisoners therein havedue and proper allowance of Provisions given them, be revived.

420 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759Resolv’d, That the Committee who were appointed to visit the PublicTreasurer’s Office, at stated Times to take an Account of such Orders andTax Certificates as are brought in after the Time appointed for their passingcurrent is elaps’d, and to cause the same to be cancelled and filed, readyto be burnt when a Committee shall be appointed to meet a Committee ofthe Council for that purpose; be revived.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 11th Day of July 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor, by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have receiv’d with surprize and concern your Message of the 9th Instantand I think I shou’d not do my Duty if I did not exhort you to reconsiderthe Subject matter of it. I readily acknowledge that during the presentWar your Taxes have been heavier than usual, but notwithstanding that, Ihave the happiness to see the Province in a most flourishing State, and donot perceive any Symptoms of Poverty and Decay among You. I cannot thereforediscern that you are under any necessity of not complying with HisMajesty’s desires, on that Account, nor can I be of opinion that because theOperations of the Campaign are already enter’d upon it is therefore uselessor impracticable to raise or continue a Regiment in the Pay of this Province.On the contrary the probability is, that, as long as the Campaign lasts, theemployment of such a Corps may be found useful and necessary. And, withrespect to the practicability of raising it, I doubt not that in two or threeMonths it may be augmented to the number of five or six hundred Men, ifnot compleated, partly by engaging Deserters to return to their Colours witha promise of pardon, and partly by putting the Act for taking up Vagrantsin Execution, and giving a proper Bounty Money to new Recruits. But, thatyou may see how far it imports your own Security to comply with the PropositionI made to you in my last Message I send you herewith some Papers Ireceiv’d the 9th Instant by which you will perceive that the Cherokees haveat length made Incursions into this Province and slaughter’d some of it’sInhabitants: And it will also appear to you by what means the French areendeavouring to animate those People against us. The three hundred Menwhich You acquaint me you have resolved to enable me to keep on foot arebut barely sufficient, with the Independent Companies, for necessary Guardsand Garrisons, and, shou’d the Cherokees renew their Inroads, I shall beunable to restrain their Violences, and afford protection to the Back-Settle-

JULY 11, 1759421ments; in consequence of which, I shall be obliged to call you together againat a Season, when, perhaps it may be the most inconvenient to your privateAffairs; and many grievous Mischiefs may happen, which, by your strengtheningmy hands in time, may be prevented. I desire you to reflect seriouslyupon these Things; and will add but one Consideration more, which is thatit will surely be more advantageous for you to raise a Regiment of Sevenhundred Men, for the Charge whereof you will receive a Compensation fromthe Crown, than to keep on foot only three Companies, for which in all probability,you will have no Compensation at all.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read his Excellency’s Message to the House.Read Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant White Outerbridge to hisExcellency the Governor, Dated at Fort Augusta the 2d of July 1759. 43Read also a Petition of some of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province,with respect to the Murder of some of the Inhabitants in the Back-Settlementsby the Cherokee Indians, and praying for Scouts to be appointed forprotection.Read also an Affidavit of several Persons taken before Isaac PenningtonEsqr. concerning the said Murder.Resolv’d That the said Message and other Papers be committed to aCommittee of the whole House.Resolv’d That this House will this Afternoon, at Four of the Clock, resolveitself into a Committee of the whole House upon the said Message andother Papers.Order’d That the said Message and other Papers be referred to the saidCommittee.Order’d (upon the Question) That an Address be prepared to be presentedto the Governor for such Informations as His Excellency may havereceiv’d, touching the Outrages committed by the Cherokee Indians atRouan County in North Carolina.And accordingly the following One was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Excellency,This House having resolv’d to consider Your Excellency’s Message justnow receiv’d in a Committee of the whole House, this Afternoon, is of opinionthat it will be necessary for us to be fully inform’d of what Outrages werecommitted by the Cherokee Indians on His Majesty’s Subjects at RouanCounty in North Carolina and humbly desire that Your Excellency will be43See Lyttelton Papers, Clements Library (microfilm at SC Archives, reel 3).

422 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759pleas’d to communicate to this House all such Informations as You have receiv’d relativethereto, as likewise what Steps have been taken by Your Excellency upon the receiptof such Information for demanding Satisfaction of the said Indians, andpreventing the like Outrages for the future; And what Answers the said Indians havegiven Your Excellency to such Demands.Order’d That the said Address be presented to His Excellency by Mr. Elliott andMr. Canty.Order’d That the Committee who were appointed to receive Proposals of Personsfor methodizing the Laws of this Province be reviv’d.And then the House adjourn’d till Four of the Clock.P.M.Resolv’d That this House will, to-morrow Morning resolve itself into a Committeeof the whole House, to consider of the Message and other Papers brought downthis Morning from His Excellency the Governor.Mr. Gadsden reported from the Committee appointed to receive Proposals ofPersons relating to methodizing the Laws of this Province as follows, vizt.That they have receiv’d two Proposals on this Matter, one from a Sett of Gentlemenwho conceal themselves under the name of Decemviri, and don’t chuse to beknown till they can tell whether their Terms will be accepted; but their Proposals (vizt.£1100 Sterling, besides having a fair Copy of the Laws made out for them) so greatlyexceeding our Limitation, that the Committee think it needless to offer them to theHouse.The other is from Mr. Pritchard whom the Committee have seen and beg leaveto submit his Proposals to the House, as his Offers are a little beyond this Limitation.Then the Proposals of James Pritchard for digesting the Laws of this Provincewere read.Order’d That the said Report do lie upon the Table.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 12th Day of July 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.A Message from the Governor, by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I send you herewith the Papers you applied to me for by your Message ofthe 11th Instant, 44 and have only to add that as the Indians declined giving Sat-44Dobbs to Lyttelton, May 25, 1759, Demere to Lyttelton, June 1, 1759, Lyttelton Papers, ClementsLibrary (microfilm at SC Archives, reel 3); Lyttelton to Old Hop and the Little Carpenter (with reply),BPRO Transcripts, 28: 215–20; Coytmore to Lyttelton, May 8, 1759, in William L. McDowell, Jr., ed., DocumentsRelating to Indian Affairs, 1754–1765, The Colonial Records of South Carolina, series 2 (Columbia,1970), pp. 487–88. No copies of the other documents have been found.

JULY 12, 1759423isfaction for the Murders committed in Rouan County by the Men of Settico,I have issued the necessary Orders for the removal of the Trader from thatTown.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read also a Petition of sundry of the Inhabitants of the Catawba Riverand the Waters thereof address’d to the Governor.Read also a Copy of a Letter from Colonel Alexander Osburn to GovernorDobbs of North-Carolina, Dated 29th April 1759.Read also Extract of a Letter from Governor Dobbs to his ExcellencyGovernor Lyttelton, Dated 25th May 1759.Read also a Copy of a Letter from the Governor to Old Hop and theLittle Carpenter, Cherokee Chiefs.Read also Copy of Old Hop’s and the Little Carpenter’s Answer to thesaid Talk.Read also Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant Coytmore to his Excellencythe Governor, dated Fort Prince George 8th May 1759.Read also Extract of a Letter from Captain Paul Demeré to his Excellencythe Governor, Dated Fort Loudoun 1st June 1759.Read also Extract of a Letter from a Gentlemen at Brunswick NorthCarolina Dated 6th July 1759.Order’d, That the said Message & other Papers be referr’d to the Considerationof the Committee of the whole House to whom His Excellency’sMessage brought down Yesterday is referr’d.Then the House resolv’d itself into the said Committee.Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Pringle took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Pringle reported that the Committee had come to two Resolutionswhich they had directed him to report, when the House will please to receivethe same.Order’d, That the said Report be now receiv’d.And accordingly Mr. Pringle read the Report in his Place and afterwarddeliver’d it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read and is as follows,Vizt.

424 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759Resolved That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that the South CarolinaRegiment be not continued.Resolv’d That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that a Troop of Rangersto consist of a Captain, Lieutenant, and five and twenty or Thirty privateMen be forthwith rais’d to range in such part of the back Settlements as HisExcellency the Governor shall please to appoint till the first Day of Novembernext.Resolv’d That this House will to-morrow Morning take the said Reportinto Consideration.And then the House adjourn’d till to-morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Friday the 13th Day of July 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The Order of the Day for considering the Report from the Committeeof the whole House being read;And the first Resolution of the Committee “That the South-CarolinaRegiment be not continued,” being read a Second time.It was proposed that the said Resolution be amended vizt. “That noprovision be made by this House for continuing the Regiment in the Pay ofthis Province.”And the Question being put that the House do agree to the said Resolutionso amended.It was resolv’d in the Affirmative.The second Resolution of the Committee being read a Second time wasdisagreed with by the House.Then a Motion was made and the Question being put that the Housedo agree to make a Provision for the raising of Rangers.It was resolv’d in the Affirmative.Then the Question being put that such Rangers do consist of EightyMen.It passed in the Negative.Resolv’d That this House will make a provision to enable his Excellencythe Governor to raise two Troops of Rangers each to consist of twenty Mento patrol in such Part of the Back Settlements as his Excellency shall judgenecessary.Resolv’d upon the Question that this House will provide for paying aCaptain and Lieutenant for each of the said Troops of Rangers.Resolv’d That the Pay of the said Rangers be as followeth, vizt. To eachCaptain Thirty five Pounds per Month. To each Lieutenant Twenty five

JULY 13, 1759425Pounds per Month. To each Private Man Fourteen Pounds per Month.Resolv’d That the said Rangers do furnish themselves with Horses, Accoutrementsand Provisions.Resolv’d That the said Troops of Rangers be continued in the Pay ofthis Province till the first Day of November next or till the next meeting ofthe General Assembly after, if His Excellency the Governor shall judge theirService so long necessary.Order’d That an Address be prepared to be presented to The Governorupon the said Resolutions.And accordingly the following One was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Excellency,We have very maturely consider’d the Messages which Your Excellencywas pleas’d to send this House the 11th & 12th Instant with the several Paperswhich accompanied the same, and, after solemnly debating the subject matterof the said Messages and other Papers, we have resolv’d that no Provisionbe made by this House for continuing the Regiment in the Pay of this Province:But do adhere to the Resolutions which we communicated to YourExcellency in our Address of the 9th Instant.And, with respect to the Inroads made by the Indians, we came to thefollowing Resolutions, vizt.That this House will make a provision to enable Your Excellency to raisetwo Troops of Rangers, each to consist of a Captain, Lieutenant and twentyprivate Men; to patrol in such part of the Back-Settlements as your Excellencyshall judge necessary.That the Captain’s Pay be Thirty five Pounds per Month each. The LieutenantsTwenty five Pounds per Month each, and each private Man’s, FourteenPounds per Month; they furnishing them-selves with Horses,Accoutrements and Provisions.That the said Rangers be continued in the Pay of this Province till thefirst Day of November next, or until the next meeting of the General Assembly;if Your Excellency shall judge their Service so long necessary.Order’d That the said Address be presented to the Governor by Mr.Crawford and Mr. Pinckney; and that they do humbly desire his Excellency’sleave to this House to adjourn till Monday the 19th of November next.Mr. Crawford reported to the House, That they went to attend the Governorwith the Address, but his Excellency being indisposed they gave theAddress to his Excellency’s Secretary to be deliver’d to his Excellency, andat the same time desir’d the Secretary to acquaint The Governor that thisHouse desir’d his Excellency’s leave to adjourn: And that the Secretaryinform’d them his Excellency had been pleas’d to say that he had a Messageof importance to send to this House to-morrow Morning.

426 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759Order’d That the Committee to whom the Petition of ThomasMellichamp was referr’d, be revived, and that they do make a Report thereonat the next meeting of the House.Order’d That no Member do presume to go out of Town without leaveof the House.And then the House adjourn’d till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Saturday the 14th Day of July 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.A Message from The Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,In consequence of your Message last Session, by which you requested meto procure you information, whether or not the Contractors for the Supply ofProvisions to the Forces upon the Continent of North America were obliged todefray the Expence of the Carriage thereof to the said Forces wherever theymight happen to be; I wrote to Major General Amherst, and have receiv’d fromhim a Copy of the original Contract, which I now transmit to you.I apprehend it will appear to you, from an inspection of it, that theCrown is obliged to make good the charge of the said Carriage, and on thatAccount the Earl of Loudoun when he acquainted you with his intention ofallowing Provisions to the Independent Companies in the Out-Posts andGarrisons, stipulated that, in consideration of the saving two Pence a Day,which would arise to the Province from his allowance of the said Provisions,you shou’d engage to take upon yourselves to pay the cost of the Carriage:And as you agreed to that shou’d you now apply for any alteration in yourfavor, I conceive you will be precluded from obtaining it; more especially asthe said Agreement is, upon the whole, very advantageous to you. Forwhereas before you paid the Two pence a Day, and the Prime Cost of Provisionsand Carriage also to those Garrisons, you now only pay the Expenceof the Carriage.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read His Excellency’s Message to the House.Read Copy of the Articles of Agreement made the 26th Day of March1756 between the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’sTreasury on the part and behalf of His Majesty, of the one part, and WilliamBaker, Christopher Kilby and Richard Baker of London, Merchants, of

JULY 14, 1759427the other Part, for supplying the King’s Forces in North-America with Provisions.45Then His Excellency’s Message being read a Second time.Order’d That the Public Treasurer do advance a Sum not exceedingTwo Thousand Pounds for defraying the expence of the Carriage of Provisionsto the Garrisons at Fort Prince George near Kewohee and FortLoudoun.Resolv’d That this House will make provision for reimbursing the Treasurerin the said Sum.Resolv’d That notwithstanding this House hath hitherto made provisionfor defraying the expence of the Carriage of Provisions to the Out Posts andGarrisons (that His Majesty’s Service might not suffer) yet it is the opinionof this House that this Province ought not to be burthened with thatExpence.Order’d That an Address be prepared to be presented to the Governorthereupon.And accordingly the following One was drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,We humbly thank Your Excellency for the information You were pleas’dto give us this Morning, respecting the Contract for supplying The King’sForces in North-America with Provisions: And, notwithstanding we are ofOpinion that this Province ought not, by any means, to be burthen’d withthe Expence of the Carriage of Provisions to the Out-Posts and Garrisons,yet, that His Majesty’s Service may not suffer, we have order’d the Treasurerto advance a further Sum not exceeding Two Thousand Pounds to pay theCharge of the carriage of Provisions to the Garrisons of Fort Prince-Georgeand Fort Loudon and have resolv’d to provide for reimbursing the Treasurerin the said Sum.Order’d That the said Address be presented to the Governor by Mr.Rattray and Mr. Graeme; and that they do humbly desire his Excellency’sleave to this House to adjourn till Monday the 19th November next.Order’d That leave be given to bring in a Bill for establishing a NightWatch or Guard in Charles Town and that the Members of the Parish of St.Philip Charles Town do prepare and bring in the Same.Order’d, That Mr. John Smith, the Agent to the Contractors for supplyingthe King’s Forces in North-America with Provisions, do attend thisHouse.And the House being inform’d that the said Mr. Smith attended at the45The governor’s copy of the contract appears in the Lyttelton Papers, Clements Library (microfilmat SC Archives, reel 1) under the date of the contract.

428 COMMONS JOURNAL, JULY 2, 1759–JULY 14, 1759Door, he was called in; and, being ask’d several Questions he made Answersto the same, as follows, Vizt.Query. Have You a Copy of the Contract for supplying the King’s Forcesin North America with Provisions, made in 1756: And do you know of anyContract enter’d into since that Time?Answer. I have a Copy of the Contract made in 1756: But know of noneentered into since.Query. Do you by that Contract, look upon the Contractors as liableto pay for the carriage of Provisions to the Garrisons in this Province?Answer. I cannot say, having received no Orders from the Contractorsin this regard: But Mr. Stead, their late Agent, receiv’d an Answer to a Letterhe wrote them upon this Subject; wherein they say, that they are obligedto carry the Provisions to the King’s Forces at New-York, Albany andPensylvania and at whatever other Place the main Body of the Army shall be;but that they did not think themselves obliged to carry Provisions to Garrisonsand detached Parties.Then a Member proposed he might be ask’d, that in case this Provincewould not pay for the Carriage of Provisions to the Forts wou’d he do it atthe expence of the Contractors.And another Member moving that Mr. Smith might have leave to withdraw,that he might consider of it, before he gave an Answer to that Question.He had leave to withdraw: And withdrew accordingly.And being returned, was ask’d.Question. Will you at the Expence of the Contractors send the Provisionsto the Out-Posts and Garrisons in this Province?Answer. As I have no Orders from the Contractors in this regard, Ishou’d run a very great risque, and therefore will not do it.Question. You have industriously inquired for Persons living in the remoteparts of this Province near the Out-Posts, who cou’d supply the Garrisonswith Provisions: If You were of opinion that the Contractors are notliable to pay the charge of the Carriage why did you not purchase the Provisionsin Charles-Town where it might have been procured with less trouble?Answer. As there wou’d be a considerable saving in the Expence ofCarriage, cou’d the Provisions be procured near the Garrisons I thought Iought to purchase them in that manner in justice to those who were to defraythat Expence, whether the same was done by The Crown, the Province,or the Contractors.Question. Have You wrote to the Contractors with respect to the Carriageof Provisions?Answer. I have not: But Mr. Stead, their late Agent, did, who receivedan Answer to the purport I before related.

JULY 14, 1759429And then he withdrew.Order’d That a Committee be appointed to enquire whether the Contractors,for supplying the Kings Forces in North-America with Provisions,are liable to pay for the carriage of Provisions to the Out-Posts and Garrisonsin this Province; and to write to the Agent for the Inhabitants of thisProvince in Great-Britain, to make enquiry there concerning the same; ofthe following Gentlemen, Vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Lowndes, Mr.Mazyck, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Laurens.Order’d That the said Committee have power to sit notwithstanding anyAdjournment of the House.Order’d That the said Committee have power to send for Persons, Papers,and Records for their better Information.Mr. Rattray reported to the House, that The Governor having beenwaited upon pursuant to their Order humbly to desire his Excellency’s leaveto this House to adjourn till Monday the 19th Day of November next; HisExcellency was pleas’d to give the House leave to adjourn till that Day.And accordingly the House adjourn’d till Monday the Nineteenth Dayof November next.Return to contents ➔

430 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759Session Beginning October 4, 1759and Ending October 13, 1759SOUTH CAROLINABy His Excellency William Henry Lyttelton Esqr., Governor in Chief andCaptain-General in and over the said Province; and Vice-Admiral of the same.A Proclamation.Whereas the General Assembly of this Province stands Adjourned to theNineteenth Day of November next, I have thought fit for divers great andweighty Causes, by and with the Advice of His Majesty’s Honorable Councilto issue this my Proclamation hereby requiring all the Members of the saidGeneral Assembly to meet at the State-House in Charles-Town on the Forenoonof Thursday next being the Fourth Day of this Instant October.Given under my Hand and the Great-Seal of this His Majesty’s said Provincethis First Day of October 1759 and in the Thirty Third Year of His Majesty’sReign.William Henry Lyttelton.By His Excellency’s Command, William Murray, Depy. Secy.Thursday the 4th Day of October 1759.The House met pursuant to The Governor’s Proclamation.Ordered That Mr. Lynch and Mr. Gadsden do wait upon The Governor,and acquaint him the House is met pursuant to His Excellency’s Proclamation.The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew and being return’d,Mr. Lynch reported to the House that they had deliver’d their Messageto His Excellency.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Friday the 5th Day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have been obliged to require your Attendance sooner than I shou’d

OCTOBER 5, 1759431otherwise have done in consequence of certain Advices of the greatest consequencefrom the Cherokee Nation; the particulars of which you will learnfrom the several Letters which I herewith transmit to you. The Hostilitiesof those Indians (notwithstanding my constant Endeavours to prevent a finalRupture with them) have risen to such a height, that the most vigourousand speedy measures are become necessary to repress them as well to preservethe interior tranquility of the Province, as to relieve the Garrisons ofFort Prince-George and Fort Loudoun, more especially the latter. I havetherefore with the Advice and Consent of His Majesty’s Council agreable tothe Militia Law sent Orders to Colonels Chivillette, Richardson and Powellto fire an Alarm and assemble their Regiments. I have also order’d one hundredand fifty Regulars and Provincials, now in this Town, to hold themselvesin readiness to march; and am solliciting the Catawbaws and Chickesaws ofNew Savannah to join our Forces. I have writ likewise to Mr. Atkin, TheKing’s Agent for Indian Affairs, who is now in the Creek Nation, desiring himto engage if possible some of those People and some of the Breed-Camp andUpper-Chickesaws to fall upon the Cherokee Towns and cause a Diversionin our Favour. I have dispatched Expresses to the Governors of North-Carolinaand Virginia and requested them to send us such Assistance as they canafford; tho’ from the Circumstances of those Governments, I fear, if theydestine any Succours it will be very late before they arrive. And I have writto Brigadier General Stanwix, Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Forcesin the Southern Provinces of North America, and acquainted him with oursituation that he may take proper Measures thereupon for our Relief: Butfrom the remoteness of his situation and the Operations he is charged withupon the River Ohio and Parts above Pittsburgh, I know not how far it maybe in his power to furnish any aid, at least for some Months. And lastly as Ithink the present Conjuncture is such as calls upon me to leave nothingundone on my part, by which I may hope to promote His Majesty’s Serviceand prevent the Calamity and Desolation with which the Province isthreatned. I have determin’d to take the Command of the Forces myself andcarry the War into the Enemy’s Country. I doubt not you are come togetherdisposed to strengthen my hands with such Supplies as are requisite to givea happy Issue to the intended Operations, and to that end I earnestly recommendto you to provide a proper pay for such Draughts of the Militia asshall be employ’d upon this Expedition and to continue the Pay of the threeProvincial Companies until the conclusion thereof, which Companies arenow intitled to it only to the first of January next. I must also intreat you toprovide four or five Thousand Pounds for Contingencies and to impower theTreasurer to issue a further sum to be employed in the Pay of the Troops asa Military Chest, and likewise to give your Consent for the employing of such

432 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759Firelocks and Bayonets as remain of those purchas’d with Public Money byMessrs. Smith and Laurens forasmuch as the Arms now used by the King’sIndependent Companies and the Provincials are become altogether unfit forService. I transmit to you a Paper containing a Specification of such Officers(exclusive of the Regimental ones &c.) and other Persons as are necessaryto go upon the Expedition; for whom I must desire you to provide asufficient pay; and also to enable me to defray the Expence of procuring theAmmunition, Tools, Implements &ca. which are likewise expressed in thesaid Paper. As I have good reason to believe that some small Field-Pieces willbe of use to me on this Occasion, I send you a Report from Captain Dudgeonthe Engineer concerning the state of some Cannon which he has inspectedby my order, for which some few necessaries are wanting; which Ihope you will provide for the charge of. There are likewise some very smallField-Pieces carrying a Pound Ball, that are to be purchased in this Town,which will be of singular Advantage to me as they may be transported overthe Cherokee Mountains, and I shall be glad you would impower me to procurehalf a dozen of them. These Pieces are of Brass and belong to StephenBull Esqr. The Catawba Indians have for these three Years last past, sollicitedme to build a Fort in their Nation, and lately offer’d me their Service againstthe Cherokees, provided I wou’d cause one to be raised for the Security oftheir Wives and Children. Such a Work as will answer that End may be accomplishedat a very small Expence, if you will enable me to defray it. Bythe Militia Law I am impower’d after an Alarm is fired to cause Provisions,Waggons, Horses and all other Necessaries to be impressed for the PublicService, but I earnestly recommend to you to consider of some additionalRegulations to be established by a Law, whereby the Inhabitants of this Provincemay be invited to bring in their Provisions, Horses and Carriages for theuse of the Army by being assured of speedy Payment at certain Rates fromthe Public Treasury, with a Power nevertheless to the Justices of Peace to issueWarrants to the several Constables to impress all such Provisions, Horsesand Carriages when they shall be required so to do by me, or by any Personsproperly authoriz’d by me for that purpose. The effectually supplying theTroops with all these things, is a matter of the last consequence to the successof the Expedition, and therefore deserves your most serious Consideration.Upon the whole I doubt not if I receive that support from you whichI have all imaginable Reason to expect, that, by the blessing of God uponour Endeavours the Peace of this Province will soon be restored and the Livesof a Number of brave Men, who are engaged in your Service in the CherokeeCountry, be saved from falling a sacrifice to a merciless Enemy, or themore irresistable power of Hunger. I recommend to you the utmost Dispatchin your Resolutions, and tho’ I am truly griev’d to be forced to sollicit you

OCTOBER 5, 1759433for so large an Aid, yet I am confident you will find it the best Oeconomy inthe End to be liberal in your Supplies now, that what we do we may do witheffect; and prevent the Train of Mischiefs which will follow from acting withan insufficient Force and the Multiplication of Expences which will therebybe entailed on the Province. I hope when the Documents I have transmittedto Mr. Secretary Pitt have been received you will have a gracious Supplyof Money from the Crown in the consequence of the Grants of Parliamentwhich you have been made acquainted with and I doubt not you will haveadditional Marks of the liberality of The King if in consequence of the extraordinaryEfforts you shall make upon this Occasion, your Circumstancesshall be found to require it.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read his Excellency’s Message to the House.Then the following Papers (brought down with the said Message) wereseverally read, vizt. 46Letter from Captn. Paul Demeré to the Governor dated Fort Loudoun13th September 1759.Letter from Lieutenant Maurice Anderson to Lieutenant RichardCoytmore dated Fort Loudoun 12th September 1759.Letter from Lieutenant Coytmore to the Governor dated Fort PrinceGeorge 26th September 1759.Letter from Captn. John Stuart to His Excellency dated Fort PrinceGeorge 26th September 1759.Letter from Captn. John Stuart to the Inhabitants in the Back Settlementsdated the 25th September 1759.Letter from Gavon Pou to John Murray Esqr. dated Edisto Fork 29thSeptember 1759.Report of Captn. Richard Dudgeon, Engineer, of the State of somesmall Cannon.A Specification of several Officers and other Persons necessary to goupon the intended Expedition against the Cherokees and of the Ammunition,Tools, Implements &ca. wanted for that Service.Order’d That a Committee be appointed to take the said Message andother Papers into Consideration.46Anderson to Coytmore, September 12, 1759, Demere to Lyttelton, September 13, 1759, Coytmoreto Lyttelton, September 26, 1759, Stuart to Lyttelton, September 26, 1759, BPRO Transcripts, 28: 250–60.The “specification of several officers and other persons” appears in the Lyttelton Papers, Clements Library(microfilm at SC Archives, reel 3); it is filed with miscellaneous 1759 papers between December 1759and January 1760. No copies of the other documents have been found.

434 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759And a Committee was appointed accordingly of the following Gentlemen,Vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Wright, Mr. Lynch,Mr. Rattray, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Blake,Mr. McQueen.Order’d That the said Message and other Papers be referred to the saidCommittee and that they do report their opinion thereupon to the House.And then the House adjourn’d till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Saturday the 6th Day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom the Governor’sMessage and the several other Papers were referred, that they had consider’dthe Matter of the said Message and other Papers and had directed him toreport their Opinion thereupon to the House and he read the Report in hisPlace and afterward deliver’d it in at the Clerk’s Table where the same wasread and is as follows, vizt.That the Cherokee Indians having committed many Murders and beenguilty of a variety of other Injuries on His Majesty’s Subjects, the Committeeare of opinion, that a sufficient Force be draughted from the Militia ofthis Province to repel their Invasions and to obtain an adequate Satisfactionfrom them.But as the Committee are not apprised of the Number of Men whichHis Excellency the Governor may think necessary to be draughted for thatpurpose, they humbly offer it as their opinion that a Message be sent by thisHouse to His Excellency, requesting of him an account of the Number ofMilitia Men that he proposes to draught for the said Service, to enable theCommittee to proceed in making an Estimate of the Charges thereof.The first Paragraph of the said Report, being read a Second time, anAmendment was made thereunto.Then another Amendment was proposed, vizt. Line 3d after the word“Province” add “agreable to the Militia Act.” And the Question being putthat the House do agree to the said Amendment.It passed in the Negative.The last Paragraph being read a Second time was agreed to by theHouse.And the following Address to the Governor was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Excellency,Upon considering the Message and other Papers which You werepleas’d to send to this House Yesterday, we are of opinion that as the Chero-

OCTOBER 6, 1759435kees have committed many Murders and been guilty of a variety of other Injurieson His Majesty’s Subjects, a sufficient Force be draughted from theMilitia of this Province to repel their Invasions and to obtain an adequatesatisfaction from them: But not being apprised of the number of Men whichYour Excellency may think necessary to be draughted for that Service wehumbly request that Your Excellency will be pleased to acquaint this Housewith the same, that the Committee to whom the said Message and other Papersare referr’d may be enabled to proceed in making an Estimate of theCharges thereof.Order’d That the said Address be presented to His Excellency by Mr.Moultrie and Mr. Waring.A Message from The Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Samuel Prioleau of Charles Townin Berkley County addressed to the Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.Order’d That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,In consequence of your Message of this Day, I must acquaint you thatthe Draughts I have order’d to be made from the Militia will not, I believe,exceed one Thousand Men, but altho’ I am desirous the Province beburthen’d as little as possible upon this Occasion; I am of opinion that suchfurther Draughts may be necessary to be made as will render the numberof Militia to be employ’d in the intended Expedition, fifteen Hundredcompleat, and I hope you will provide Pay for that Number.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Order’d That the said Message be referr’d to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Message and other Papers brought down yesterdayfrom his Excellency were referr’d.Order’d, That Captain Taylor, Mr. Laurens & Mr. Gadsden be added tothe said Committee.Order’d, That an Address be prepared to be presented to The Governor

436 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759humbly to desire that His Excellency will be pleas’d to inform the House whetherthe Two Troops of Rangers which the House resolv’d to provide for at their lastMeeting have been rais’d, at what Time, by whom they are commanded andwhere they have been appointed to patrol, as also whether they have been of anyService in protecting the Inhabitants of the Back-Settlements.And accordingly the following One was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Excellency,In an Address presented to your Excellency the 13th Day of July last, weacquainted you that we wou’d make a Provision to enable your Excellencyto raise two Troops of Rangers each to consist of a Captain, Lieutenant, andTwenty private Men, to patrol in such parts of the Back-Settlements as yourExcellency shou’d judge necessary; and we humbly desire that your Excellencywill be pleas’d to inform the House whether the said two Troops ofRangers have been rais’d, at what Time, by whom they are commanded andwhere they have been appointed to patrol; as also whether they have beenof any service in protecting the Inhabitants of the Back-Settlements.Order’d, That the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Gadsden and Mr. Stoutenburgh.Order’d, That the Public Treasurer do advance a further Sum not exceedingOne Thousand Pounds for defraying the Expence of the Carriageof Provisions to the Garrisons of Fort Prince George and Fort Loudoun.Resolved, That this House will provide for reimbursing the Treasurerin the said Sum.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the House do adjourntill to-morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.It pass’d in the Negative.Order’d, That the Committee to whom the Governor’s Messages arereferr’d do sit this Afternoon.And then the House adjourn’d till Monday Morning Nine of the Clock.Monday the 8th Day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Saturday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,In answer to your Message of Yesterday concerning the Rangers, I informyou that the two Troops of Rangers have been complete some time; butthat commanded by Captain Fairchild was raised about the Middle of Augustlast; and the other commanded by Captain Hunt did not get it’s fullNumber till about the middle of last Month. They are order’d to patrol on

OCTOBER 9, 1759437Saludee and Broad Rivers, and their Rendezvous is at the Mouth or entranceof Reedy River in Saludee. Before they were rais’d the Cherokees kill’d twoMen on Pacolet River; and also while Captain Fairchild was completing hisCompany they scalp’d a Woman and a Boy in those Parts which created avery great alarm among the Settlers there; many of whom left their Houses,and others were preparing to follow their Example; but on the 28th of AugustCaptain Fairchild march’d from Ninety Six with his Company to theirAssistance and I believe his presence and remonstrances were of much useto prevent a total Desertion of those Settlements.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Order’d (upon the Question) That an Address be prepared to be presentedto The Governor humbly to desire his Excellency will please to orderthe Rangers to patrol as far as Fort Prince George (if practicable) to gainintelligence of the present State of the said Garrison and of the Dispositionof the Cherokee Indians.And accordingly the following One was drawn.May it please your Excellency,As we conceive the Rangers or part of them, may, for the present bespared from patroling in the Back Settlements, and be employ’d to betterpurpose in gaining Intelligence of the present State of Affairs in the CherokeeCountry; we humbly desire that your Excellency will please to order sucha Number of them as you shall judge necessary to patrol (if practicable) asfar as Fort Prince George and make inquiry concerning the situation of theGarrison at that Fort, and of the present disposition of those Indians.Order’d That the Committee to whom His Excellency’s Messages arereferr’d do now sit.And then the House adjourn’d till to-morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Tuesday the 9th Day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom His Excellency’sMessages and the several other Papers relating to the Cherokee Indians werereferr’d, that the Committee had consider’d the matter of the said Messagesand other Papers and had come to several Resolutions thereupon which theyhad directed him to report to the House, and he read the Report in his Placeand afterward deliver’d it in at the Clerks Table: Where the same was readand is as follows, vizt.

438 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759The Committee are of opinion that a Sum of Money shall be providedfor the following Uses, that is to say, To pay one Thousand five Hundred Mendraughted or to be draughted out of the Militia of this Province on thepresent Expedition.The pay of each private White Man so draughted or raised to be EightShillings Current Money per day.The pay of each Negro Man so raised to be seven Shillings CurrentMoney per day.The pay of each Corporal and of each Drummer so raised to be EightShillings and Eight pence Current Money per day.The pay of each Serjeant so raised to be Ten Shillings Current Moneyper Day.Four Serjeants and four Corporals to be appointed to each Companyof one Hundred Men.The pay of each Ensign (one to each such Company as abovesaid) tobe Twenty Shillings Current Money per day.The pay of each Lieutenant (one to each such Company as abovesaid)to be one Pound five Shillings Current Money per day.The pay of each Captain (one to each such Company as abovesaid) tobe one Pound ten Shillings Current Money per day.The pay of each Major (one of whom to each Corps of 500 Men asabovesaid) to be one Pound fifteen Shillings Current Money per day.The pay of each Lieut: Colonel (two of whom to 1500 Men as abovesaid)to be two Pounds Current Money per day.The pay of each Colonel (two of whom to 1500 Men as abovesaid) to beTwo pounds five Shillings Current Money per day.The pay of each Adjutant and of each Quarter Master (allowing threeAdjutants and three Quarter Masters to 1500 Men as abovesaid) to be onepound five Shillings Current Money per day.The pay of a Person to be appointed Commissary to be three Poundsten Shillings Current Money per day.The Pay of two Surgeons and two Mates during their personal Attendanceon their respective Corps to be two Pounds Current Money per day to each Surgeon,and twenty Shillings Current Money per day to each Surgeon’s Mate.The pay of such Militia Men who are Carpenters or Wheelrights (whilethey shall work as such) to be fifteen Shillings Current Money per day to eachin addition to their daily wages.The pay of one Militia Man who shall be an Harness-maker to be fourShillings Current Money in addition to his wages daily.The pay of one Militia Man who shall be a Blacksmith and Gunsmithto be six Shillings Current Money per day in addition to his wages.

OCTOBER 9, 1759439That the Sum of Four Thousand pounds Current Money be providedfor defraying Contingencies.That the Sum of One Thousand Pounds Sterling or the value of thesame be provided to be applied to the use of the private Men of the Militiain part of their Pay.The Committee are of Opinion that it is not at this Time necessary tocontinue the three Provincial Companies in the Pay of this Province furtherthan the first Day of January next.That the Paragraph of His Excellency’s Message, relating to employingof the Firelocks and Bayonets remaining of those which were purchas’d withthe Public Money shou’d not be complied with in the manner there proposed.Nevertheless the Committee are of opinion that 150 of the saidFirelocks with Bayonets be deliver’d out for the uses mentioned in HisExcellency’s Message, but to be return’d at the End of the said Expedition:And that the remaining part of the said Arms be applied to the use of thesaid Militia to be either paid for by them, or otherwise return’d as aforesaid.That no pay be provided for an Adjutant General & Quarter-MasterGeneral, or a Major of Brigade, Aid de Camps or for Waggon Masters.That a Chest of Medicines of £200 Current Money in value be providedfor the Militia Men in the said Expedition.That no Allowance is necessary for Surgeon’s Instruments, inasmuchas it is expected that the aforemention’d Surgeons shall provide themselvestherewith at their own Expence.That 6000 lb. weight of Musquet Ball of different sizes, and Swan-shot,6000 good Flints, ten Reams of Cartridge Paper, 400 Camp Kettles, PaintedCloths for 4 Waggons, working Tools, vizt. 12 Broad-Axes, a Gross of Spadesor Shovels, 4 dozen Pick-axes, a Gross of Hatchets, 6 dozen Grubbing Hoes,6 dozen Felling axes, 6 Frows, 6 Iron Crows, some small Carpenter’s Toolswith Handsaws to the value of £100 Current Money; two Whip-Saws, 4 CrosscutSaws with Handles, Sets and Files; small Nails sorted and Spikes to thevalue of £100 Current Money, 6 Horn Lanthorns and 150 Bushels of Salt beprovided for the said intended Expedition.That the two 3 Pounds Iron Guns and two 4 Pounders mention’d in CaptainDudgeon’s the Engineer’s Report, referred to in his Excellency’s saidMessage, be repair’d and that Rope Traces, Spunges, Rammers and Ladles,Formers for Cartridges and Match suitable for the said Guns be provided forthe intended Expedition.The Committee are of opinion, it is not necessary to provide any moreField Pieces for the said Expedition.That the Sum of £1000 Current Money be granted & provided for enabling

440 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759His Excellency to cause a Fort to be made in the Catawba Nation for thoseIndians.And lastly the Committee are of opinion that the Pay hereby providedfor the several Persons herein beforementioned shall be continued only tothe first Day of January next, or shall cease at the Conclusion of the presentExpedition in case it shall be determined sooner.A Motion being made,Order’d That one of the Agents to the Contractors for supplying theKing’s Forces in America with Provisions do attend this House.Order’d That Henry Gallman and John Gallman do likewise attend thisHouse.The Address of Yesterday to The Governor being read (for ordering theRangers to patrol as far as Fort Prince George); A Motion was made and theQuestion being put that a fair Copy of the said Address be made in order tobe sent to His Excellency.It pass’d in the Negative.The House being inform’d that Mr. Nutt, one of the Agents to the Contractorsfor supplying the Kings Forces with Provisions, attended at the Door,he was called in, and was asked several Questions with regard to the Provisionsat Fort Loudoun to which he made Answers.And then he withdrew.And the House being inform’d that Mr. Henry Gallman attended at theDoor, he was called in, and asked several Questions with respect to the CherokeeIndians to which he made Answers.And then he withdrew.And then the House adjourn’d till Three of the Clock.P.M.The House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee to whomthe Governor’s Messages with several other Papers relating to the CherokeeIndians were referred, into Consideration.And His Excellency’s said Messages were severally read.And the several Articles of the said Report (respecting the Pay to theMilitia) as far as the Pay to the Lieutenants, being severally read a Secondtime, were severally agreed unto by the House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 10th Day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.

OCTOBER 10, 1759441An Account of Mr. Jonathan Badger, one of the Messengers of thisHouse, amounting to Eighty nine Pounds, five Shillings, being for sendingLetters to the Members to require their attendance upon the House pursuantto the Governor’s Proclamation; was presented to the House and read.Resolv’d That this House will make provision for paying the said Account.Order’d That the Public Treasurer do advance the said Sum of EightyNine Pounds five Shillings to the said Jonathan Badger.Then the House resum’d the adjourned Consideration of the Residueof the Report from the Committee to whom His Excellency’s Messages andthe several other Papers relating to the Cherokees, were referred.And the several Articles of the said Report as far as the Pay to the twoColonels of the Militia, being severally read a Second time, were severallyagreed to by the House.Resolv’d (upon the Question) That it is the intention of this House thatthe Pay resolved to be provided for the several Officers and Militia Men shallbe only during such time as they shall be employ’d within and in the Serviceof this Province and not joined or acting in conjunction with any of HisMajesty’s British Forces; that the Militia of this Province may not in any wisebe subjected to the Penalties of the Mutiny Act, or the Articles of War.Resolv’d, That no Person shall be intitled to or receive any part of suchpay, who is intitled to receive any pay upon the establishment of His Majesty’sBritish Forces, or of the Provincial Forces raised by and in the pay of thisProvince.And several other Articles of the Report, as far as the Article of Pay tothe Surgeons, being severally read a Second time were severally agreed toby the House.And the Article of Pay to the Surgeons being read a Second time, was,upon the Question being put thereupon, agreed to by the House.The Article of Pay to the Surgeon’s Mates being read a Second time wasdisagreed with by the House.Resolv’d That the Pay to the Surgeon’s Mates be Twenty five ShillingsCurrent Money per day each.The Article of pay to the Carpenters being read a second time was, uponthe Question being put thereupon, agreed unto by the House.The several other Articles as far as the Article for Contingencies beingread a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.And the Article for Contingencies being read a Second time was, uponthe Question being put thereupon, agreed unto by the House.The Article relating to the continuance of the three Provincial Companies,being read a Second time, was upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.

442 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759Resolved That this House will not at this Time make any further Provisionfor continuing the said three Companies in the Pay of this Province.The Article relating to the Firelocks and Bayonets remaining of thosepurchas’d with Public Money being read a Second time, was upon the Questionbeing put thereupon, disagreed with by the House.Then the Question being put that one Hundred Stand of the said Armsbe deliver’d out for the Use of the Provincials Companies.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that Twenty Chests of the said Arms becarried as far as the Congarees (if His Excellency shall think the same necessary)to be disposed of by the Commissary upon Credit to such of the Militia(desirous of purchasing the said Arms) as shall go upon the intendedExpedition, and that the Price of the said Arms be deducted out of the Pay,that shall become due to the Men who shall purchase the same.Order’d That the further Consideration of the said Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee to whom His Excellency’s Messages and theother Papers relating to the Cherokee Indians were referred.And the Article relating to an Adjutant General and Quarter MasterGeneral being read a Second time, was, upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed to by the House.The several Articles as far as the Article for building a Fort in theCatawba Nation being read a Second time, were severally agreed to by theHouse.And the said Article relating to building a Fort in the Catawba Nationbeing read a Second time, was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Order’d that the further Consideration of the said Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Thursday the 11th Day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of the

OCTOBER 11, 1759443Report from the Committee to whom His Excellency’s Messages and theother Papers relating to the Cherokee Indians were referred.And the Article relating to the Provision made by the Militia Law forimpressing Provisions, Waggons, Horses &c. being read a Second time,That part of the Message from His Excellency to which the said Articlehas reference was read.Read also the Paragraph of the Militia Act which is referred to in thatpart of His Excellency’s said Message.Then the said Article was agreed to by the House.And the last Article of the Report being read a Second time, an Amendmentwas made to the same.Then the said Article was agreed to by the House.Order’d That the Public Treasurer do pay out of any Monies in theTreasury the Sum of Four Thousand Pounds Current Money for defrayingthe Contingent Services of His Excellency the Governor’s intended Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians: And that the said Public Treasurer doalso pay out of the said Monies the further Sum of Seven Thousand Pound[s]like Money to be applied to the use of the private Men, who shall bedraughted from the Militia of this Province to go on the said Expedition inpart of their Pay. And that the said several Sums be paid out the Treasuryin such manner as His Excellency shall please to order and appoint.Ordered That this Order be sent to His Excellency the Governor forhis Assent and to His Majesty’s Council for their Concurrence, and that Mr.Speaker do sign the Same.Resolved That this House will make a provision for replacing the saidSums in the Treasury.Ordered That an Address be prepared to be presented to the Governorin Answer to His Excellency’s Message of the 5th Instant.Resolved (Nemine contradicente) That an humble Address be preparedto be presented to The Governor, humbly to desire that His Excellency willbe pleased not to declare War against the Cherokee Indians till he is certainthey will not give Satisfaction for the Injuries which they have done this Province.Ordered That Mr. Wright, Mr. Wragg and Mr. Manigault be a Committeeto draw up an Address upon the said Resolution.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Wright reported from the Committee who were appointed to drawup an Address to be presented to The Governor upon the Resolution of this

444 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759Morning that the Committee had prepared an Address accordingly whichthey had directed him to report to the House and he read the Report in hisPlace and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same wasread and is as follows, vizt.May it please Your Excellency,We his Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Subjects the Commons Houseof Assembly of the Province of South-Carolina beg leave to represent to yourExcellency, that, notwithstanding we are fully convinced of the necessity ofusing vigorous Measures to repress the insults and barbarities of the CherokeeIndians, yet being unanimously of opinion, that the declaring Waragainst the Cherokees, at this Time will be attended with the greatest Evilsand Calamities, and be productive of the most dangerous and even fatalConsequences as well to the Inhabitants of this, as of the neighbouring Provinces,do most seriously advise and earnestly desire, that Your Excellency willnot cause War to be declared against that Nation, until all hopes shall be lostof obtaining a reasonable and adequate Satisfaction from them.The said Address being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.Resolved That the said Address be presented to His Excellency by thewhole House.Order’d That Mr. Lamboll and Mr. Taylor do wait upon the Governorand humbly desire to know when His Excellency will please to be attendedby the House with the said Address.Order’d That the Treasurer do advance a further Sum, not exceedingone Thousand Pounds to defray the Expence of the Carriage of Provisionsto the Garrisons of Fort Prince George & Fort Loudoun.Resolved That this House will make provision for reimbursing the Treasurerin the said Sum.Order’d That the Committee who were appointed the 27th Day of April1758 to consider of the most effectual and cheapest method of carrying Provisionsto the several Garrisons in the Back Parts of this Province be revived.Order’d That Mr. Broughton be added to the said Committee.Mr. Lamboll reported to the House, that The Governor having beenwaited upon, humbly to know when His Excellency wou’d be attended by theHouse with their Address, had been pleased to appoint to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock at his own House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 12th day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to order the following Address was drawn, Vizt.

OCTOBER 12, 1759445May it please Your Excellency,The Message you were pleas’d to send this House, on the 5th Instant,with the several Papers that accompanied the same and Your Excellency’sother Message of the 6th Instant, having been consider’d with the greatestattention; the House came to several Resolutions thereupon, which we humblybeg leave to lay before your Excellency; Vizt.To provide for raising and granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money forthe following Uses.To pay fifteen Hundred Men draughted or to be draughted from theMilitia of this Province for the intended Expedition.The pay of each private White Man so draughted or raised to be EightShillings Current Money per day.The Pay of each Negro Man so rais’d to be Seven Shillings and Sixpenceper Day.The Pay of each Corporal and of each Drummer so raised to be EightShillings and Eight Pence Current Money per Day.The Pay of each Serjeant so raised to be Ten Shillings Current Moneyper Day.Four Serjeants and four Corporals to each Company of one hundredMen.The Pay of each Ensign (one to each such Company as abovesaid) tobe Twenty Shillings Current Money per Day.The Pay of each Lieutenant (one to each such Company as abovesaid)to be one Pound five Shillings Current Money per Day.The Pay of each Captain (one to each such Company as abovesaid) tobe one Pound Ten Shillings Current Money per Day.The Pay of each Major (one of whom to each Corps of Five HundredMen as abovesaid) to be one Pound fifteen Shillings Current Money per Day.The Pay of each Lieutenant Colonel (Two of whom to One Thousand,five Hundred Men as abovesaid) to be Two Pounds Current Money per Day.The Pay of each Colonel (Two of whom to One Thousand five Hundredas abovesaid) to be Two Pounds five Shillings Current Money per Day.That it is the Intention of this House, that the Pay resolved to be providedfor the several Officers and Militia Men shall be only during such Timeas they shall be employed within and in the Service of this Province, and notjoined or acting in conjunction with any of His Majesty’s British Forces: Thatthe Militia of this Province may not in any wise, be subjected to the Penaltiesof the Mutiny Act or the Articles of War.That no Person shall be intitled to receive any part of such Pay who isintitled to receive any Pay upon the Establishment of His Majesty’s BritishForces or of the Provincial Forces, raised by and in the Pay of this Province.

446 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759The Pay of each Adjutant and each Quarter Master (allowing threeAdjutants and three Quarter Masters to One Thousand five Hundred Menas abovesaid) to be One Pound five Shillings Current Money per Day.The Pay of a Person to be appointed Commissary to be Three poundsten Shillings Current Money per Day.The Pay of two Surgeons and two Mates, during their personal Attendanceon their respective Corps, to be Two Pounds Current Money per Day to eachSurgeon; and one Pound five Shillings per day to each Surgeon’s Mate.The Pay of such Militia Men who are Carpenters or Wheelwrights (whilethey shall work as such) to be fifteen Shillings Current Money per Day eachin addition to their daily Wages.The Pay of one Militia Man who shall be an Harness-Maker to be fourShillings Current Money in addition to his daily Wages.The Pay of one Militia Man who shall be a Blacksmith, and Gunsmith,to be six Shillings Current Money per day in addition to his daily Wages.That the Sum of Four Thousand Pounds be provided for defrayingContingencies.That the Sum of One Thousand Pounds Sterling or the Value of the samebe provided to be applied to the use of the Militia Men in part of their Pay.That this House will not at this Time make any further Provision forcontinuing the three Provincial Companies in the Pay of this Province.We cannot give our consent for the employing any of the Firelocks andBayonets purchas’d with Public Money; other than that Twenty Chests ofthem be carried as far as the Congarees (if Your Excellency shall think thesame necessary) to be disposed of by the Commissary, upon Credit to suchof the Militia (who go upon the intended Expedition) as shall be desirousof purchasing the said Arms; and that the Price of the same be deducted outof their Pay.That no Pay be provided for an Adjutant General, Quarter-Master Generalor a Major of Brigade, Aid de Camps, or for Waggon-Masters.That a Chest of Medicines of Two Hundred Pounds Current Money inValue shall be provided for the Militia Men in the said intended Expedition.That no Allowance is necessary for Surgeon’s Instruments; inasmuchas it is expected that the aforemention’d Surgeons shall provide themselvestherewith at their own Expence.That Six Thousand weight of Musquet Ball of different sizes and Swan-Shot,Six Thousand good Flints, Ten Reams of Cartridge Paper, four Hundred CampKettles, painted Cloths for four Waggons, Working Tools, vizt., A dozen broadAxes, a Gross of Spades or Shovels, four dozen Pick-axes, a Gross of Hatchets,six dozen Grubbing Hoes, six dozen felling Axes, six Frows, six Iron Crows; somesmall Tools for Carpenters, with Hand-saws to the value of One hundred Pounds

OCTOBER 12, 1759447Current Money, Two whip-saws, four Cross-cut Saws, with Handles, Sets and Files,small Nails sorted and Spikes, to the value of One Hundred Pounds CurrentMoney, Six Horn Lanthorns and one Hundred and Fifty Bushels of Salt be providedfor the said Expedition.That the two three-Pounds Iron Guns and two Four Poundersmention’d in Captain Dudgeon’s Report to Your Excellency be repaired andthat Rope-Traces, Spunges, Rammers, Ladles, Formers for Cartridges andMatch suitable for the said Guns, be provided for the use of the said Expedition:And we are of Opinion that it is not necessary to make provision forany more Field-Pieces, for that Service.And with respect to building a Fort in the Catawba Nation for the securityof their Wives and Children, we cannot agree to make any provisionfor the same.Nor can we be of Opinion that it is necessary at this Time to providefurther for obtaining Provisions or Carriages for this Service as we conceivethe Militia Law provides sufficiently for the purpose.And lastly we have resolved that the Pay for the several Persons hereinbeforemention’d shall continue only to the First Day of January next, or shallcease at the conclusion of the present Expedition in case it shall bedetermin’d sooner.Mr. Speaker with the House went to attend the Governor at his ownHouse.And being return’d,Mr. Speaker reported that the House having attended the Governor, he(Mr. Speaker) had presented their Address of Yesterday to His Excellency;to which his Excellency had been pleas’d to make the following Answer.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,If I had caused War to be declared against the Cherokee Indians, sucha Measure wou’d not have engag’d me to go greater lengths than you yourselvesjudged to be necessary, when you acquainted me, on the 6th Instant,that you were of opinion, that, as the said Cherokees have committed manyMurders and been guilty of a variety of other Injuries on His Majesty’s Subjects,a sufficient Force shou’d be draughted from the Militia of this Provinceto repel their Invasions and to obtain an adequate Satisfaction fromthem. And I had the unanimous Advice and Consent of His Majesty’s Councilto declare War against them; which I think wou’d not have been productiveof any of those Mischiefs and Calamities which You apprehend.Nevertheless, as it is my sincere Inclination to do nothing which may be supposedto have the most remote tendency to prevent a good Accommodationwith those People, and you so earnestly desire me in this Address to defer

448 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 4, 1759–OCTOBER 13, 1759the declaring War against them, I will do so accordingly. But I trust you willenable me, by a speedy grant of the Supply I have ask’d of you, to pursuevigorous Measures, in order to avert those many Evils which must unavoidablyfall upon this Country if their Hostilities are not soon repress’d.William Henry Lyttelton.Order’d, That the Address of this Morning be presented to His Excellencythe Governor by Mr. Gadsden.Order’d, That Mr. Glover do attend The Governor and Council with theOrder of Yesterday, for paying certain Monies out of the Treasury for carryingon the Expedition against the Cherokees; and desire their Concurrence.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 13th Day of October 1759.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Governor commands this House to attend His Excellency immediatelyin the Council-Chamber.And then the Messenger withdrew.And, accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House went up to attend HisExcellency in the Council Chamber: Where His Excellency was pleas’d tomake the following Speech, vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,The necessity there is that I shou’d repair as soon as possible to theForces which are collecting to act against the Cherokees, induces me to comehere this Day. And altho’ the scantiness and insufficiency of the Supplieswhich you Gentlemen of the Commons House of Assembly have voted, will,I fear, lay me under great difficulties in the execution of those Measures Iam about to pursue for repelling the Hostilities of those People and securingthe tranquility of the Province; nevertheless I shall do my utmost for theaccomplishment of those most desireable Ends. I am sensible there are severalamong You, whose Love of their Country has made them wish to see mesupported in this Emergency with a more liberal Hand, but their Voicescou’d not prevail.I do adjourn this present General Assembly to the Twenty Sixth Day ofMarch next, and You are adjourned accordingly.William Henry Lyttelton.Return to contents ➔

449Session Beginning February 4, 1760and Ending August 6, 1760SOUTH CAROLINABy His Excellency William Henry Lyttelton Esqr., Captain-General,Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over His Majesty’s said Province,and Vice Admiral of the Same.A Proclamation.Whereas the General Assembly of this Province stands adjourned to theTwenty Sixth Day of March next; I have thought fit, for His Majesty’s Service,with the Advice of His Majesty’s Honorable Council, to issue this my Proclamation,hereby summoning and requiring the said General Assembly to meetat the State House in Charles Town, upon Monday the Fourth Day of Februarynext, there to sit for the Dispatch of Business.Given under my Hand and the Great-Seal of this His Majesty’s Provincethis Sixteenth Day of January, Anno Dom: 1760 and in the Thirty Third Yearof His Majesty’s Reign.William Henry Lyttelton.Secretary’s Office.By His Excellency’s Command, William Murray pro. Dep. Sec.God save The King.Monday the 4th Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 5th Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Wednesday the 6th Day of February 1760.The House met pursuant to His Excellency’s Proclamation.Read the Journals of Saturday the 13th of October last.

450 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Order’d That Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Laurens do wait upon the Governorand humbly acquaint His Excellency that the House is met pursuant toHis Excellency’s Proclamation.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to prepare an Address to bepresented to The Governor on the subject Matter of His Excellency’s Speechdelivered to His Majesty’s Council and this House on the 13th Day of Octoberlast, of the following Gentlemen, viz., Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Cantey, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Lowndes.Mr. Pinckney reported to the House that The Governor having beenwaited upon pursuant to their Order, and acquainted that the House is met;His Excellency was pleased to say, that he had several Matters of great Importanceto lay before the House but could not possibly get them ready tillto-morrow Morning.Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that the Clerk had agreed with Mr.Henry Joynes to act as his Assistant; and humbly desired that the House willplease to admit him.Resolved That this House will admit the said Henry Joynes to act as theClerk’s Assistant.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee who were appointed to preparean Address to be presented to The Governor on the subject Matter ofHis Excellency’s Speech deliver’d to His Majesty’s Council and this House,on the 13th Day of October last, that the Committee had prepared an Addressaccordingly, which they had directed him to report to the House, andhe read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable: Where the same was read and is as follows, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,We, His Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons Houseof Assembly of this Province, sensible in the highest degree of His most excellentMajesty’s great Benignity and paternal Regard towards this Province,and thoroughly convinced by long Experience of His invariable Endeavoursto preserve to all His Subjects their Liberties and Privileges, which are themost valuable Part of their Inheritance, cannot but lament, with an uncommonconcern, that they are constrained to make Your Excellency acquaintedwith the deep Affliction we labour under from the Speech you delivered tous upon the Thirteenth Day of October last.To be reproach’d with a want of Love to our Country, wou’d render us,as private Men, unworthy of those Benefits our Birth-right as British Subjects

FEBRUARY 7, 1760451gives us a title to, to be but suspected of it in our public Station, must makeus contemptible, but to be charged with it in the most open and extraordinary[manner] and that by Your Excellency, with whom this House has preserveda remarkable Harmony must (if true) prove us to be Betrayers of ourTrust, and Enemies to those who have confided in us, as the Guardians oftheir Liberties and Properties.But a consciousness of the purity and Uprightness of our Intentionsmakes us easy under this Obloquy; and the Duty we owe to our Constituentsobliges us to declare that we never shall implicitly or against our Judgment,comply with any demand made upon the Public even though we were sureof incurring Your Excellency’s Censure.Yet it becomes us whilst we have the Honour to be Members of thisHouse to challenge and lay claim to that great and undoubted privilegewhich you have promised to protect us in, of our Members having free Libertyof Speech to propose or debate any Matter according to Order and ParliamentaryUsage, and that Your Excellency’s charging the Majority of thisHouse in the manner contain’d in the said Speech, is a Violation of that mostessential privilege.It is with the utmost Joy, even upon this alarming occasion, that we declareour Veneration for His most gracious Majesty’s Person, and our inviolableAttachment to his Interest and Government, together with our steadyResolution, firmly to support, with our best Abilities, the Welfare of this hisProvince, and that as it is abhorrent to our Nature, to deviate from our Loyalty,so it is repugnant to the sound principles of Reason, Virtue and Dutyto neglect the Rights of those who sent us here or our own Fundmental Privileges.Resolved (upon the Question) that the said Address be now taken intoconsideration.And the Address, being read a Second time, was, with several Amendmentsmade thereunto, agreed to by the House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 7th Day of February 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Governor commands this House to attend His Excellency immediatelyin the Council Chamber.And then the Messenger withdrew.

452 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to attend HisExcellency in the Council Chamber.And being returned, Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attendedThe Governor in the Council Chamber, where His Excellency had beenpleased to make a Speech to His Majesty’s Council and this House, of whichMr. Speaker said to prevent Mistakes he had obtained a Copy, and which Mr.Speaker read to the House, and is as follows, vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,During your late Recess, I went with a Detachment from His Majesty’sIndependent Companies, and the Forces of this Colony, to the Country ofthe Cherokee Indians; and on the 26th Day of December last, concluded aTreaty with them at Fort Prince George the Object of which was (accordingto Your desires) to procure an adequate Satisfaction from them for the Murdersand Outrages they had committed on the Persons of divers of HisMajesty’s good Subjects, and to establish a firm Peace and Friendship withthem for the time to come; and I had room to hope that this End would havebeen accomplish’d, as they actually deliver’d up to me Four of the principalMurderers to be put to death, or otherwise disposed of as I should thinkproper; and, pursuant to one of the Articles of the Treaty, left Two andTwenty of their Country-men as Hostages in my hands for the delivery of thewhole Number of Murderers originally demanded by me, which was Twentyfour, but notwithstanding this Security for the performances of these Engagements,which is indeed one of the strongest that can be taken from anyPeople, I have the Misfortune to learn that after attempting in vain tosurprize Fort Prince George, They have lately massacred a considerableNumber of His Majesty’s Subjects trading in their Towns, and slain diversInhabitants of the settled parts of this Province which they now actually infestwith their Incursions. I shall lay before you such Advices as I havereceiv’d concerning these Hostilities, in consequence whereof I have apply’dto his Excellency Major General Amherst for a Body of His Majesty’s Troopsto be sent hither, and am ready to concert with you such other Measures asmay be most advantageous for His Majesty’s Service, and the Safety andWelfare of the Province.As the Support of Public Credit is of the utmost consequence at thisJuncture, I trust you will grant the Necessary Supplies for strength’ning myhands against the Indians, and making good your Resolutions concerningthe late Expedition, with other Expences incident thereto, and also to dischargewhat is due for the Ordinary Current Service of the last Year, withall Chearfulness and Dispatch; and as the Money voted for the pay of the

FEBRUARY 7, 1760453Provincial Troops now on foot is very near expended, it will be requisite tomake a further Provision for that Service.His Majesty, whose paternal Care is ever watchful for your Good, hasbeen graciously pleas’d to order a large Supply of Cannon with OrdnanceStores, and a Detachment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery to be sent hither,which are now arriv’d, and I doubt not you will entertain a just and livelysense of this fresh Instance of His Majesty’s Princely favour and Munificenceto you.I cannot leave you without remarking, that, as the Contagion of theSmall-Pox, should it spread, may render it unsafe for you to continue together,I wish you to use such Expedition in carrying through the PublicBusiness as may enable me speedily to dismiss you to your own homes, whereyour presence will at this time be particularly useful to cause a due executionof the Laws, and preserve the internal quiet of the Country from anyAttempts of Negroes or other Persons to disturb it and will also, I am sensible,be highly necessary for the Care of your Families and Domestic Concerns.William Henry Lyttelton.Resolved That an humble Address be prepared to be presented to TheGovernor on the subject Matter of His Excellency’s said Speech.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Address uponthe said Resolution, and it is referred to Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Taylor,Mr. Crawford, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Laurens, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Blake.Ordered, That His Excellency’s Speech be referred to the said Committee.Ordered That the Address of Yesterday to The Governor be presentedto His Excellency by Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Waring.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the presentState of the French Acadians now in Charles Town, and to consider of andreport to the House their Opinion of the best Method of making provisionfor accommodating and subsisting the said Acadians, as likewise of preventingthe Small-Pox from spreading in the said Town, of the following Gentlemen,Vizt., Mr. Guerard, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Pringle,Mr. Crawford, Mr. Moultrie.Mr. Henry Joynes attending the House,Order’d (upon the Question) that Mr. Joynes take the usual Oath ofOffice.And the same was administered to him by Daniel Crawford Esqr., aMember of this House, and one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace forBerkley County, in the following Words, Vizt.

454 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760“You shall well and faithfully execute the Office of Clerk Assistant of thisHouse according to the best of your Skill and knowledge: And shall keep all suchMatters secret as shall be enjoined You by the House. So help you God.”Ordered (upon the Question) That an Address be prepared to be presentedto The Governor humbly to acquaint His Excellency, that, if he shallthink it expedient to send an Express by Sea to General Amherst for someof His Majesty’s Forces for the Assistance of this Province, this House willmake provision for defraying the Expence thereof.And accordingly the following One was drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,As the Express which you were pleased to send to His Excellency MajorGeneral [Amherst] for a Body of His Majesty’s Troops, to be sent hither,may be detained on the Road by some unforeseen Accidents, if Your Excellencyshall think it expedient to send another by Sea; We humbly beg leaveto acquaint Your Excellency that this House will most chearfully make a provisionfor defraying the Expence that shall attend the same.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Excellency by Mr.Drayton and Mr. Moultrie.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,His Excellency hath sent down to this House several Papers.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Papers relating to the Murder of several Persons by theCherokee Indians were severally read, Vizt. 47Affidavit of William Allison taken before Andrew Brown Esqr. the 2d ofFebruary Instant.Letter from Ulrick Tobler to His Excellency The Governor Dated 1stFebruary.Letter from several Inhabitants on Saludy River to the Governor Dated3d February.Letter from Captain Thomas Hamilton to the Governor dated 1st Instant.Letter from James Beamer to the Governor Dated 27th January last.47Coytmore to Lyttelton, January 23, 1760, in Francis Fauquier, The Official Papers of Francis Fauquier,Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1758–1768, ed. George Reese (Charlottesville, VA, 1980–83), 1: 312–17. Certificateof John Downing, James Butler, and Barnet Hues, sworn before John Vann, January 29, 1760; “A Copyof a Journal kept at Fort Prince George,” January 13–February 7, 1760, Lyttelton Papers, Clements Library(microfilm at SC Archives, reel 3). No copies of the other documents have been found.

FEBRUARY 8, 1760455Letter from Robert Goudy and others dated Ninety Six 31st January.Certificate sworn to before John Vann Esqr. concerning several Personskilled by the Cherokees dated 29th January.Letter from Patrick Calhoun to The Governor dated 2d Inst:Copy of Journal kept by Lieutenant Richard Coytmore commanding atFort Prince George from 1st to 29th January.Letter from Lieutenant Coytmore to the Governor dated 23d January.Letter from the said Mr. Coytmore to His Excellency dated 30th January.Letter from Thomas Bell to John Murray dated Ninety Six 2d February.Letter from Andrew Williamson to John Murray dated Ninety Six 3dFebruary.Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the consideration of theCommittee to whom His Excellency the Governor’s Speech is referred.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Friday the 8th Day of February 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Graeme reported from the Committee who were appointed to drawup an Address, to be presented to The Governor, on the subject Matter ofHis Excellency’s Speech delivered to His Majesty’s Council and this HouseYesterday, that they had prepared an Address accordingly, which they haddirected him to report to the House, and he read the Report in his Place,and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was readand is as follows; Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,We, His Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Representativesof the Inhabitants of this Province, now met in General Assembly, beg leaveto assure Your Excellency of our extreme regret that the good Ends proposedby Your Excellency in the late Expedition into the Country of the CherokeeIndians have not been accomplish’d.We most sensibly feel the Misfortunes of our Fellow Subjects who havealready fallen a sacrifice to the Cruelty of those Savages; but we trust in Godthat, by the vigorous Efforts of the Province, if seconded by timely Aids fromHis Excellency Major General Amherst, their Violences and Outrages maybe speedily repress’d.We are sensible how much it concerns us to support the Public Credit;and shall chearfully grant such Supplies for strengthning Your Excellency’sHands against the Indians, as the Circumstances of our Constituents willadmit at this Juncture.

456 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760We shall also pay due regard to the Resolutions of this House concerningthe late Expedition; and shall proceed, without loss of time, upon theAccounts of Public Expences incurred last Year: And this House will makesuch provision for continuing the Provincial Troops in the Pay of this Provinceas shall hereafter be judged most expedient.It is our greatest Consolation, in this time of Public Calamity, to reflecton the Goodness and fatherly Protection of our most gracious Sovereign,which is constantly extended thro’ all his Dominions, and we most gratefullyacknowledge the late Instance of his Royal Bounty to this Province, in havingordered hither so large a Supply of Cannon, with Ordnance Stores, anda Detachment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.Among the many other Motives for Dispatch, our Apprehensions lestthe Small-Pox should spread in this Town, will most certainly prompt us touse all possible Expedition in carrying thro’ the Public Business.The said Address being read a Second time.An Amendment was proposed, vizt., leave out the words, “at this Juncture,”at the End of the third Paragraph: And the Question being put thatthe House do agree to the said Amendment.It passed in the Negative.And the Question being put that the House do agree to the latter partof the fourth Paragraph relating to the Provincial Troops.It passed in the Negative.Then an Amendment was proposed to the said paragraph, vizt., add“and this House will make provision for cloathing the Provincial Troops, nowon foot, and for continuing them in the Pay of this Province six Monthslonger”: And the Question being put that the House do agree to the saidAmendment.It passed in the Negative.And the said Address being read a Second time throughout, was, withseveral Amendments being made thereunto, agreed to by the House.Resolved, That the said Address be presented to His Excellency by thewhole House.Ordered, That Mr. Pringle and Mr. Stoutenburgh do wait upon TheGovernor, and humbly know His Excellency’s pleasure when he will be attendedby the House.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Pringle reported to the House, that The Governor having beenwaited upon, pursuant to their Order, humbly to know when His Excellency

FEBRUARY 9, 1760457wou’d please to be attended by the House, had been pleas’d to appoint tomorrowMorning, Eleven of the Clock, at His own House.Ordered That it be referred to the Committee who were appointed todraw up an Address to be presented to The Governor on the subject Matterof His Excellency’s Speech, that they do consider of, and report to thisHouse, their Opinion of the most effectual Measures of providing for thesecurity and defence of this Province against the Incursions of the Indians.Ordered That Mr. Moore, Mr. Berrisford and Mr. Glover be added tothe said Committee.Ordered That the said Committee do now sit.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Saturday the 9th of February 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Graeme reported from the Committee to whom it was referred toconsider of and report to the House, their Opinion of the most effectualMeasures of providing for the security and defence of this Province againstthe Incursions of the Indians, that the Committee had considered the sameaccordingly, and had come to several Resolutions thereupon, which they haddirected him to report to the House; and he read the Report in his Place,and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table; where the same was read,and is as follows; vizt.That in their Opinion, for the immediate protection of the Back-Settlements,or to prevent the further Incursions of the Cherokee Indians into thisProvince, Five Companies of Rangers shou’d be rais’d with all possible Expedition,Each Company to consist of 100 Men, and be commanded by aCaptain and two Lieutenants: And therefore your Committee recommendthat the House do provide for paying each Captain £50, Each of the first Lieutenants£35, Each of the Second Lieutenants £30, and each of the private Men£14 per Month, until the first Day of July next.And the Committee further recommend, that His Excellency be addressedto grant Commissions, as Captains, to such Persons only as can respectivelyraise an hundred Men to act under their Command; And that HisExcellency will be pleas’d to allow every of the said Captains to nominate hisown Lieutenants.And to invite all his Majesty’s Subjects in general effectually to annoythe Cherokee Indians, The Committee recommend, that £25, CurrentMoney, be paid for the Scalp of every Cherokee Indian upon the same beingdeliver’d up and destroyed, to the Person by whom such Indian shall be

458 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760slain, upon a Certificate thereof by one of the Captains of the said Companies,or any two of the Lieutenants, or other proof being made of the samebefore the Commander in Chief of this Province. And that the Persons whoshall subdue and take any of the said Indians alive, or any of their Effects,shall have an absolute property therein; but shall be obliged to ship off tosome of the West India Islands, or to sell for Exportation thither all suchIndian Men as shall be so taken alive.And the Committee recommend that provision be made for cloathingand paying the Provincial Troops now on foot, until the first Day of July next.A Message from The Governor, by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have order’d the Public Treasurer to lay before You the Accounts ofall such Persons as are Creditors of or have any demands upon the Public.William Henry Lyttelton.And a Message from the Council.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Jonathan Scott addressed to theGovernor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And (it being Eleven of the Clock) Mr. Speaker, with the House, wentup to attend The Governor at His own House.And being returned, Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had waitedupon The Governor, at His own House; where he (Mr. Speaker) pursuantto their Order, presented their Address to His Excellency.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee towhom it was referred to consider of and report their Opinion to the House ofthe most effectual Method of providing for the Security and Defence of this Provinceagainst the Incursions of the Cherokee Indians, into Consideration.And the first Paragraph of the Report, being read a Second time, wasdisagreed with by the House.Resolved, That this House will make provision for defraying the expenceof raising five hundred and twenty five Men to serve as Rangers, and patrolin the Back-Parts of this Province.Resolved, That the said Men be divided into seven Companies, eachCompany to consist of Seventy five Men.Resolved, That the Pay of the said Men be fifteen Pounds per Montheach.Resolved, That this House will make provision for paying a Captain andtwo Lieutenants to be appointed for each of the said Companies.

FEBRUARY 9, 1760459Resolved That each Captain’s Pay be fifty Pounds per Month, and thateach of the first Lieutenant’s Pay be thirty five Pounds per Month, and thateach of the second Lieutenant’s Pay be thirty Pounds per Month.Resolved that the said Seven Companies be continued in the Pay of thisProvince until the first Day of July next.Resolved That the said Officers and Men do furnish themselves withHorses, Arms, Ammunition and Provisions, at their own Expence.The second Paragraph, being read, a Second time, was, upon the Questionbeing put thereupon, disagreed with by the House.Ordered That the further Consideration of the Report be adjournedtill the Afternoon.A Message from The Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,As you will have perceiv’d by Lieutenant Coytmore’s Letter to me of the30th of January, which I laid before you, the condition of Fort Prince George;I recommend it to You as one of the first objects of Your consideration toenable me to afford relief to that Garrison: And with respect to FortLoudoun, altho’ I have already writ to His Majesty’s Lieutenant Governor ofVirginia, and requested of him to send a Reinforcement of Men and Provisionsto that Post, if any further Course can be taken that may be likely togive relief to it I shall gladly embrace it.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee to whom it was referred to consider of and reporttheir Opinion to the House of the most effectual Method of providingfor the Security and Defence of this Province against the Incursions of theCherokee Indians.And the third Paragraph of the Report, being read a Second time, wasupon the Question being put thereupon, agreed unto by the House, with anAmendment.And the last Paragraph being read a Second time was agreed to by theHouse.Ordered That an Address be prepared to be presented to The Governor

460 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760humbly to acquaint His Excellency with the Resolutions which this Housecame into on debating the said Report.Mr. Laurens reported from the Committee who were appointed to inquireinto the present State of the French Acadians now in Charles Town;that the Committee had made the Inquiry accordingly, and had directed himto report the State of the said Acadians, as it appeared to them, to the House,and he read the Report in his Place and afterward delivered it in at theClerk’s Table; Where the same was read, and is as follows, vizt.That there are in and about Charles Town to the Number of about 340Acadians, whose abode at present are at the following Places, Vizt., The BrickTenements on Trotts point, a small Out-House at Petit Versailes, a Housenear the New Barracks, call’d the Orange-Garden, 48 and a House near theState House.That the Committee are of Opinion these several Houses are insufficientfor the Accommodation of such a Number of People, who, being somuch crowded together, may not only produce Contagious and MalignantDistempers, dangerous in their Consequences to the health of the Inhabitantsof this Town, but will also be attended with the most direful Effects tothemselves, shou’d the Small-Pox spread amongst them, which it is apprehendedit will unavoidably do as some of them are now down with it. TheCommittee therefore recommend, that the Old Free-School may be fittedup with the utmost Expedition, which together with part of the New Barracksmay be allotted for the Reception of as many of the said Acadians as they willconveniently hold which will lessen the Number of those which are in thesaid Houses; give them more Room and conveniency and prevent the Dangersarising from such Numbers being together.That it is the Opinion of this Committee that a great many of the saidAcadians are incapable to procure their own Subsistence and Necessaries ofLife, and it is to be feared when more are seiz’d, and the Small-Pox ragesamongst them, their Condition will be truly deplorable as very few have yethad that Distemper.The Committee therefore recommend, that [to] such of them as areindigent and unable to get a livelihood that the Sum of Two ThousandPounds be granted, to be put into the hands of such Persons as the Housemay please to appoint, to be disburs’d by them as they shall see necessaryfor the use of the said Acadians during the continuance of that Distemperamongst them.48Because the old free school stood adjacent to an orange grove on the north side of Tradd Street,the former schoolhouse had become known as the Orange Garden (South Carolina Gazette, October 18,1760, March 21, 1761).

FEBRUARY 10, 1760461As to the Matter the Committee had in charge, relative to the Small-Pox,as that Distemper is now in several Parts of the Town, and becomes moregeneral every Day, The Committee conceive, and are of Opinion any meansthat may be proposed for putting a Stop to it wou’d be ineffectual.Ordered, That the said Report be considered next Monday.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Sunday the 10th Day of February 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,Having considered the several Matters contain’d in Your Excellency’sSpeech delivered to us the 7th Instant, as likewise the Advices you werepleased to lay before us since, concerning the Hostilities of the CherokeeIndians; we have come to such Resolutions, for the immediate protection ofthe Back-Settlements and to prevent the further Incursions of those Indians,as we are hopeful will prove effectual: Which we humbly beg leave to laybefore Your Excellency, Vizt.We have resolved to make provision to enable Your Excellency to raiseseven Troops of Rangers, each Troop to consist of a Captain, two Lieutenantsand seventy five private Men to be continued in the Pay of this Provincetill the first Day of July next. The Pay which we have resolv’d to provide foreach of the said Captains is Fifty Pounds per Month, for each of the first LieutenantsThirty five Pounds per Month, for each of the second LieutenantsThirty Pounds per Month, and for each private Man fifteen Pounds perMonth: The said Officers and private Men furnishing themselves, at theirown expence, with Horses, Arms, Ammunition and Provisions.And, to invite all His Majesty’s Subjects, in general, effectually to annoythe Cherokees, we have resolv’d to make provision for paying Twenty fivePounds, Current Money, for the Scalp of every Cherokee Indian Man, uponthe same being deliver’d up and destroy’d, to the Person by whom such Indianshall be slain, upon a Certificate thereof by one of the Captains of thesaid Troops, or any two of the Lieutenants, or other proof being made of thesame before your Excellency.And we are of Opinion that the Persons who shall subdue, and take anyof the said Indians alive, or any of their Effects, shall have an absolute propertytherein, but shall be oblig’d to ship off to some of the West-India Islands,or to sell, for Exportation thither, all such Indian Men as shall be so takenalive.

462 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And we have resolv’d to make provision for Cloathing and keeping theProvincial Troops now on foot until the first Day of July next.Ordered That the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Gadsden and Mr. Drayton.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Afternoon Five of theClock.Monday the 11th Day of February 1760. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till tomorrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 12th Day of February 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee whowere appointed to inquire into the present state of the French Acadians intoConsideration.And the first Paragraph of the Report, being read a Second time, wasdisagreed with by the House.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this House, that His Excellency TheGovernor be humbly desired to give Orders for allotting such of the Barracksfor the Reception of the said Acadians as His Excellency shall be of Opinionwill best suit the purpose.The Second Paragraph being read a second time.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do advance a Sum, not exceedingtwo Thousand Pounds, to the Members of the said Committee to be by themapplied for subsistence of, and necessaries for the said Acadians.Resolved, That this House will make provision for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.And the following Address was drawn to be presented to The Governor,Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,This House having been informed that the Acadians now in CharlesTown are confin’d in Houses that are insufficient for the accommodationof so great a Number of People, who being so much crowded together maynot only produce contagious and malignant Distempers, dangerous in theirconsequences, to the health of the Inhabitants of this Town, but will also beattended with the most direful effects to the Acadians themselves, as a verymalignant kind of the Small-Pox has already spread among them. We thereforehumbly desire that Your Excellency will be pleased to give Orders for

FEBRUARY 12, 1760463alloting such of the Barracks for the reception of the said Acadians as YourExcellency shall be of opinion will best suit the purpose.The House being informed that the Public Treasurer attended at theDoor, he was called in, and presented to the House by His Excellency theGovernor’s Order,Two Bundles of Accounts of the Public Debt incurred from the 1st Dayof January 1759 inclusive, to the 1st Day of January 1760 exclusive.And then he withdrew.A Motion was made and the Question being put, that the House willaddress His Excellency the Governor to authorize John Brown to procureas many of the Chickesaws as he can, to act against the Cherokees and to givehim a Commission for that purpose.It passed in the Negative.And the Question being put that the House will address His Excellencythe Governor to use all the means in his power to induce the several Nationsof Indians in Amity with this Government to give us their Assistance againstthe Cherokees.It passed in the Negative by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.Resolved, That a Reward of Twenty five pounds Current Money be givenfor the Scalp of every Cherokee Man, to any Indians, Negroes or other personswhatsoever who shall produce such Scalp.Ordered, That an Address be prepared humbly to acquaint His Excellencywith the said Resolution.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to take into Consideration HisExcellency the Governor’s Message of the 9th Instant relating to Fort PrinceGeorge: And it is referred to Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Graeme, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Roper, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Bull, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Lamboll.And then the House adjourned till Five of the Clock.P.M.According to Order the following Address was drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,We have resolved that a Reward of Twenty five Pounds Current Moneybe given for the Scalp of every Cherokee Man to any Indians, Negroes orother Persons whatsoever, who shall produce such Scalp, and humbly desirethat Your Excellency will be pleased to take such Measures for causing thesame to be made known to the several Nations of Indians in alliance withthis Government as Your Excellency shall think requisite.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr.Drayton.

464 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Ordered, That the Address relating to the Acadians be presented to hisExcellency by Mr. Laurens.Mr. Gadsden reported from the Committee to whom the Governor’sMessage relating to Fort Prince George was referred, that they had consideredthe Matter of the said Message and had come to several Resolutionsthereupon, which they had directed him to report to the House, and he readthe Report in his Place and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read and is as followeth, Vizt.The Committee, having considered his Excellency’s Message, are ofOpinion that Fort Prince George ought to be relieved as speedily as possible;and recommend that five hundred Men be provided for, for that purpose;which Number together with all, or as many of the Rangers as can be sparedfrom their particular Duty, they think will be sufficient to answer that End.The Committee further recommend that this Number of Men be paidand Officer’d nearly in the same manner as the Rangers are, Vizt., That eachCompany consist of about Seventy five Men under one Captain and two Lieutenants.The Captain to have £50 per Month, the first Lieutenant £35 perMonth, the second Lieutenant £30 per Month, each private Man £15 perMonth. The Officers and Men to provide themselves with Arms and Provisions;but Ammunition the Committee recommend to be found them. Andcontinue in Pay till the first Day of July next.As to Fort Loudoun the Committee are of Opinion that an Attempt torelieve it in the present calamitous state of the Province is not practicable.The first Paragraph of the Report being read a second time; and the Questionbeing put that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Paragraph.The House divided.The Yeas went forth.Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Wragg—10.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Manigault—11.So it passed in the Negative.Resolved, (upon the Question) that this House will make provision forthe raising of a Regiment to consist of One Thousand Men; to be employedfor the Relief of the Garrison at Fort Prince George, and to chastize theCherokee Indians for the late barbarous Murders they have committed uponthe Inhabitants of this Province.Resolved, That this House will provide Pay for a Colonel of the saidRegiment at the rate of One hundred and twenty Pounds per Month.Resolved, That this House will provide Pay for a Lieutenant Colonel ofthe said Regiment at the rate of Ninety Pounds per Month.Resolved, That this House will provide Pay for a Major of the said Regimentat the rate of Seventy Pounds per Month.

FEBRUARY 13, 1760465Resolved, That the said Regiment be divided into Ten Companies: Andthat this House will provide Pay for Ten Captains of the said Companies atthe rate of Fifty Pounds per Month, each.Resolved, That there be two Lieutenants to each of the said Companies;and that the Pay of each first Lieutenant be Thirty five Pounds per Month,and of each second Lieutenant Thirty Pounds per Month.Resolved, That there be an Adjutant and a Quarter-Master for the saidRegiment and that their Pay be Thirty five Pounds per Month.Resolved, That there be a Surgeon to the said Regiment and that hisPay be Fifty Pounds per Month.Resolved, That the Pay of each of the private Men be Fifteen Poundsper Month.A Motion being made and the Question being put, that a provision bemade for Tents for the said Regiment.It passed in the Negative.Resolved, That the said Regiment do furnish themselves with Arms andall other Necessaries at their own Expence.Resolved, That this House will make provision for paying the said Regiment,at the Rates aforesaid, till the First Day of July next, if their Serviceshall be so long required.Resolved (upon the Question) That the Pay of the Field-Officers shallnot commence till the Regiment is formed.Then the Question being put, That the Pay of the Captains do not commencetill their respective Companies are full.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) That the said Captains Pay shall not commencetill their respective Companies are half full.The last Paragraph of the Report being read a second time was disagreedwith by the House.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this House, that Fort-Loudoun cannotbe relieved by this Province.Ordered, That an Answer be prepared to His Excellency’s said Message.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 13th Day of February 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Excellency,In answer to your Message of last Saturday, recommending to this

466 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760House, as one of the first Objects of our Consideration, to enable your Excellencyto afford Relief to the Garrison at Fort Prince George; we humblybeg leave to acquaint your Excellency, that we have resolved to make provisionfor the raising of a Regiment, to consist of One Thousand Men, to beemployed for the Relief of that Garrison and to chastize the Cherokee Indiansfor the late barbarous Murders by them committed on the Inhabitantsof this Province: And we have further resolved to provide Pay for a Colonelof the said Regiment, at the rate of one Hundred and Twenty Pounds perMonth; for a Lieutenant Colonel, at the rate of Ninety Pounds per Month;and a Major, at the rate of Seventy Pounds per Month: That the said Regimentbe divided into ten Companies, and that this House will provide Payfor ten Captains of the said Companies at the rate of Fifty Pounds per Montheach; That there be two Lieutenants to each of the said Companies, the Payof each First-Lieutenant to be Thirty five Pounds per Month, and of eachSecond-Lieutenant to be Thirty Pounds per Month; That there be an Adjutantand a Quarter Master of the said Regiment, and that their Pay be Thirtyfive Pounds per Month each; and a Surgeon, whose Pay shall be Fifty Poundsper Month; That the Pay to the private Men be Fifteen Pounds per Montheach; That the Officers and Men of the said Regiment do furnish themselveswith Arms, and all other Necessaries, at their own Expence; And that theybe continued in the Pay of this Province till the First Day of July next, if theirService shall be so long required: But we have resolved that the Pay of theField-Officers shall not commence till the Regiment is form’d; and that thePay of the Captains shall not commence till their respective Companies arehalf full. And we beg leave to assure your Excellency, that we shall proceedto make the necessary Provision for raising the Money to discharge the Payof the said Regiment with all possible dispatch.And, with respect to Fort Loudoun, we are of opinion, that, in thepresent calamitous State of this Province, that Fort cannot be reliev’d by thisGovernment.Motion being made and the Question being put, that this House willaddress His Excellency the Governor to Command, in Person, the Forces tobe raised by this Province, for the Relief of Fort Prince George and to chastizethe Cherokee Indians for the late barbarous Murders by them committedon the Inhabitants of this Province.It passed in the Negative.Ordered, That the Address be presented to his Excellency by Mr. Blakeand Mr. Stoutenburgh.Mr. Gadsden presented to the House, from the Committee appointedthe 24th Day of November 1758 to agree with a Printer for printing the Actsof Assembly lately passed in this Province, which have not, as yet, been

FEBRUARY 13, 1760467printed; and who had it in charge to consider of the most proper and effectualMethod of having a compleat Digest of the Body of the Laws of this Province,published as soon as may be,A Proposal by James Rigby, late of the Inner-Temple, London, but nowof Charles-Town, Barrister at Law, to digest and methodize the said Laws; Andthe same being read,Ordered, That if the said Committee shall be of Opinion that Mr. Rigbyis a proper Person to undertake the said Work that they do then give himall the Assistance in their power for performing the same.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to audit the Accounts of thePublic Debt incurred from the 1st Day of January 1759 to the 1st Day of January1760; of the following Gentlemen (to wit), Mr. Manigault, Mr. Berrisford,Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Blake, Mr. Roper, Mr. Moore,Mr. John Waties.Then the Accounts of the following Persons were severally read, vizt.The Chief Justice (amounting to £172:13:5) and Clerk of the Crown(amounting to £90:15) for Fees on Criminal prosecutions.The Chief Justice, a 2d (amounting to £102:17) and Clerk of the Crown(amounting to £91:12:7 1 /2) for the like Service.Three of the Church Wardens of St. Philip’s Parish, one amounting to£1287:4:10 for Supplies to the Acadians from the first Day of January 1759 toEaster following: A Second for the like Service, since Easter, amounting to£158:17:6, and the third for Supplies to invalid Soldiers and the Wives andChildren of Soldiers amounting to £973:18:7 3 /4.Childermas Croft for Copies of Journals, drawing Bills &c. amountingto £2060:16:3.John Dodd for Indian Presents amounting to £72:15.William Pinckney Esqr., Commissary General, for several Servicesamounting to £2966:11:4.Ensign Lachlan McIntosh for Indian Expences amounting to £387:5.Sarah Nightingale for Indian Expences amounting to £444:4:3.William Harvey for Firewood for the Forces amounting to £60:0:0.Two of Elias Lagardere, for French Prisoners, one amounting to £5 andthe other to £3:12:6.Order, for paying Margaret Handlen for a Slave executed £200.Smith and Brewton, for several Services, amounting to £353:19:9.James Henderson, for Candles for the Forces, amounting to £356:17:6.Two of Mary Wood for Indian Expences, one amounting to £18 and theother to £5.William Raven, an Order for three Slaves executed, amounting to £600.Jane Duthy for making a Flag for Fort Johnson £7.

468 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760McCarten & Campbell for Indian Presents amounting to £551:15:8.Christopher Rowe (three Accounts) for Indian Expences amounting to£48:10.William Banbury for the use of the Fortifications amounting to £123:13:2.Israel Swyer, Constable, for Fees on Trials of Criminal Slaves, amountingto £17:12:6.Justinus Stoll for Blacksmith’s Work, two Accounts, one amounting to£276:3:3 and the other to £11:17:6.Clement Lamprier for 36 Days hire of a Horse impressed in the publicService.George Galphin for carriage of Presents to the Creek Indians, amountingto £810.Edward Lightwood for the use of the Forts amounting to £17:13:1 1 /2.Mary Harvey for taking care of the State House.Judith Postell for Indian Expences amounting to £47:12:6.Thomas Plunket two Accounts for Candles for the Guards amountingto £32:15.James Linyard for Blacksmith’s Work, amounting to £44:14:6.John Bury for the use of the Town Guard amounting to £9.Thomas Bradwell an Order for a Slave executed £100.Thomas Shoemaker a like Order for damages sustained by the said Slave£100.Jerome Courtonne two Accounts for Indian Presents, one amountingto £1370 and the other to £990.Lambert Lance for House rent for the Highlanders, Balance £83:6:8.Benjamin Harvey for the use of the Council Chamber amounting to£17:0:7 1 /2.Laurens, Motte & Company for sundry Services amounting to £1653:6:9.Isaac Atwood for carriage of Ammunition to Fort Loudoun, amountingto £131:11:3.Jonathan Scott for Firewood for the Militia Guard amounting to £3.Michael Jeanes, for painting the Guard-House amounting to £14:9:4 1 /2.Peter Witten for entertaining Indians amounting to £52:13:9.George Day, Constable, Fees on the Trials of Criminal Slaves, amountingto £34:7:6.Day & Besselea, Constables, Fees on the like occasion amounting to £17.Day, Besselea & Viart, Constables, Fees on the like Occasion amountingto £27:2:6.William Bonneau, Constable, two Accounts for the like Service amountingto £33:6:3.Isaac Rembert, Constable, for the like Service amounting to £31:17.

FEBRUARY 13, 1760469Hugh Crawford, Constable, for the like Service amounting to £14:17:9.Jonathan Badger for the use of the Assembly Room amounting to £51.Samuel Hopkins for 10 Days hire of a Horse, £20.John Swint for sick Criminals amounting to £86:5.John Marion, Constable, for Fees on the Trial of Slaves amounting to£10:2:6.Northcott Webber, Constable, for the like Service amounting to £162.William Webber, for the like Service, amounting to £45.Jacob Ladson, Constable, for the like Service amounting to £7.Martin Howard, Constable, for the like Service amounting to £7.Warden of the Work House, two Accounts for confining Criminal Slaves,amounting to £41:7:6.Frederic Strobell for slating the Guard House amounting to £510.Henry Gallman for entertaining Indians amounting to £86:5.Tew & Bury for Indian Presents amounting to £23:5.Joseph Neilson for entertaining Indians amounting to £143:16.Carne & Wilson for Paint for the Guard House amounting to £25:4.Adam Wood Esqr., Provost Marshal, Prison Fees for Criminals amountingto £901:3.Archibald Withers for carting Wood for the Royal Americans in 1757,amounting to £24:12:6.William Beasely, Constable, two Accounts, one for summoning Jurorsamounting to £4, and the other for Horse hire.Thomas Anderson, Constable, for conveying a Malefactor to Goal,amounting to £38:12:6.Ancrum, Lance & Loocock for sundry Services amounting to £125:12:6.John Ambrister for Ship Bread for the Scout Boats amounting to £241:16.Margaret Olivere for dieting a French Prisoner amounting to £40:6:3.John Taylor for three Months Pay as Butcher at Fort Loudoun £30.Thomas Foster, Indian Interpreter at Fort Prince George, £50.James McKelvie for entertaining Indians amounting to £19:17:6.Claudius Richburg for the like Service amounting to £20:5.Susanna Davison for the like Service amounting to £32:2:6.David Reynolds for Gibbet Irons amounting to £50.John George Smithpeter for carriage of Provisions to Fort PrinceGeorge amounting to £429:13.William Harvey for Hay for the Forces in 1758 amounting to £______.Archibald Stanyarne, Order for paying him £100 for a Slave executed.William Hall, Carpenter, for Repairs to the Guard House, amountingto £278:15.Capn. John Stuart for Indian Presents amounting to £260:12:6.

470 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760John Bard, assigned to Michael Kalteison, for carriage of Ammunitionto Fort Prince-George £70.Martha Logan, Order for paying her £32 Proclamation Money and £8like Money to Ann Clark.William Young for entertaining Indians amounting to £18:12:6.John Pamor, an Order for paying him £100 and the like Sum to PaddenBond for a Slave executed.Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to audit the Accounts of the Public Debt;and that they do examine the same and report their Opinion thereupon tothe House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Thursday the 14th Day of February 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The Accounts of the following Persons (being for the Expence of thelate Expedition against the Cherokee Indians) were severally read, vizt.Thomas Nightingale amounting to £994:1.Thomas Lorimer amounting to £50.John Baxter amounting to £295:10.John White amounting to £87:6:9.Anthony White amounting to £380:12.Peter Lessene amounting to £46.Aquila Miles amounting to £30.Elisha Scriven amounting to £95.Samuel Lorimer amounting to £65.John McCree amounting to £72:10.William Cooper amounting to £67:15.Henry Futhey amounting to £160.Joseph McCree amounting to £72.Charles Woodmason & Company amounting to £68:18:6.Thomas Elliott amounting to £802:10.Anthony White, six Certificates of sundry Articles impressed from him.John White, four Certificates of Articles impress’d from him.Thomas Potts, Certificate of several Articles impressed from him.Elizabeth Mercier, seven Certificates of Articles impressed from her andan Account of £1050:0:0.Joseph Ainger amounting to £40.Charles Ash amounting to £10.

FEBRUARY 14, 1760471John Archibald amounting to £335.Nathaniel Broughton, two Certificates amounting to £17:2:6.Susanna Burnett amounting to £26:5.Thomas Bell amounting to £210.Alexander Davison, Certificate of Articles impressed from him.Joseph White amounting to £23.William Thomson amounting to £17:10.Frederic Hoff amounting to £8.John Marley amounting to £1929.Joseph Moody amounting to £16:10.Henry Heartley, Certificate of Articles impressed from him.Jacob Fridig amounting to £95.Peter Porcher amounting to £16:2.John Guerard Esqr. amounting to £78:10.Andrew Shipe, Certificate of Articles impressed from him.George Johnson amounting to £35.Christopher Gadsden Esqr. amounting to £963:1.John Jenkins amounting to £12.Peter Whitten amounting to £9.Richard Wright amounting to £4:7.Anthony-Martin White amounting to £60.Captn. John Fairchild, Captn. John Grinnan, Muster Rolls of the TwoTroops of Rangers under their respective Commands.James Hamilton, 2 Accounts amounting to £26:10.Godfrey Dryer, Certificate of Articles impressed from him.John Wildermath, Certificate of Articles impressed from him.Daniel Dupree amounting to £43:17:6.Johanna Monck amounting to £7:10.Benjamin Haskins amounting to £2:9:4 1 /2.Andrew Williamson, Certificate of Articles impressed from him.Samuel Thomas, a like Certificate.Henry Gallman, a like Certificate.William Darkings, a like Certificate.James Rowlain, a like Certificate.Hugh Hall, a like Certificate.Nathaniel McKinney, a like Certificate.Everard Eney, a like Certificate.Richard Owen, a like Certificate.John Gallman, a like Certificate.John George Smithpeter, a like Certificate.Conrade Folk, a like Certificate.

472 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760John Sheally, a like Certificate.John Kennett, a like Certificate.Michael Huck, a like Certificate.John Rawl, a like Certificate.Andrew Hacker, a like Certificate.Frederic Hoff, a like Certificate.Dennis Hagon, a like Certificate.John Stewart, a like Certificate.Col. Richard Richardson, a like Certificate.Benjamin Waring Esqr. amounting to £14.Ralph Sandiford amounting to £48.George Fox amounting to £20.Benjamin Newton amounting to £9.Henry Futhey amounting to £161.John Mouncy amounting to £121:2:9.James Otterson amounting to £271:15.John Clark amounting to £266:5.John Kesson amounting to £116:15.Henry Gallman amounting to £34:10.Maurice Harvey amounting to £16.Thomas White amounting to £80:13:9.Felix Long amounting to £50.Hugh Winter amounting to £9.Samuel Suther amounting to £18:7:6.Gasper Dickson amounting to £127:16.John Izard’s Estate (two Accounts) amounting to £15:12:6.Godfrey Dreyer amounting to £501.Christian Rettisperger amounting to £60.John Geisendanner amounting to £7.Harvey and Philp amounting to £9.Joseph Irwin amounting to £210.Godfrey Dreyer (two more Accounts) amounting to £487:2.Francis Stuart amounting to £73:11:10.Joseph Russell amounting to £14.Abraham Churchner amounting to £6.Tunes Tibaut amounting to £33:15.William Lloyd amounting to £270:11:3.John Ploughman amounting to £28:15.Joshua Scriven amounting to £17:10.Estate of John Colleton Esqr. amounting to £233:4:3.William Lawrence amounting to £48.

FEBRUARY 14, 1760473Joseph Scriven amounting to £60.John James Soulgar amounting to £4.Carne and Wilson amounting to £200.William Turner amounting to £79:10.William McKenny amounting to £504.John Long amounting to £15.Peter Mallet amounting to £26.Samuel Nelson amounting to £39.John Hannes amounting to £51.Mary Peronneau (two Accounts) amounting to £68:2:6.Henry Gallman amounting to £32:10.Nicholas Migler amounting to £6:1:6.John Hannes (two Accounts) amounting to £49.William Turner amounting to £202.Samuel Thomas amounting to £20.Andrew Hicker amounting to £300.Godfrey Dreyer amounting to £1395:2.John Goodwin amounting to £5:6.James McKelvy amounting to £388:9:8.Harman Detring amounting to £10.Abraham Smith (two Accounts) amounting to £282.John Rawl amounting to £370.James Jenkins amounting to £34.Hannah Scriven amounting to £80.Joshua Scriven amounting to £155.Benjamin Waring & Ralph Izard, Esquires, amounting to £10.Colonel Richard Richardson amounting to £103:7:6.Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the said Expedition, several of his Accounts.Muster Roll of Colonel Richard Richardson’s Battallion.Muster Roll of Colonel John Chevillette’s Battallion.Ordered, That the said Papers be severally referred to the considerationof the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts, and thatthey do examine the same, and report their Opinion thereupon to theHouse.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have received with much pleasure your Message of Yesterday whereinyou acquaint me with your Resolutions to make provision for raising a Regimentof One Thousand Men to be employ’d for the Relief of Fort PrinceGeorge, and to chastize the Cherokee Indians.

474 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The Message which you sent me on the 7th Instant, contain’d Expressionsof that nature that I must in any Times, but such as these, have takenan especial Notice of. To be told that I had cast an Obloquy upon you, areWords that wou’d ill have stood with my Honour, as a private Gentleman, notto have resented; and when address’d to me, in my public Character, as HisMajesty’s Governor, I leave you to judge how I might endure them. But Ihave the satisfaction to see The King’s Service and the welfare of the Province,so much promoted by your Votes for the very important Servicesabovemention’d, that I shall suppress my own feeling upon the subject of theformer Proceeding, and give no interruption to the good work you have inhand.William Henry Lyttelton.And a Message from the Council,Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of William Logan, addressed to TheGovernor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read His Excellency’s Message to the House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Afternoon, Five of the Clock.Friday the 15th Day of February 1760. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Saturday the 16th Day of February 1760.The following Gentlemen met, Vizt., Mr. John Waties, Mr. Laurens, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Roper, Mr. Moore, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Mazyck.And the said Gentlemen made choice of Mr. Waties to be their Chairmanto adjourn the meeting of the House. And he, by the desire of the restof the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House, till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Monday the 18th Day of February 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Roper, Mr. Laurens, Mr. JohnWaties, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Manigault.And the said Gentlemen made choice of Isaac Mazyck Esqr. to be theirChairman to adjourn the meeting of the House: And he, by the desire of

FEBRUARY 19, 1760475the rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrowMorning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 19th Day of February 1760.Read the Journals of last Thursday’s Proceedings.A Message from The Governor, by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,As it is of the utmost consequence to the Tranquillity of the Provincethat the Seven Troops of Rangers shou’d be raised as speedily as possible, Irecommend to you to vote an increase of Pay to the private Men of the saidTroops, which is now only fifteen Pounds per Month; and to enable me toissue one Month’s Pay by way of advance to the said private Men of eachTroop, out of any Sum or Sums now lying in the Treasury which may withthe least inconvenience be applied to that Service.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And the same being read a Second time.Resolved (upon the Question) That the Pay to the private Men of thesaid Rangers be increas’d Five Pounds per Month to each Man.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay out of any Money now lyingin the Treasury to such Persons, and in such manner as His Excellencythe Governor shall order and direct, any Sum or Sums not exceeding FiveThousand, Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds, to be paid by way of advance tosuch Persons as shall inlist as Rangers in the service of this Province at therate of Ten Pounds a Man: And that this Order be sent to The Governor,for His Excellency’s Assent; and to His Majesty’s Council for their Concurrence,and that Mr. Speaker do sign the same.Resolv’d, That this House will provide for replacing the same in theTreasury.And the following Answer to His Excellency’s Message was drawn, Vizt.May it please your Excellency,This House, having taken your Excellency’s Message just now received,into consideration, hath resolved to increase the Pay to each of the privateMen of the Seven Troops of Rangers from Fifteen to Twenty Pounds perMonth: And to enable Your Excellency to issue Part of the said Pay, by wayof Advance, to the said private Men, we have made an Order that the PublicTreasurer do pay, out of any Money now lying in the Treasury, to such

476 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Persons and in such manner as your Excellency shall please to order anddirect, any Sum or Sums, not exceeding Five Thousand, Two Hundred andFifty Pounds, which will be Ten Pounds to each private Man; and shall sendthe same for your Excellency’s Assent, and the Concurrence of His Majesty’sCouncil. And we have resolv’d to provide for replacing the said Sum or Sumsin the Treasury.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Excellency by Mr.Rattray and Mr. Blake: And that they do carry the above Order to the Governorand Council and desire their Concurrence.The following Papers were presented to the House and severally read, Vizt.A Petition of John Chevillette, setting forth, that in 1757 when the Petitioneracted as Commissary to the Troops sent to build Fort Loudoun, hesupplied Raymond Demeré Esqr., then Commander of the said Fort, withTen Kegs of Rum, for which Captain Demeré gave the Petitioner a Certificate,annexed to the said Petition, wherein is certified that the Public is indebtedto the Petitioner in the sum of Two hundred Pounds. That the saidCertificate was presented to this House in January 1758, but as the Petitionerwas informed, was rejected because it did not appear to what use the saidRum was applied. The Petitioner therefore begged leave to lay before theHouse not only the true Reasons of supplying Captain Demeré with the Rum,but also the Uses to which it was applied. The Indians at Fort Loudoun werein a very ill humour, and, had before that Time frequently asked Captn.Demere to give them some Rum, but he, having none, told them it was notthen in his power to give them any, but as soon as he conveniently could theyshould have a small Quantity. They then threatned him doing some Mischief,and still persisted in their demand, upon which he applied to the Petitionerwho supplied him with Ten Kegs, that he might give a Keg to each Town,which he accordingly did, and then the Indians were satisfied.And humbly praying the House to consider the Petitioner’s Case, andto make provision for paying him the said Sum of Two Hundred Pounds.A Petition of Robert Fairweather, setting forth, That the Petitioner havinglodged in his House several Officers of the Royal American and HighlandBattallions, as mention’d in an Account annexed to the said Petition,pursuant to an Agreement made with the Commissary General, and nothaving yet received the Balance of his Account, therefore praying that thesame may be paid him.The said Robert Fairweather’s Account, Balance due to him being£97:15.A Petition of Thomas Shoemaker setting forth, That the Petitioner hada very valuable Negro Man, named Scipio, who, on the 29th June 1759, as hewas returning on an Errand, unfortunately met with a Negro Man, nam’d

FEBRUARY 19, 1760477Sandy (a vile Offender), belonging to Thomas Bradwell; who Scipio knowingto be run away, endeavoured to persuade to return home, but intreatyfailing, and believing it his duty to apprehend so great a Villain, he had recourseto Violence, and after some Blows had passed on both sides, the saidSandy seemed to submit, but, stooping down, as if to adjust something abouthis Boot, drew a long Knife, stabbed Scipio in the Belly, and cut one of hisGuts half off, of which Wound he died. That, on the 9th July following thesaid Sandy was convicted of murdering the said Scipio and was executed;being first valued at Two hundred Pounds, one half whereof is order’d tobe paid to the Petitioner, which Sum being three hundred Pounds less thanthe said Scipio’s intrinsic worth, and for as much as the Petitioner has noother Remedy for his great Loss, but by applying to this House:Therefore praying the House to consider his Case and to grant suchRelief therein as [to] the House shall seem meet and reasonable.Then the Accounts of the following Persons were severally read, Vizt.Fees due to The Governor from the Public £94:5; and to the Secretary£352:19:6.Colonel Daniel Hayward for a Horse impressed for the Expedition.John Kesson, for Provisions supplied Major Walter’s Troop on the Expedition£116:15; A second for Constable’s Fees £11:1:3; A Third account forConstable’s Fees £41:7:6; A fourth, for the hire of a Horse, £24.John Grinnan for apprehending John Roberts, who murdered EnsignGeorge Whitecotton, £200.Henry Beacon, two Orders for services at Fort Loudoun £120.Sarah Jones for Bread for the Militia on the Expedition £19:12:6.Edward Teel for Corn for the same Use £9:15.Sarah Knights, for Potatoes for the same Use £6.Robert Weaver, five Orders for supplies to the Militia, one for £10; a secondfor £6:12:6; a Third for £8; a fourth for £123; and the fifth for £385:9:0 1 /2.Robert McCuhen for Corn Blades for the same Use £20.John McDowell for a Horse Cart impressed £18.Elizabeth Mercier for Pease for the Militia £12.John Milner for cleaning and mending the Public Arms, £514:2:3.Henry Lucas, two Orders for the Carriage of Stores to Fort Loudoun £98:3.John Stuart for Flour for the Militia £74:5.Thomas Smith, three Certificates for Services at Fort Loudoun £180.William Shorey, 4 Certificates, for serving as Interpreter at FortLoudoun £315.John Stevens, 3 Certificates for serving as Carpenter at Fort Loudoun £180.Edward Keating for a Horse lost on the Expedition £30.John Page for flour for the Militia £56:7.

478 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760John Potts, for Corn for the Militia £51:5.Christopher Easton for a Steer for the Militia £13.John Cooper for three Steers for the like use £23.Ward & Leger for Ammunition for the Expedition £380.John McQueen & Company for Indian Presents £2250:2:9.John McQueen for a Horse impressed £65.Robert Gowdy, five Certificates, one for Waggon hire £350, the 2d, third,fourth and fifth for entertaining several Parties of Indians, £66:7:6.Cornelius Cokely for carriage of Stores to Fort Loudoun £96:18:9.John Winburn, two Certificates for the like Service £74:17:6.John Kitt, Interpreter, for attending Indians in Town 6 Days £60.John Hatton for the carriage of Stores to Fort Loudoun £101:10.John Postell for Supplies to Fort Loudoun £322:15.Henry Lucas for the carriage of Provisions to Fort Loudoun £50:3.Thomas Smith for service as Gunsmith at Fort Loudoun £129.Isaac Atwood for the carriage of Salt to Fort Loudoun, £18:7:2.Robert Anderson for the carriage of Flour to the same Fort £64:17.David Graeme Esqr., Attorney General, Fees on prosecuting Criminals£697:7:6.Joseph Holland for Provisions for the Militia £8.James Smith for the same Service £27.Samuel Ben for the Carriage of Stores to Fort Loudoun, £81:7:6.Ordered, That the said Papers be severally referred to the considerationof the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts, and thatthey do examine the same, and report their Opinion thereupon to the House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 20th Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 21st Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Friday the 22d Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.

MARCH 1, 1760479Saturday the 23d Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday Morning,Ten of the Clock.Monday the 25th Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 26th Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 27th Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 28th Day of February 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Friday the 29th Day of February 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Drayton, Mr. Wragg, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bull, Mr. Moultrie.And the said Gentlemen made choice of Stephen Bull Esqr. to be theirChairman to adjourn the meeting of the House: And he, by the desire ofthe rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrowMorning Nine of the Clock.Saturday the 1st Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Manigault, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bull,Mr. Roper, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Guerard.And the said Gentlemen made choice of Daniel Blake Esqr., to be theirChairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House; And he, by the desire ofthe rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House till MondayMorning Nine of the Clock.

480 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Monday the 3d Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Roper, Mr. Rattray, Mr.Lowndes, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Bull, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Manigault.And the said Gentlemen made choice of Peter Manigault Esqr. to betheir Chairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House: And he, by the desireof the rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House tillto-morrow Morning, Nine of the Clock.Tuesday the 4th Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr. Guerard, Mr.Rattray, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Roper, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Bull;And the said Gentlemen made choice of John Guerard Esqr. to be theirChairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House; And he, by the desire ofthe rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrowMorning, Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 5th Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, Vizt., Mr. Berresford, Mr. Lowndes, Mr.Bull, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Roper, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Manigault.And the said Gentlemen made choice of Rawlins Lowndes Esqr. to betheir Chairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House: And he, by the desireof the rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House tillto-morrow Morning, Nine of the Clock.Thursday the 6th Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, Viz., Mr. Rattray, Mr. Guerard, Mr.Lowndes, Mr. Berresford, Mr. Manigault, Mr. Drayton, Mr. Roper;And the said Gentlemen made choice of Peter Manigault Esqr. to betheir Chairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House; And he, by the desireof the rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House tillto-morrow Morning, Nine of the Clock.Friday the 7th Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Drayton, Mr. Stoutenburg, Mr.Manigault, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Mazyck;And the said Gentlemen made choice of John Guerard Esqr. to be theirChairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House; And he, by the desire of

MARCH 11, 1760481the rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrowMorning, Nine of the Clock.Saturday the 8th Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Rattray, Mr. Lowndes, Mr.Guerard, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Berresford, Mr. Roper, Mr. Manigault;And the said Gentlemen made choice of Richard Berresford Esqr. tobe their chairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House; And he, by thedesire of the rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the Housetill Monday Morning, Ten of the Clock.Monday the 10th Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Wragg,Mr. Laurens, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Stoutenburgh, Mr. Manigault;And the said Gentlemen made choice of Henry Laurens Esqr. to betheir Chairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House; And he, by the desireof the rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House tillto-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 11th Day of March 1760.The House met.A Message from The Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Governor commands this House to attend His Excellency immediately,in the Council-Chamber.And then the Messenger withdrew.And accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to attend HisExcellency in the Council-Chamber.And being returned, Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had attendedThe Governor in the Council-Chamber; where His Excellency hadbeen pleased to make a Speech to His Majesty’s Council and this House; ofwhich, Mr. Speaker said to prevent Mistakes, he had obtained a Copy, andwhich Mr. Speaker read to the House, and is as followeth, Vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,His Majesty having been graciously pleas’d to appoint me Governor ofHis Island of Jamaica; and the Honorable William Bull Esqr., Lieutenant

482 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Governor of this Province, to act in the Administration here until the Arrivalof His Excellency Thomas Pownall Esqr., whom The King has appointed tosucceed me in this Government; I come to acquaint You therewith; and alsothat, pursuant to the Orders I have received for that purpose, I propose soonto embark for England.It is with much satisfaction I can remark to you that I have had no lateaccounts of any Outrages or Depredations committed by the Indians on theFrontiers; and I doubt not the Measures taken for arming the Country, andprocuring a Reinforcement from Major General Amherst will, e’er long, effectuallyre-establish the Public Tranquillity.I assure you, Gentlemen, that how far soever the course of my futureFortune may remove me from this Province, my sincere and hearty wishesfor it’s Honour, Security and Welfare will never be extinguish’d.William Henry Lyttleton.Resolved That an humble Address be prepared to be presented to HisExcellency on the subject Matter of the said Speech.Ordered, That the following Gentlemen be a Committee to draw up anAddress upon the said Resolution, Vizt., Mr. Rattray, Mr. Crawford, Mr.Pinckney, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Manigault.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 12th Day of March 1760.The following Gentlemen met, vizt., Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Blake, Mr.Drayton, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Pinckney, Mr. Stoutenburgh;And the said Gentlemen made choice of Daniel Blake Esqr. to be theirChairman, to adjourn the meeting of the House: And he, by the desire ofthe rest of the Gentlemen, adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrowMorning, Nine of the Clock.Thursday the 13th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Friday the 14th Day of March 1760.Read the Journals of last Tuesday’s Proceedings.

MARCH 14, 1760483Mr. Crawford reported from the Committee who were appointed todraw up an Address upon the Resolution of last Tuesday, that they had preparedan Address accordingly; which they had directed him to report to theHouse, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it inat the Clerk’s Table; where the same was read, and is as follows, viz.May it please your Excellency,We, His Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Subjects the Commons Houseof Assembly of this Province, beg leave to thank your Excellency for yourSpeech deliver’d to us last Tuesday in General Assembly.Altho’ it is with real concern, in this time of Public Calamity and Danger,that we receive the Intimation of your Excellency’s removal from thisGovernment, being well assured of your good Intentions to serve it’s mostimportant Interests; yet as this Event is the Effect of His Majesty’s Royal Pleasure,attended with your appointment to the Government of Jamaica, wethink it our duty, while we acquiesce in the Will of our Sovereign, at the sametime, to congratulate your Excellency on so distinguishing a Mark of theRoyal Favour.As your Excellency is soon to embark for Great-Britain, we take thisOpportunity of thanking You sincerely for Your careful, spirited and disinterestedAdministration of this Government, and for Your good Wishes sowarmly express’d towards this Province. May Your Voyage be prosperous,may Health and Happiness ever attend You, and may all those Accomplishmentswherewith You are so amply furnish’d be render’d still more conspicuousin the Service of your Country thro’ all your future Life.The said Address being read a Second time;A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That notice might betaken, in the Address, of that part of His Excellency’s Speech which relatesto His Majesty’s appointment of the Honorable William Bull Esqr., LieutenantGovernor of this Province, to act in the Administration here, until theArrival of His Excellency Thomas Pownall Esqr., whom The King has appointedto succeed His Excellency Governor Lyttelton in this Government.It passed in the Negative.The last Paragraph of the Address, was, upon the Question being putthereupon, agreed to by the House.Resolved, That the Address be presented to His Excellency by the wholeHouse.Ordered, That Mr. Middleton and Mr. Pinckney do wait upon The Governorand humbly know His Excellency’s Pleasure when he will be attendedby the House.Ordered, That a Message be prepared to be sent to The Governor andCouncil for issuing a new Writ of Election for St. Peter’s Parish.

484 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And accordingly the following One was drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency and Honours,We desire that Your Excellency and Honours will be pleas’d to issue anew Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present General Assemblyfor the Parish of St. Peter, in the room of the Honorable Egerton LeighEsqr., now one of the Members of His Majesty’s Council; and the said Writbe made returnable immediately.Mr. Middleton reported to the House that The Governor having beenwaited upon (pursuant to their Order) humbly to know His Excellency’spleasure when he would be attended by the House, had been pleas’d to appointthis Afternoon, Five of the Clock, at his own House.And then the House adjourned till half an hour after Four.P.M.Ordered, That Mr. Rattray and Mr. Roper do wait upon The Governor andCouncil with the Message for a new Writ of Election for St. Peter’s Parish.Then it being five of the Clock, Mr. Speaker with the House went upto attend The Governor at His own House.And being returned, Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attendedThe Governor at His own House where he, Mr. Speaker, had presented theirAddress to His Excellency to which His Excellency was pleas’d to make thefollowing Answer.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I thank you heartily for this Address and receive with much satisfactionyour kind Expressions of the Sense you are pleased to have of my Endeavoursto do my duty in the Station, in which The Kings Goodness has placed mehere: And now that His Majesty’s gracious Favour has called me to another,there is no part of my past Life which I cou’d reflect upon with so much pleasureas upon those moments (If indeed there be any such) in which I mayhope to have render’d any useful Service to this Province: May the Cloudwhich threatens it soon be dispersed, may you contribute largely to it’s felicityby the pursuit of every wise & prudent measure in your Public Station,and in your private Capacity experience every good thing and every domesticComfort.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 15th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday MorningTen of the Clock.

MARCH 26, 1760485Monday the 17th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 18th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Tomorrow MorningTen of the Clock.Wednesday the 19th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Thursday the 20th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Friday the 21st Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Saturday the 22d Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Monday the 24th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 25th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Wednesday the 26th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.

486 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Thursday the 27th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Friday the 28th Day of March 1760.Read the Journals of Friday the 14th Instant’s Proceedings.Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter from James Wright Esqr.,Agent for solliciting the Affairs of the Inhabitants of this Province in GreatBritain, to the Committee appointed to correspond with him, dated London5th January 1760 49 Enclosing,An Account of his Disbursements from 10th of October 1758 to 7th October1759 amounting to £105:6:9 Sterling, which were severally read.Then the following Papers were severally read, vizt.A General Account of the Expence of the Battallion commanded byColonel George Gabriel Powell on the late Expedition against the CherokeeIndians amounting to £18,666:1:10 1 /2.An Account of Bernard Beekman for Pumps amounting to £52:12:6.An Account of James Verree for the use of the Fire Engines, amountingto £56:10.An Account of Richard Moncrief, for the same use amounting to £66:10.An Account of George Sheed for the same use amounting to £48:10.An Account of James Verree and Thomas Young for the same useamounting to £13:12:6.An Account of Thomas Lining amounting to £125 together with,A Petition of the said Thomas Lining, setting forth, That on the 3d Dayof September 1757, The Commissary General hired two Rooms of the Petitionerfor the Accommodation of Captain Roderic McKenzie of the HighlandBattallion which Rooms were occupied by the said Captn. McKenzie tillthe 21st May 1758; That the Petitioner hath been paid Rent for the said Roomsto the 30th November 1757, but from that Day to the said 21st Day of May hehad received no manner of satisfaction as might appear by the account attestedupon Oath. That the Petitioner could at that time have let the saidRooms to Persons who would long since have paid him the Rent for the same,which he greatly wanted being obliged to labour hard at his Trade for thesupport of himself and Family:And humbly praying the House will please to make Provision for paymentof the said Account.49This was Wright’s letter of resignation. See James Wright-Charles Garth Letterbook, 1758–1766,Clements Library (microfilm at SC Archives).

MARCH 28, 1760487Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts and that theydo examine the said Papers and report their Opinion thereupon to theHouse.A Petition of James Cooper, Master of the Ship Major Hardy; WilliamMackay, Master of the Ship Resolution; and Neil Jameison, Master of the ShipKing of Prussia; was presented to the House and read, setting forth, That theShip Major Hardy had been in the Port of Charles Town ever since lastMarch, seeking for Freight; that the Ship Resolution also came in a Seekerand the Ship King of Prussia arrived in Distress. That, not being able to procurea Freight in this Port, the Petitioner’s Ships will be obliged to departin Ballast to the very great Loss and Damage of their respective Owners afterhaving here laid out and expended very large Sums of Money in Repairs,Provisions and Necessaries for their Ships:And humbly praying, that the House (in consideration of the Premises)will please to release them from Payment of Powder Duty in this Port.And the Question being put that the Prayer of the said Petition be granted,It was resolved in the Affirmative.Resolved That the Powder Duty imposed by Law on all Vessels comingto this Province be remitted to the respective Owners of the Ship MajorHardy, James Cooper, Master; the Ship Resolution, William Mackay, Master;and the Ship King of Prussia, Neil Jameison, Master; the said Ships havingcome to the Port of Charles Town to seek Freight and were obliged to departin Ballast.Ordered That the said Resolution be sent up to The Governor for hisExcellency’s Assent and to His Majesty’s Council, for their Concurrence, andthat Mr. Speaker do sign the same.The following Papers were severally read, vizt.Seven Accounts of Robert Gowdy for the service of the late Expeditionand for entertaining Indians.Account of Daniel Cokely amounting to £467:19 for the Expedition.Mary Reirdan for the Expedition, an Order amounting to £15.Order for paying Aaron Price £9:14 for the service of Fort Loudoun.[The following Accounts] For the Service of the late Expedition.Certificate of Horses impressed from James Beamer.Account of Patric Ryley amounting to £141:18.Certificate of Provisions impressed from Zachariah Chauncey.Certificate of Provisions impressed from Charles Groves.Account of John McDonald amounting to £30.Account of David McDonald amounting to £144.Patrick Ryley (2d Account) amounting to £27.

488 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Account of Joseph Dicksworth amounting to £18.Certificate in favour of Enoch Anderson for £45.Certificates in favour of John Noulan for £27, Thomas Gill for £12, AnnLacey (Blank).Account of Thomas Anderson amounting to £25:15 for the like Service.Accounts of the several Persons following, all for the Service of the lateExpedition.George Austin Esqr. amounting to £70.Jacob Miller amounting to £50.Hugh Wilson (for waggon hire).John Elliott amounting to £26.Dennis Hagon for Provisions.Thomas Foster amounting to £120.Samuel Scott amounting to £600:16:3.Andrew Williamson for Cattle.Henry Ravenell amounting to £90.Thomas Bowman amounting to £40.David Davis (two Accounts) amounting to £104.Sampson Ball’s Estate amounting to £39.Thomas Drayton Esqr. for Cattle impressed.Mary Edwards amounting to £5.William Murray amounting to £25.Conrad Holman (7 Accounts) amounting to £134:10.Bernard Montz for Provisions.John Messers for Provisions.Henry Foster amounting to £105:3.John Wilson (2 Accounts) for Provisions.Richard Hill amounting to £6:10.Ambrose Adams amounting to £9:10.Nicholas Showler amounting to £8.John Stouts (not cast up).George Hooper (2 Accounts) for Provisions.John Ward amounting to £13.Dennis Quinian, George Anderley, Jacob Riser and Henry Reas amountingto £46:4.John Rawl for Provisions.Jethro Manning for Provisions.Michael Taylor (2 Accounts) for Provisions.John Gizzelhard for Provisions.James Skeggs (two Accounts) for Provisions.Daniel Mathews for Provisions.

MARCH 28, 1760489Gasper Dickson amounting to £35.Samuel Thomas, for Provisions.Hugh Heron for 20 Bushels of Indian Corn.James Sprott for 63 Bushels of Indian Corn.John Crawford amounting to £283:11.Zachariah Isable amounting to £316:15.Martin Timberman for Provisions.William White for Provisions.Mary Sneether (2 Accounts) amounting to £233:10:10.Elias Taize amounting to £8:19:5.Nicholas Smith amounting to £9:14:7.Thomas Anderson (4 Accounts) for Provisions.James Anderson (4 Accounts) for Provisions.John Anderson for Provisions.David Anderson (3 Accounts) amounting to £305.Catharine Hughes amounting to £13.Robert Carter amounting to £222:10.Margaret Clark, for Provisions.William Fullwood amounting to £25.Peter Crim (5 Accounts) amounting to £1045.James Riddlehower for Provisions.Joseph Pearson amounting to £1:11.George Power (5 Accounts) for Provisions.Thomas Shirley, for Provisions.Henry Croome amounting to £639.John Chapman amounting to £32.Margaret Linder amounting to £22:10.Richard Waring’s Estate amounting to £50.Christopher McDowell amounting to £9.Forges McDowell amounting to £9.John Grossman amounting to £5.John Grayson (two Accounts) amounting to £119:5:3.John Bower for Provisions.James McKelwin and Thomas Hamilton for Provisions.Othniel Beale & Company amounting to £147.Thomas Hamilton (two Accounts) for Provisions.Conrad Folk (two Accounts) for Provisions.Michael Lightner for Provisions.John Izard’s Estate for Provisions.Joseph Kershaw & Co. amounting to £779:19:4.George Rogers amounting to £17:10.

490 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Abraham Lundy amounting to £7.Hans-Ernest Hoff amounting to £23:11:6.Christopher Rowe (six Accounts) for Sundries.George Tickell amounting to £8:12:6.John Simmons for a Horse.Benjamin Waring and Ralph Izard, Esqrs., for a Horse.George Hooper amounting to £78:3.Christopher Timberman amounting to £676:10.Peter Aker amounting to £488:5.Lawrence Skyser for Waggon hire.John Kyner for Waggon hire.Philip Jacobs amounting to £6:17:6.Philip Isamar amounting to £4:10.Nicholas Noey (4 Accounts) amounting to £9:5.Melchor Hoffman amounting to £130.Felix Grosse (2 Accounts) for Provisions.Michael Snyder amounting to £110.John Freemouth (3 Accounts) for Provisions.Frederic Toover for Provisions.George Usman amounting to £155.Anthony Ernst for Provisions.Archibald Murphy, for Provisions.Leonard Sammat, for Provisions.Simeon Theus amounting to £104:15:9.Frederic Rife amounting to £20.George Rife for Provisions.Henry Hartley (two Accounts) for Provisions.Anthony Coulter for waggon hire.Lewis Portner for waggon hire.Elijah Postell Esqr. amounting to £25.John Postell two accounts for several Services.Daniel Mickler and William Rightnever (for Provisions).William Rightnever, for Provisions.John Single for Provisions.John Wood amounting to £20.Harman Dettering for Waggon hire.George Keith for Waggon hire.Michael Lightner for Waggon hire.John Ploughman for Provisions, two Accounts.Conrad Shirer for Waggon hire.George Rogers for Provisions.

MARCH 28, 1760491Archibald Johnston for Flour.Da Costa & Farr amounting to £426:2:6.William Banbury amounting to £79:16.Joshua Winser amounting to £54.Elizabeth Mercier amounting to £125.John Simmons for Provisions.William Seawrights (11 Orders) for Provisions.John Splatt amounting to £12.Joshua Scriven amounting to £8:10.John Gregg amounting to £41.John Mullryne amounting to £63:10.John Hutcheson amounting to £65.Francis James amounting to £7:10.Thomas Bosher amounting to £25.Ancrum, Lance and Loocock, an Account of sundry Orders, Certificatesand Accounts, assigned to them by divers Persons for the service of the saidExpedition.A second Account of the said Ancrum, Lance and Loocock for severalservices amounting to £48:5.Robert Boyd for Freight of Gun Carriages and Ship Bread to Beaufortamounting to £63:10.John Kesson (three Accounts), One for Indian Expences amounting to£46 and the other two for Constable’s Fees on the Trials of Slaves amountingto £17:8:9.Charles Woodmason, Coroner, for an Inquest, £10.Lemuel Nesmith, an Order for a Slave executed, £200.John Remington, a like Order for £200.Evererd Eney for carriage of Baggage to Fort Moore.Richard Waring for sundry Services.John Cole for the Rangers £37:10.James Sharpe for Indians £4:16:3.Joseph Norman for the Rangers £24.Thomas Yeomans, Coroner, for Inquests, £200.Jacob Raw for Carriage of Stores to Fort Moore £35.John Bull Esqr. for the Acadians £154.James Tompson for the Forces £78:15.Thomas Sanders for the Carriage of Ammunition to Orangeburgh, £45.Abraham Smith for the like Service £35.Robert Rivers for a Horse impressed.Thomas Wright Esqr. two Accounts for several Services, one amountingto £307:15 and the other to £579:18:7.

492 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Ordered That the said Papers be severally referred to the Considerationof the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts; and thatthey do examine the same, and report their Opinion thereupon to theHouse.And then the House adjourned till tomorrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 29th Day of March 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Complaint being made to the House, that Mr. William Raven did, ina forcible manner enter upon a Plantation in St. Bartholomew’s Parish, ofRawlins Lowndes Esqr., a Member of this House; in Breach of the Privilegeof this House.Then a Motion was made; and the Question proposed that a Committeeof Privileges be appointed to inquire into the Matter of the said Complaint.And another Motion being made and the previous Question being putthat That Question be put.It passed in the Negative.Resolved, That a Committee of Privileges and Elections be appointedof the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr. Blake, Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Beresford, Mr. Manigault.Ordered, That the Matter of the said Complaint be referred to theConsideration of the said Committee and that they do inquire into the same,and report their Opinion thereupon to the House.Ordered That the said Committee have power to send for Persons, Papersand Records for their better Information.Then the Accounts of the following Persons being for the Service of thelate Expedition against the Cherokee Indians were severally read, Vizt.Andrew Kogler for hire of a Cart and Horses.Leonard Rufes for the hire of a Cart and Horses.Leonard Rufes for Flour impressed £25:17:6.Andrew Allison for waggon hire.Elizabeth Mercier (9 Accounts) for Sundries.Ulric Baser for the hire of a Cart.Jacob Tyler for Waggon hire.Jacob Murch for Waggon hire.Christopher Minnick for Cattle £104:10.William Young for Provisions £5.William Hart for Cattle £72.Francis Grossman for hire of a Cart and Horses.Moses Tompson for a Bullock £9.

MARCH 29, 1760493John Mather (assign’d to John Logan) for Cart-hire.Hans Amaker (assign’d to John Logan) for Cattle £25.Samuel Elliott for hire of a Negro Drummer £51:12:6.Michael Hetley (assign’d to John Ward) for Corn Blades £12.Lewis Flishore for 59 Days Pay as a Blacksmith.Henry Gallman (two Accounts) for Waggon hire and Provisions.Samuel Liver for the hire of two Horses.Andrew Barginer for the hire of a Horse.John Ward for Cattle £39.Andrew Cutler for a Horse lost.Henry Richenbacher for Provisions £21:16:3.Michael Snyder for Flour £40:17:6.Melchor Hoffman for Corn Blades £1.Jacob Drift for waggon hire.Jacob Detring for Waggon hire.George Sykes for hire of a Cart and Horses.John Arhort for hire of a Cart and Horses.Ulrick Kyser for hire of a Cart and Horses.George Insinger for hire of a Cart and Horses.John Ragnous for Waggon hire.Nicholas Tederhoff for hire of a Cart and Horses.Nicholas Zorne for hire of a Cart and Horses.Dennis Hays (assign’d to John Ward) £228:7.Jacob Heiley (two Accounts) for Flour £76:14:7 1 /2.Hans Ulric Buckhorst for Flour.George Spigginer for flour £22:15:9.Andrew Slack for Corn Blades £14:5.Robert Carter for a Bullock £11.Jacob Gallman Junr. for a Bullock £9:10.John Gallman Junr. for a Bullock £9.Henry Gallman (6 Accounts) for sundry Articles.Philip Puhl (assign’d to Henry Gallman) £188:14:4.George Shindler for Waggon hire.John Cole for driving Cattle £176.William Berry for Horse hire.Ulric Boukman for Flour £48:8.Anthony Boukman for Cattle £21.William Dargin for Indian Corn £7.Thomas Howell for Cattle £81.Michael Aichenger for Waggon hire.John Reach for Waggon hire.

494 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760William Hay for Waggon hire.Gilbert Fowler for Waggon hire.Conrad Kenslar (2 Accounts) for Waggon hire and Cattle.Samuel Liddle (2 Accounts) for Provisions.William Baker for Waggon hire.Jacob Hagabuck 4 Accounts for Sundry Articles.John Simmons for Waggon hire.Henry Whetstone for Waggon hire.Henry Sestrunk (assign’d to Conrad Kenlar) for Cattle.Joseph Roffman for Waggon hire.Alexander Tate (assign’d to Thomas White) for Provisions.Gasper Foust (2 Accounts) for Cattle and Waggon hire.Ulric Beser for hire of a Cart and Horses.Henry Sholl for Flour £44:15.Archibald Campbell for Provisions £93:5.And the Accounts of the following Persons, being for other Services,were severally read, Vizt.John Conrad Geiger (assign’d to Henry Gallman) for the carriage ofAmmunition to the Congrees amounting to £27.Justinus Stoll for Iron Work for Fort Loudoun amounting to £152:15:6.John George Shindler for the Carriage of Stores to Fort Prince Georgeamounting to £48.Henry Gallman for the like Service amounting to £670.John Elliott for Indian Presents amounting to £102:16.Gavon Pou, three Accounts for entertaining Indians amounting to £51.James Smith for Carpenters Work at Fort Prince George, amounting to £30.Andrew Shipe for entertaining Indians amounting to £18:15.John Howell for Candles for use of the Charles Town Militia Guardamounting to £30:15.Christian Kogler for Cartage of Stores to the Armory amounting to£38:17:6.John Gordon, two Accounts, one for Vinegar for the Forces amountingto £33:10 and the other for the hire of Rooms for the Forces in 1757, Balance£69. And,A Petition of the said John Gordon, setting forth, That he gave in anAccount last Year amounting to £314:7:11 1 /2 out of which £69 was deductedas an Overcharge of Five Weeks and Six Days hire of three Rooms at 50s perWeek. That the Petitioner is induced to believe the mistake arose from thatArticle being inserted the last in his Account (without date, or being properlyexplain’d) immediately after the preceeding Article dated 6th January1758. That the Commissary hired the said Rooms the 29th July 1757 and from

APRIL 3, 1760495that Day to the 30th November is 17 Weeks and 6 Days. The Petitioner humblyhopes, that, considering the hardships he in particular laboured underby being obliged to hire a House, at £120 per Annum and to furnish theGentlemen quarter’d on him with every Necessary, the Mistake he has beenunder will not preclude him from having the said Sum of £69 provided for.And humbly praying the House to take the Premises into Consideration,and to grant such relief as shall be thought meet.Ordered That the said Papers be severally referred to the Considerationof the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts and thatthey do examine the same, and report their Opinion thereupon to the House.Ordered That the Public Treasurer do advance the Sum of two hundredPounds to the Commissary toward defraying the Expence of carting Firewood for the Provincials in Charles Town.Resolved That this House will make provision for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.A Motion being made and the Question being put that provision be madefor a Cord of Fire wood a week for the use of the Soldiers at Fort Johnson.It passed in the Negative.Ordered That Mr. Roper do carry the Resolution for remitting the PowderDuty to the respective Owners of the Ships Major Hardy, Resolution, andKing of Prussia to The Governor and Council, and desire their Concurrence.And then the House adjourned till Monday Morning Ten of the Clock.Monday the 31st Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 1st Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Wednesday the 2d Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till tomorrow MorningTen of the Clock.Thursday the 3d Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.

496 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Friday the 4th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Saturday the 5th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday MorningTen of the Clock.Monday the 7th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 8th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Wednesday the 9th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Thursday the 10th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Friday the 11th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Saturday the 12th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday MorningTen of the Clock.Monday the 14th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.

APRIL 16, 1760497Tuesday the 15th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Wednesday the 16th Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of the 29th of March last.Ordered, that Mr. Wragg be discharged from attending the Service ofthe Committee of Privileges and Elections.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor, by Mr. Bassnett;Mr. Speaker,The Lieutenant Governor desires the Attendance of this House immediatelyin the Council-Chamber.And then the Messenger withdrew.And accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to attend hisHonour, in the Council-Chamber.And, being return’d, Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had attendedthe Lieutenant Governor in the Council-Chamber; where his Honourhad been pleased to make a Speech to the Council and this House; of whichMr. Speaker said, to prevent Mistakes, he had obtain’d a Copy, which he readto the House, and is as followeth, vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,His Excellency the Governor having departed this Province in obedienceto The King’s Commands, in consequence of his appointment to theGovernment of Jamaica, the Administration of the Public Affairs is committedto my care until the arrival of his Excellency Thomas Pownall Esqr.I am extremely sensible of the disadvantages under which at this CriticalConjuncture I enter upon the execution of the great trust with which HisMajesty has been pleased to honour me; but, Gentlemen, fully persuaded,from your experienced loyalty to our most gracious Sovereign, and yourknown love to your Country, that I may Always rely on your concurrence andsupport in such Measures as I shall pursue, for the service of His Majesty andthe welfare of this Province, I will proceed with chearfulness, hoping that bythe Assistance of the Troops sent by his Excellency General Amherst, underthe command of the Honorable Colonel Montgomery, who will march infour Days from their Encampment at Monck’s Corner to the westward, bythe vigorous exertion of those means which Providence hath placed in ourhands, and by the blessing of Almighty God upon our endeavours, the Cherokeeswill soon be reduced to reason; that they will be chastised for their past

498 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760outrages, and prevented from committing the like for the future, and thatwe shall have the satisfaction of seeing the tranquillity of this Province oncemore happily restored.I lament the melancholly situation which this Town has for some timepast been in from the Small Pox. This Calamity has given no small interruptionto Public business, as it has depriv’d you of the attendance of many ofyour Members at a time when their Country so much needed it; but sincethat Distemper is now happily abated, or attended with less malignant circumstances;and further delays must be productive of the most perniciousconsequences, I make no doubt of your now proceeding with that unanimity,alacrity and dispatch in providing for the ordinary Services and extraordinarywants of the Public which the necessity of the time demands.Gentlemen,I cannot use stronger arguments to press these matters than your ownMinds will suggest to you. I shall therefore only assure you, with great sincerity,that you shall always find a readiness on my part to do whatever maybe thought requisite for the safety and prosperity of this Province.William Bull.Resolved, That an humble Address be prepared to be presented to theLieutenant Governor on the subject Matter of the said Speech.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Address uponthe said Resolution of the following Gentlemen, Vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr.Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Taylor, Mr Guerard.Ordered, that the Clerk of this House do write Letters to Mr. Moore,Mr. Wright, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Waties, and Mr. Stobo, to requiretheir attendance (all excuses being laid aside) immediately upon theservice of the House.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee who were appointed to drawup an Address, to be presented to the Lieutenant Governor, upon the Resolutionof this Morning, that the Committee had prepared an Address accordingly,which they had directed him to report to the House; and he read theReport in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerks Table; wherethe same was read, and is as followeth, vizt.May it please Your Honour,We, His Majesty’s dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons House ofAssembly, beg leave to return your Honour our unfeigned Thanks for your

APRIL 16, 1760499Speech made this Day in General Assembly. We do, with grateful Hearts,acknowledge His Majesty’s most tender care and concern for this Provincein committing the Administration of our Public Affairs, especially in this theircritical and dangerous situation, to a Person of your Honour’s distinguish’dabilities: And it is with an uncommon pleasure we observe that the Prudenceand good Conduct you have discovered, in the many honorable, tho’ unprofitableEmployments you have borne among us, shou’d so eminently havepointed you out as one in whom so great a trust might with safety be reposed.Notwithstanding the much-to-be-lamented interruption that has beenunhappily and of necessity given to the Public Business, by our being depriv’dof the attendance of the greatest part of our Members, yet as many obviousEvils must arise from its not being proceeded in with alacrity and unanimity,we determine to use the utmost dispatch in making such seasonable provisionsas the present situation of affairs and the exigency of the timesrequire.The just reliance, Sir, which you have upon our known zeal for our mostgracious Sovereign, and the love we bear to our Country can alone be requitedon our part by the great confidence we have in your Judgment, Experienceand Integrity: And your Honour may intirely depend upon ourconcurring in, and effectually supporting every measure that is calculatedfor the Public Good. This we shall, with chearfulness, give the greatest attentionto, and, in all our deliberations, keep constantly in view those inseparableObjects His Majesty’s Honour, the security of the Province, and theregard that is due to the ease and Interest of our Constituents.Animated by these principles, and encouraged by Your Honour’s declaredreadiness to co-operate with us in so desirable a work, we hope, by theblessing of God upon our mutual Endeavours, to have our Councils crown’dwith Success.Ordered (upon the Question) that the said Report be now taken intoconsideration.And the first Paragraph of the Report, being read a second time wasagreed to by the House.The second Paragraph being read a second time, an Amendment wasproposed, vizt. leave out the Word “distinguish’d” between the Words“Honour’s” and “abilities” in the 7th Line of the Address.And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Another Amendment was proposed, Line 9th, leave out “tho’ unprofitable,”between the Words “honorable” and “employments.”And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.

500 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The Residue of the Address, being read a second time, was agreed toby the House.Resolved that the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby the whole House.Ordered, That Mr. Wragg and Mr. Guerard do wait upon the LieutenantGovernor, and humbly know his pleasure when he will be attended bythe House.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee who were appointed to auditthe Public Accounts that they had examin’d several of the Accounts whichwere referred to their consideration and had come to several Resolutions thereupon,which they had directed him to report to the House, and he read theReport in his Place and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,His Excellency General Amherst in consequence of an application fromGovernor Lyttelton, having sent a body of chosen Troops under the commandof the Honorable Colonel Montgomery to chastize the Cherokees fortheir perfidy, outrages and Murders, They arrived here the 1st of this Month,and to avoid carrying any suspicion of infection from the Small-Pox weredebarked about seven Miles from hence, and march’d to Monck’s Corner,where they have been encamp’d ever since, waiting with great reluctance andimpatience at losing so much of this Season, so favorable for Action, until asufficient number of Carriages can be collected there to convey their Provisionsand Baggage; the latter being retrench’d to the last degree of militaryOeconomy to lighten them. We are now at the 17th of April, it is with thegreatest concern for the honour of this Government and for the detrimentwhich the most important service these Troops are sent upon must suffer,that I acquaint you with the insufficient Progress made by the Agents whoare collecting these Waggons, notwithstanding they engage to pay readyMoney for them, and altho’ I am persuaded they have exerted themselveson the occasion with great diligence: I therefore recommend it, in the strongestmanner to your immediate consideration as hath been practised in theNorthern Colonies thro’ which The King’s Troops have marched, to enableme, by the effectual Power of Law to assist in expediting this most necessaryArticle of Waggons without which it is impossible for the Army to march tothe Cherokees. Further I take notice to you, that Colonel Montgomery hathrepresented to me how inconvenient it was to General Amherst’s Plan ofOperations to detach so large a Body of his best Troops at the present timewhich he only cou’d consent to spare to the pressing request and necessitiesof this Province; that as soon as ever the Service was perform’d, or, what

APRIL 17, 1760501was equal, there was no prospect of doing Service for want of being furnish’dwith Carriages, it was his duty not to remain in Inaction here, but with theutmost Expedition to reimbark the Troops and return to New-York in orderto join the Army under the immediate command of General Amherst whohad need of every Man of his Army to carry on his Operations with the utmostVigor, in hopes of making this a decisive Campaign against the Frenchin America.I think it proper to acquaint you with the manner in which the hire ofthe Carriages is paid; The Contractors who supply the Provisions are notobliged to furnish Carriages, and their Agents are directed only to give theirAssistance in procuring them; the hire is paid by the Agents at the Expenceof the Crown, upon Orders issued by Colonel Montgomery to the Paymasterof The King’s Troops for that purpose.The 16th April 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew,And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And the said Message being read a second time.Ordered, That an Ordinance to authorize the impressing, regulatingthe hire and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Horses and Drivers to beemployed in his Majesty’s service be brought in, and that Mr. Lamboll, Mr.Gadsden and Mr. Taylor do prepare and bring in the same: And,Mr. Gadsden accordingly presented to the House an Ordinance forthose purposes;And the same was received and read the first time.Resolved that the said Ordinance be read a second time.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 17th Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Wragg reported to the House that the Lieutenant Governor havingbeen waited upon, pursuant to their Order, humbly to know his Honour’sPleasure when he wou’d be attended by the House had been pleased to appointthis Morning, Eleven of the Clock, in the Council Chamber.The following Papers were severally read, vizt.An account of Sundries impressed for the use of the several Detachmentscommanded by Colonel Benjamin Singelton on the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians.

502 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760List of the several Men who went under Colonel Singellton’s Command.Certificate of a Waggon and Horses being impressed belonging to WilliamStewart.Affidavit of the said William Stewart, that one of his Horses was lost inthe service.Certificate for hire of a Cart impressed belonging to GasperMorgandollour.Two Accounts for Repairs to the Church of St. James Goose Creekamounting to £449:7:11.Account of Philip Pledger for the service of the late Expedition amountingto £25.Account of William Hansworth, for the like service amounting to £30.Two Certificates of two Horses, and a Cart and four Horses impress’dbelonging to Philip Pledger.Certificate of a Cart impressed belonging to Colonel George GabrielPowell.Certificate of Services done by Durham Hills on the said Expedition.Ordered, That the said Papers be severally referred to the considerationof the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts and thatthey do examine the same and report their Opinion thereupon to the House.A Petition of William Peaseley, Clerk, was presented to the House, andread, setting forth, That the Petitioner will (in May next) have officiatedthree Years on Pedee, as Minister of St. Mark’s Parish, and done a very laboriousduty, having been obliged to ride two Sundays in three between 30& 40 Miles. That the Writs for electing the first Assembly-Men for the saidParish were directed to three Gentlemen of Pedee, who, on the Day of Election,gave notice to the Inhabitants to meet on the Easter-Monday followingto chuse Parish Officers. That they accordingly did meet and choseVestrymen and Church-Wardens, whose Draughts on the Treasurer for 18Months service, were paid to the Petitioner. That the Vestry having drawnfor 6 Months ending last May, the Petitioner rode upward of 300 Miles in Julylast, on a reasonable Presumption of receiving Payment thereof, having beenregularly paid before; but the Treasurer refused to pay the same, having beeninformed there was a more legal Vestry on Santee, another part of the Parishwhere it was impracticable for the Petitioner to do any part of the Dutyon account of the great distance, which is computed to be 90 Miles. Thatthe Petitioner is quite unconcern’d in the dispute between the Inhabitantsof Santee and Pedee in regard to forming their Vestry. That since the Disputethe Petitioner in order to give all possible satisfaction, performed DivineService three Months on Santee, for which he received a Draught onthe Treasurer from the Vestry there. That he still continues to do a very hard

APRIL 17, 1760503duty in the Parish, and next May will remain unpaid for 15 Month’s Service.Therefore humbly praying the House will please to take the Premisesinto consideration and grant him such Relief as they shall think proper.Ordered That the Petition be referred to the consideration of a Committee,and that they do examine the matter of the said Petition, and reportthe same, with their Opinion thereupon, to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Taylor, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Moultrie, Mr.Faucheraud, Mr. Elliott.Then it being Eleven of the Clock, Mr. Speaker, with the House, wentup to attend the Lieutenant Governor, in the Council Chamber.And being return’d, Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had attendedthe Lieutenant Governor, in the Council Chamber; where he (Mr. Speaker)presented their Address to his Honour, to which he had been pleased tomake the following Answer.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I give you my hearty thanks for this loyal Address, which breathes sucha spirit of zeal for the service of His Majesty, the security of your Country,and the interest of your Constituents, as affords a very happy presage of thesuccess of our united endeavours to promote those desirable Ends. And bymy steady adherence to the same Principles, in the whole tenor of my Conduct,I shall endeavour to merit the favorable Opinion you are pleas’d toentertain of me.William Bull.Ordered that Mr. John Smith, one of the Agents to the Contractors forvictualling The King’s Forces, do attend this House.And the House being informed that the said Mr. Smith attended at theDoor, he was called in and being asked whether he wou’d undertake to payfor such Carriages as should be employ’d in the Service of His Majesty’sForces in this Province; answered that he would.And then he withdrew.Then the “Ordinance to authorize the impressing, regulating the hireand ascertaining the value of Waggons, Horses and Drivers to be employedin His Majesty’s Service,” was read, a second time, with Blanks, which werefilled up, and several Amendments were made thereunto by the House.And the Title was made, “an Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horses andDrivers to be employed in His Majesty’s Service.”Ordered, That Mr. Laurens do carry the Ordinance to the Council.Ordered, That Mr. Rattray, Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Moultrie be added to

504 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Treasurer’s Accounts.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Friday the 18th Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The Report from the Committee who were appointed to audit the PublicAccounts was read.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of divers Inhabitants of Charles Townin behalf of themselves and others, addressed to the Lieutenant Governor,Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Petition was read, setting forth, That a very malignant kindof Small-Pox has for some time past raged in the said Town but that few ofthe Inhabitants now remain to receive the Infection. The Petitioners observewith concern that the Negros seized with that Distemper in the Country areimmediately brought to Town, and that many other Persons are daily inoculatedin order to go through the Disease in Charles-Town. And that the Petitionersare apprehensive for the above Reason that the Disorder willcontinue for a considerable time in the said Town, which may during the heatof the Summer Months be attended with the most dangerous and dismalConsequences not only to the Trade and Business of the said Town but likewiseto the Lives of the Inhabitants:And therefore praying their Honours to take the Premises into Considerationand to make such order therein as in their wisdom shall seem meet.Ordered That the Petition be referred to the consideration of a Committee;and that they do examine the Matter of the said Petition, and reportthe same, with their Opinion thereupon, to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Gadsden,Mr. Laurens.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “an Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horsesand Drivers, to be employed in His Majesty’s Service.”And then the Messenger withdrew.And the House proceeded to read the said Ordinance a Third time.And an Amendment made by the Council to the Ordinance, in Page 1,

APRIL 19, 1760505Line 10, by inserting the word “Oxen” was, upon the Question being putthereupon, disagreed with by the House.An Amendment was proposed, vizt., in Clause A, Line 6th, after theWords, “Twenty hundred Weight” add “and no Waggon shall be liable to carry anygreater Weight.”And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed unto by the House.And the said Ordinance was read a third time throughout; and severalAmendments were made, by the House, to the Ordinance.Resolved, That the Ordinance do pass.Ordered, That Mr. Pinckney do carry the Ordinance to the Council,and desire their Concurrence.Motion being made, and the Question being put, that a Letter be sentto Mr. Elliott at his own Expence.It passed in the Negative.Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do write a Letter to acquaint Mr.Elliott that the House requires his Attendance (all Excuses being laid aside)immediately upon the service of the House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 19th Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Council, by Mr. Bassnett;Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Upon reading a third time the “Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horses andDrivers, to be employed in His Majesty’s Service,” we propose the Words “andDrivers,” in the Title of the said Ordinance be left out, and the Word “and,”be inserted immediately before the Word “Horses.”In the Upper House of Assembly, the 18th Day of April 1760.By Order of the House, Edmd. Atkin, President.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the Amendment contained in the said Message, being Twice read,was disagreed with by the House.And the following Answer to the said Message was drawn, Vizt,Honorable Gentlemen,For Answer to your Message just now received, containing an Amendmentwhich you propose to the “Ordinance to authorize the impressing,

506 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760regulating the hire, and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horses andDrivers to be employed in His Majesty’s Service,” we have disagreed with yourAmendment for leaving out the Words “and Drivers.”Ordered That Mr. Wragg and Mr. Guerard do carry the Message andOrdinance to the Council.Ordered That an Answer be prepared to the Lieutenant Governor’sMessage of the 16th Instant.And accordingly the following one was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,Having considered your Message of the 16th Instant, recommending tous to enable your Honour, by the effectual power of Law, to assist HisMajesty’s Troops sent hither by his Excellency General Amherst in expeditingthe necessary Article of Waggons; we humbly beg leave to acquaint yourHonour, that we have passed and sent to His Majesty’s Council an Ordinancefor that purpose: Which we hope we shall very soon be enabled to presentfor your Honour’s Assent.The above Address being twice read: An Amendment was proposed,vizt., in Line 4th leave out the Word, “humbly.”And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Ordered That the Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governor byMr. Pinckney and Mr. Stoutenburgh.A Writ which was issued for the electing of a Member to serve in thispresent General Assembly, for the Parish of St. Peter, in the room of theHonorable Egerton Leigh Esqr., now a Member of His Majesty’s Council,being returned, the said Return was read, by which it appeared that SamuelCarne Esqr. was duly elected for the said Parish.And the House being informed that Mr. Carne attended at the Door, hewas called in, and Mr. Speaker, by order of the House acquainted him with hishaving been returned for the said Parish, and asked him if he was willing to serveas a Member of this House, to which he answered in the Affirmative.Ordered That Charles Pinckney Esqr., a Member of this House, and oneof His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, do administer the Oath appointed bythe Election Law to be taken by all Persons who shall serve as Members ofthe General Assembly, to Mr. Carne.And Mr. Pinckney administer[ed] the said Oath accordingly.Ordered That Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Stoutenburgh do attend the LieutenantGovernor with Mr. Carne and humbly desire his Honour to permithim to take the Oaths, and make and subscribe the Declaration, and takeand subscribe the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Laws made for thosepurposes.

APRIL 19, 1760507The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew: And being returned, Mr.Pinckney reported to the House that Mr. Carne had taken the Oaths beforethe Lieutenant Governor.And then Mr. Carne took his Seat as a Member of the House.Mr. Laurens reported from the Committee to whom the Petition ofdivers Inhabitants of Charles-Town, in behalf of themselves and others wasreferred, that they had examined the Matter of the said Petition, and humblyrecommend to the House,That a Bill be brought in to prevent as much as may be the furtherspreading of the Small-Pox in the said Town.Ordered that the said Report be considered next Tuesday Morning.A Petition of Levi Durand, Rector of St. John’s, and Alexander Garden,Rector of St. Thomas’s Parishes, was presented to the House, and read, settingforth, That the Petitioners for some years past have laboured under anill state of health, and have been advised to change of Climate as the mosteffectual means for the recovery of their health, in order thereto they takethe opportunity of a Vessel ready to sail for Rhode Island: And humbly prayingthat their Salaries may be continued to them during their absence, forsuch a space of time as the House shall allow of &c.Resolved That the Salaries of the said Levi Durand & Alexander Gardenbe continued during their Absence from this Province, not exceedingNine Months.Mr. Wragg acquainted the House that Mr. Guerard and himself had pursuantto their Order carried the Message with the Ordinance to the CouncilChamber, where he (Mr. Wragg) on his entrance within the Door of the CouncilChamber, read the Message to the Members there present. But that the Presidentof the Council would not receive the Message, unless it was delivered nearthe Head of the Council Table, where he then stood; whereupon they withdrew:And Mr. Wragg prayed the directions of the House therein.Ordered That Mr. Wragg and Mr. Guerard do go to the Council-Chamberand acquaint the Council that they have a Message to deliver at their Bar.The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew.And being returned, Mr. Wragg reported that they had delivered theMessage: And that the President of the Council came a few Steps, below theGovernor’s Chair, and said he would receive their Message there, that theyhad no Bar.Ordered, That the said Gentlemen do deliver the said Message at thePlace where the President of the Council offered to receive it before.Then they again withdrew.And being returned, Mr. Wragg acquainted the House that the Councilhad adjourned.

508 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,As nothing can tend more effectually to render the present Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians decisive than attacking them in various Placesat the same Time which must draw their attention different ways, divide theirForces, and throw them into the greatest confusion and consternation; I amdesirous of employing proper Men to lead a Party of the far Chickesaws, ourbrave and faithful Friends, to attack the Cherokees on their Western Frontier,while a Party of the Upper Creeks alarm them on the Southern in onePlace and a Party of the Lower Creeks in another, both led on by bold Englishmen:And the Chickesaws at New Savannah, whom Mr. Adair, with aCommission not giving pay, has undertaken to lead, may act as an advancedor Scouting Party, to gain daily Intelligence for Colonel Montgomery, whenhe approaches the Enemy.I would give a Lieutenant’s Commission to the Person who heads thefar Chickesaws, the Upper and Lower Creeks, on the establishment of thenew voted Regiment; which may intitle them to some Pay while they are onthis fatiguing and desperate Service.But in case those Commissions which were put by Governor Lytteltoninto the hands of several of the Colonels of the Militia to find proper Menfor them, should all be disposed of already, I would desire you to make someprovision for such Services. If you think proper to do this I shall give themCaptain’s Commissions, which being of higher Rank may inspire the Officerswith more Ambition to distinguish themselves.The Express charged with these Matters shall set off next Monday as thegreat distance requires great dispatch, that there may be a proper timing ofthe Co-operations.I also recommend to your Consideration the raising the Rewards forScalps, which will encourage Indians, as well as White Men, to run more risquein annoying the Enemy.William Bull.And also a Message from the Council.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the “Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire and ascertaining the Value of Waggons, Carts, Horses

APRIL 19, 1760509and Drivers to be employed in His Majesty’s Service,” without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered That the Ordinance be ingrossed.Then Mr. Speaker read the Lieutenant Governor’s Message to theHouse.And the said Message being read a second time.Resolved, that this House will make provision for paying the Sum of FiftyPounds per Month to such Person to whom his Honour the Lieutenant Governorshall be pleased to give a Captain’s Commission to head the UpperChickesaws; and the like Pay to Mr. Adair who has undertaken to head theChickesaws at New Savannah; And the like Pay to such Person as shall becommissioned by his Honour to head the Upper Creeks; And the like Payto such Person as his Honour shall commission to head the Lower Creeks.Then the Question being put that a Reward of £50 be given for the Scalpof every Cherokee Indian Man to any Person whoever taking such Scalp.It passed in the Negative.And the Question being put that any greater Reward than that alreadyvoted by the House, be granted for the Scalps of Cherokee Indian Men.It was resolved in the Affirmative.Resolved That this House will make Provision for paying the sum ofThirty five Pounds as a Reward for the Scalp of every Cherokee Indian Man(upon the same being delivered up and destroyed) to the Person by whomsuch Indian shall be slain: Such person not being in His Majesty’s Pay or thePay of this Province.And the following Answer to the Lieutenant Governor’s Message wasdrawn; Vizt.May it please your Honour,We have taken your Honour’s Message just now received into consideration;and have resolved to make provision for paying till the 1st Day of Julynext, the sum of £50 per Month to such Person to whom your Honour shallplease to give a Captain’s Commission to head the Upper Chickesaws; thelike Pay to Mr. Adair who has undertaken to lead the Chickesaws at New-Savannah;the like Pay to such Person as shall be commissioned by your Honourto head the Upper Creeks; and the like Pay to such Person as shall be commissionedby your Honour to head the Lower Creeks.And we have likewise resolved to make provision for paying the sum of£35 as a Reward for the Scalp of every Cherokee Indian Man, (upon the samebeing delivered up to be destroyed) to the Person by whom such Indian shallbe slain: Provided that such Person be not in His Majesty’s Pay, or the Payof this Government.

510 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Ordered that the above Address be presented to his Honour by Mr.Guerard and Mr. Rattray.The Ordinance being ingrossed, according to Order, was laid upon theTable.Ordered That Mr. Roper and Mr. Laurens do examine the said Ordinancewith such Members of the Council as shall be appointed for that purpose,and procure the Great Seal to be affixed thereto, and afterward waitupon the Lieutenant Governor and humbly know his pleasure when he willbe attended by the House.The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew; And being returned,Mr. Laurens reported to the House that the Ordinance had been examinedby the Members of the Council who were appointed for that purposeand that the Great-Seal is affixed thereto; and that the Lieutenant Governorhaving been waited upon humbly to know his pleasure when his Honourwould be attended by the House, had been pleased to say he is now readyto receive the House in the Council Chamber.And accordingly, Mr. Speaker with the House went up to attend theLieutenant Governor in the Council Chamber.And being returned,Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had attended the LieutenantGovernor in the Council Chamber, where his Honour had been pleased togive his Assent to “an Ordinance to authorize the impressing, regulating thehire and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horses and Drivers to beemployed in His Majesty’s Service.”And then the House adjourned till Monday Afternoon, Five of the Clock.Monday the 21st Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Nine of the Clock.Tuesday the 22d Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningNine of the Clock.Wednesday the 23d Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of Saturday’s Proceedings.Ordered That no Member do presume to go out of Town, without theleave of the House.

APRIL 23, 1760511A Motion being made and the Question being put that some of thePhysicians in Charles Town be ordered to attend, at the Bar of the House,to be examined upon the subject Matter of the Petition of divers Inhabitantsof the said Town in behalf of themselves and others.It passed in the Negative.Then the House took the Report from the Committee to whom the saidPetition was referred into consideration.And the said Petition was read a second time.Then the Report being read a second time.Ordered That leave be given to bring in a Bill for preventing (as muchas may be) the continuance of the Small-Pox in Charles [Town], and thefurther spreading of that Distemper in this Province. And that Mr. Guerard,Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Laurens, Mr. Mazyck and Mr. Pinckney do prepare andbring in the same.A Motion being made,Resolved, That the Pay to be provided for the several Militia Men whowent with the late Governour on an Expedition against the Cherokee Indians,do commence from the Times the respective Detachments enter’d uponService, and be continued till the Tenth Day of January last.Then the Question being put, that Pay be provided for a supernumeraryLieutenant mentioned in the Muster Roll of Colonel Chevillette’s Detachment.It passed in the Negative.Order’d, That it be an Instruction to the Committee who were appointedto audit the Public Accounts that they do in their Reports upon theseveral Muster-Rolls of the Militia Men who went on the same allow privateMen’s Pay to the several supernumerary Officers who went on the said Expedition;and add the same to the Pay resolved to be provided for Officersof the like Rank in each respective Corps; and then to make an equal divisionof the same, to be paid proportionably to such Officers, respectively, asdid duty in the said several Corps.A Message from the Council, by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants, and of the Majorityof the Owners and Proprietors of Houses and Lands in Elliott Street inCharles-Town, addressed to the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.The Accounts of the following Persons were severally read, vizt.Lachlan McIntosh, for the carriage of Presents to the Creeks, amountingto £144.

512 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760James Beamer (2 Certificates) for the Carriage of Provisions to FortLoudoun.Cornelius Cokely for the like Service, amounting to £133:17.John Fairchild, for entertaining the Cherokee Indians, amounting to£47:12:6.Elizabeth Snipes, for a Slave executed, £100.William Osborne, Constable, (2 Accounts) for Fees on the Trial of Slavesamounting to £21:16:3.John Hamilton, Constable, (2 Accounts) one for the like Service £41:5,and the other for a Slave executed £200.Jacob Motte Esqr., Public Treasurer, two Accounts, one amounting to£38,788:17:7 being Monies advanced in pursuance of Orders of this House andthe other amounting to £1629:15 being Cash paid to sundry Persons for PublicServices.And the following Person’s Accounts, being all for the Service of thelate Expedition, vizt.Henry Lucas for sundry Articles £903:7:5.Thomas Burton for a Horse £20.John Cannon for Hogs £33:8:9.George Austin Esqr. for a pair of Cart wheels £12:10.William Mackin, for Provisions, £35.Charles Faucheraud Esqr. for a Horse impressed.Theophilus Norwood for Provisions £3.John Michael for a Steer £10.Alexander McIntosh for a Cart and Horse £85.John Rowell (2 Accounts) for Provisions £73:19:6.Matthias Wiaker for 1724 lb. Wt. of Flour.Michael Hyler for 32 Bushels of Indian Corn.Bernard Hyler for 8 Hogs £42:15.Samuel Irwin (2 Accounts) for Flour and Waggon hire.Christian Theus for 167 lb. weight of Flour.Jacob Nearts, for the hire of a Cart and three Horses.Terence Reily (2 Accounts) for Butter and for waggon hire.Mary Langley for two Horses impressed.Jacob Boukman (5 Accounts) For flour and other Articles.Stephen Eleazer for a Steer.Thomas Kennelly (2 Accounts) for Cattle and for Waggon hire.John Scott for Cattle and Horses impressed (2 Accounts).John Young for a Horse impressed.Charles Hart for Provisions.George Smith for a Horse impressed.

APRIL 24, 1760513Jacob Tabb for a Cart and three Horses.Adam Summers for Waggon hire.Sr. John Colleton Baronet for a Horse impressed.John Aberley for Provisions.Adam Ebting (2 Accounts) for Flour and for Waggon hire.George Egleberger for Flour £30.Andrew Thomas for Flour impressed.Peter Roat for Provisions.George Derames for a Horse impressed.Matthias Wiaker for hire of a Cart and Horses.Nicholas Fetherholf for Provisions £44:4.John Bickle for Provisions.John Rawl for Waggon hire.Ward and Leger for Swan Shot.Henry Stromer for 5 Bushels of Indian Corn.Ordered That the said Accounts be severally referred to the considerationof the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts;and that they do examine the same and report their Opinion thereupon tothe House.Resolved (upon the Question) That no Public Accounts be read afterthis Day, during the present Session of the General Assembly.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of theClock.Thursday the 24th Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Drayton reported from the Committee who were appointed to viewthe Arms in the Public Armory, that they had view’d the said Arms accordinglyand had directed him to report the State of the same to the House; andhe read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable: Where the same was read and is as follows, vizt.That on inspection the Committee find in the Armory, 910 Musquets,9 large Musquets, 2 large Buccaneer Pieces and three Pistols all in good order.110 Musquets and 25 trading Guns, wanting repair.479 Bayonets without Scabbards, 90 Bayonets with Scabbards, 298 BayonetScabbards, 152 Cutlasses, 4 Halberts, 56 Cartouch Boxes, and a smallQuantity of Match.A Petition of Martha Miller, Widow, Executrix of the last Will and Testamentof Samuel Miller deceased; was presented to the House and read;

514 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760setting forth, That the said Samuel Miller, jointly with Isaiah Brunett sincealso deceased, formerly agreed with the Commissioners appointed to buildthe State-House, to perform the Carpenter’s Work, find Materials &c. necessaryfor the same, and, in consequence thereof, did proceed and finishtheir Engagements with the said Commissioners. That the Balance due tothe said Miller’s Estate is £1154:0:11 1 /2 principal Money, agreable to Accountsdelivered the said Commissioners, an Extract whereof is annexed to the saidPetition. That the Petitioner is left with two small Children and with verylittle means of support, her Husband’s low Estate being involved, and noprospect to extricate the same, but by the receipt of the Money now appliedfor with Interest. The Petitioner begs leave to annex also an Account for lossof Time, occasion’d by the several Courts of Sessions, Common Pleas, andAdmiralty being held in the State-House, during the time the Carpenterswere engaged and obliged to work there, but ordered to desist in those Intervalsas the Noise interrupted the Proceedings of the said Courts: Andhumbly praying the House will grant such Relief in the Premises as they intheir great Wisdom shall think most meet.Ordered That the Petition be referred to the Consideration of the Committeewho were appointed to audit the Public Accounts, and that they doexamine the Matter of the said Petition, and report the same with their opinionthereupon, to the House.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committeewho were appointed to audit the Public Accounts, into consideration, whichis as follows; vizt.The Committee have (pursuant to the Order of the House) examinedthe Accounts of the following Persons (to wit)1. Mary Wood for entertainment of Indians £18 (certified by JosephAxon) which the Committee are of Opinion should be paid when properlyattested.2. McCarten and Campbell for Presents £551:15:8, ought to be allowed.3. Certificate of Joseph Axon for Mary Wood, £5. As neither the numberof Indians nor the Time are specified, the Committee cannot allow it.4. Christopher Rowe, for One Day’s Provisions for 48 Indians, £12:10,to be paid when attested.5. Christopher Rowe (a 2d Account) for entertaining 90 Indians, £29,to be paid when certified and attested.6. Christopher Rowe (a 3d Account) for the same Service, to be paidwhen certified and attested.7. Judith Postell, £32:12:6 for Prisoners, £15 for Indians, £47:12:6 allowed.8. Ensign Lachlan McIntosh, £387:5, whereof £198:15 is for Presents andProvisions to the Indians at Fort Prince George, ought not to be allowed; £100

APRIL 24, 1760515thereof for 4 Month’s Pay to an Interpreter; we find that this House resolved thelast Year to provide £60 for this Service, but cannot find that it was inserted inthe Schedule; we therefore think the said Sum of £60, together with £88:10 forRepairs to Fort Prince George, making together £148:10, should be allowed.9. Sarah Nightingale for entertaining Indians, their Attendants andHorses, £444:4:3 allowed.10. Henry Gallman for entertaining Indians 5 Days, £86 allowed, becausethey were detained by The Governor.11. William Young for the like Service £18:12:6 allowed.12. Tew and Berry for making Cloaths for the Indians £23:5 allowed.13. John Stuart for Presents to the Indians and Provisions to the Troopsdeliver’d to Mr. Chevillette: The Committee do not allow this Account, becausethey know of no Authority Captain Stuart had to make Presents to theIndians and because the King finds the Troops in Provisions.14. John Bard, assigned to Michael Kelteison, for the Carriage of 1000lb. weight of Gunpowder to Fort Prince-George, £70 allowed.15. Claudius Richburgh for entertaining Indians £20:5 allowed.16. James McKelvy for the like Service £19:17:6 allowed.17. Susanna Davidson for the like Service £32:2:6, neither the numberof Indians, nor the Time they stayed is mentioned; and the other Chargesare unusual; therefore the Committee reject the whole Account.18. Peter Witten for the like Service £52:13:9 allowed.19. George Galphin, a Certificate of Edmond Atkin Esqr. in his favourfor the carriage of Indian Presents £810. Upon looking into a Resolution ofthis House of the 19th May 1758, the Committee are of Opinion this Certificateshou’d be allowed.20. John Dodd, Gunsmith, for mending Indian Guns £72:15, allowed.21. Jared Neilson, for entertaining Indians, neither certified nor attested,disallowed.Constable’s Fees for Criminals.22. James Cooper, Constable, £10:13:9, allowed.23. Israel Syers for executing Criminals £17:12:6, in which we find Overcharges£4:10. Balance £13:2:6 allowed.24. William Bonneau for the like service £24:3:9, overcharged for Mileage7/6, for Guard £4:10, for executing £3; Balance £16:6:3 allowed.25. John Marion, Constable, for the like Service, £10:2:6 indorsed toArchibald and Richard Park Stobo, allowed.26. Day, Besileu and Viart, for the like Service, £27:2:6. The Committeehave deducted 10s for attendance, £3:15 for Overcharges in executing thefirst time, and submit it to the House whether any allowance should be madefor the second Execution.

516 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 176027. Day and Bessilieu for the like service £17. The Committee deduct£1 for Attendances and £5 for Execution, the Balance £11 allowed.28. George Day, £34:7:6 for the like Service, the Committee have deductedfor the Expences of the Constable and his Assistant £4. Expence forHorses £2, Serving Warrant 10/ and Mileage £3:5; Balance £24:12:6.29. William Webber for 15 Days searching for Humphry Primus andJohn Pendarvis £45. The Treasurer has already paid this Man £22:10 whichwe think is sufficient for the service.30. Martin Howard for the like service £7, allowed.31. Northcutte Webber for the like service £162. The Treasurer has alreadypaid this Person £81 which the Committee think is sufficient for theservice.32. Hugh Crawford for the like Service £14:17:6. The Committee deduct£2 for Execution, Balance £12:17:6 allowed.33. Isaac Rembert for the like Service £31:17, short cast 12/3, allowed£32:9:3.34. Isaac Rembert, 2d Account for summoning Jurors on an Inquest,£6:15 allowed.35. A Third Account of the same Person for Slaves executed, £7:7:6, allowed.36. A Fourth Account of the same Person for the like service £6, allowed.37. Jacob Ladson for the like service £7, deduct Mileage £1, Balance £6allowed.38. William Beasley, Certificate of Stephen Bull Esqr. in his favour fora Horse and Cart to carry Prisoners, no Sum is mentioned, but the Committeeare for allowing £6 for this service.39. Martha Logan for a Slave executed £160 and Ann Clark £40, allowed.40. Margaret Handlin for a Slave executed £200, allowed.41. William Raven for three Slaves executed £600, allowed.42. John Pamor £100 and Padden Bond £100 for a Slave executed, allowed.43. Thomas Bradwell for a Slave executed £100, allowed.44. Thomas Shoemaker for a Slave executed £100, allowed.45. Archibald Stanyarne for a Slave executed £100, allowed.46. Christopher Holson, Warden of the Work House, for the imprisonmentand maintenance of Criminal Slaves £22:15, allowed.47. A second Account of the same Person for the like Service, £18:12:6,allow’d.48. James Lingard for repairs to the Watch House and other Services,£44:14:6, allowed.

APRIL 24, 176051749. William Hall, overcharged for making a Gibbet £15, Ditto a Gallows£5, the Balance £258:15 allowed.50. Carne and Wilson for Spanish Brown for the Watch House, £25:4,allowed.51. Frederic Stroble for repairs to the Watch-House £510, allowed.52. Michael Jeane for Glazier’s Work at the Watch-House and Barracks£14:9:4 1 /2, allowed.53. Thomas Plunket for Candles supplied the Charles-Town Guard£30:10, allowed.54. Jonathan Scott for a Cord of Wood for the said Guard £3, allowed.55. Jerome Courtonne for carriage of Presents to the Chickesaws £1370,allowed.56. Same Person a 2d Account for the like Service £990, neither certifiednor attested, not allowed.57. Benjamin Harvey for Sundries for the use of the Council Chamber£17:0:7 1 /2, allowed. There is a Charge for one Year’s service of a Negro, leftBlank; which Service think nothing should be provided for because there isa Salary allowed by the Public for that Service.58. Isaac Atwood for the Carriage of Ammunition and Medicines fromKewohee to Fort Loudoun £131:10:4, allowed.59. Elias Legardere for boarding French Prisoners £5, overcharged £1:5,Balance £3:15 allowed.60. Same Person a second Account for landing Gun Powder upon hisWharf £3:12:6, allowed.61. John Remington, for Pails for the Forces, £131, allowed.62. William Harvey for Fire-wood for the Garrison at Fort Lyttelton £60,to be paid out of the Fund for the Provincials.63. Justinus Stoll for Iron-work for the State-House £11:17:6, to be paidout of the Fund appropriated for finishing the State-House.64. Edward Lightwood for the use of Granville’s Bastion £17:13:1 1 /2, allowed.65. Smith and Brewton amounting to £353:19:9 in which we find an Overchargein one Article of Bullets 4/ per 112 lb. amounting to £1:6:9, the Balance£352:13 to be allowed.66. Mary Harvey for taking care of the State-House, one Year, allowed£100.67. William Banbury for Cannon Shot &c. supplied in 1757 for the Fortsin Charles-Town £123:13:2, allowed.68. Adam Wood for Prisoners amounting to £901:3, in which Sum is included£150 for summoning Jurors to be provided agreable to Law under it’sproper Head in the Schedule, the Remainder £751:3 allowed.

518 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 176069. Jane Duthy for a Pendant for Fort Johnson, to be allowed, £7.70. Jonathan Badger, for taking Care of the Assembly Room &c.amounting to £51, allowed.71. Thomas Anderson, Constable, for conveying John Roberts to Goalamounting to £38:12:6. Of which the Treasurer paid £19 on the Certificateof the Magistrate who committed him, the Balance the Committee disallowuntil such time as it appears with the Particulars.72. William Beasely for summoning Jurors on an Inquest £4, allowed.73. John George Smithpetre for carriage of Provisions &c. to Kewohee£429:8, allowed.74. Chief Justice & Clerk of the Crown, Fees on prosecuting Criminals,the former amounting to £112:13:5 and the latter to £90:15. The Committeeobserve that the Charges are greatly increased for these services and theforms in the Proceeding multiplied inasmuch as to make double the Articlesin each Account more than were charged by former Officers; which they areof Opinion is a practise greatly detrimental to the Public and ought, in everyInstance to be discouraged: And as they have had recourse to a numberof Accounts heretofore delivered in for the like Service; whereby itappears that the usual Charge on each Prosecution amounted to £3:4:2 tothe Chief-Justice and £3:16:3 to the Clerk; the Committee have thought it justto regulate the present Account by the former practise; and therefore deductingall above that Sum on each Article; and some other unusual Charges,leaves a Balance due to the Chief Justice of £63:5:9 and to the Clerk of £59:5,which they recommend to be allowed.75. An Account of the Governor and Secretary for Fees; The Governor£94:5, the Secretary £370:19:6. In this Account is a Charge of £2 to the Governorand £3:15 to the Secretary for a Commission to Edmond Atkin Esqr.as Agent to the Creeks; which, as the Committee know of no such Officeragreed to by the House, which was sitting about that time, they think oughtnot to be allowed. There are also several Articles under cast to the Secretary’sprejudice amounting to £1:12. The Balance to be allowed is £92:5 to TheGovernor and £368:16:6 to the Secretary.76. The Church Wardens of St. Philip Charles-Town, for Supplies to theAcadians from 1st January 1759 to Easter following, £854:4:2. And for Suppliesto Invalid Soldiers and their Wives and Children, £433:0:8, amounting in thewhole to £1287:4:10.77. James Henderson for Candles supplied the South Carolina Regiment£305:8:6 and for the Independents £50:10, and the Artillery 19/. TheCommittee are of Opinion that the Candles supplied the Carolina Regimentshou’d be paid out of the Fund appropriated for that Regiment; and theRemainder £51:9 should be allowed.

APRIL 24, 176051978. Thomas Plunkett for a Drummer for the Charles-Town Guard, £4,not allowed.79. John Bury for the like Service, £8:10, not allowed.80. Childermas Croft, Clerk of the Assembly, £2060:16:3 allowed.81. David Graeme Esqr., Attorney General, £697:7:6. The Committeeallow the whole of this Account except £20 for two Opinions on the Tax Actand Militia Law, which the Committee deduct because the Fee Law providesfor no such Fees.82. A Petition of Thomas Shoemaker, to be paid for a Slave who waskilled in taking a runaway Slave. Tho’ no provision is made in any Law forsuch Cases as this, yet in consideration that the said Negro, who was a veryvaluable Slave, lost his Life, not only in a lawful but commendable Action,the Committee are for allowing £200 to the said Shoemaker.83. A Petition of John Chevillette to be paid an Order in his favourdrawn by Raymond Demeré, for ten Kegs of Rum for the Indians at FortLoudoun. Captain Raymond Demere having informed the Committee thatthe Rum mentioned in the above Order was carried to Fort Loudoun uponMr. Chevillette’s and not upon the Public account; and that if the Rum hadnot been carried into the Nation the Indians wou’d not have insisted on it.For discouraging such Practises for the future, disallow this Order.84. William Bonneau, Constable, for conveying James Allen to Goal,£9:2:6; the Committee have deducted £5:6:3, and recommend the Balance,£3:16:3, to be allowed.85. John Swint, for Medicines administred to the Prisoners in Goal £86:5,allowed. The Committee being informed that there are Persons in Town whowill attend and administer Medicines to Prisoners at a cheaper Rate, recommendthat the Commissary should be ordered for the future to agree withsome Person for that Service.86. Thomas Foster, a Certificate in his favour by Lachlan McIntosh fortwo Months Service as Interpreter at Fort Prince George, £50. The Committeehave deducted £10 per Month from this Certificate, according to a Resolutionof this House.87. John Taylor, a Certificate in his favour by Paul Demere, for 3 Month’sPay as Butcher at Fort Loudoun, £30. As no Pay has ever been allowed bythe House for this Service the Committee do not allow this Certificate.88. Samuel Hopkins, for a Horse for Ensign Miln to go to Port-Royaland back again, £20. This is a new and extraordinary Charge, the Committeedo not allow it.89. The Church-Wardens of St. Philip for sick Acadians £158:17:6, allowed.90. Henry Lucas, a Certificate by Paul Demeré, in his favour for £59:14for the carriage of Sundries from Kewohee to Fort Loudoun, allowed.

520 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 176091. John Kitt, for 6 Days, attendance as Interpreter to the Creeks andChickesaws £60. The Committee think £5 per Day is enough for the serviceand therefore recommend £30 to be allowed.92. Robert Goudy for Indians £30:15, allowed, when attested.93. Samuel Ben, an Order drawn in his favour by Paul Demeré, &indorsed to John McQueen £31:7:6, as the Articles for which this Order wasgiven are not very usual, the Committee recommend the consideration ofit to the House.94. John Hatton, a Certificate in his favour, drawn by Lachlan McIntosh,indorsed to John McQueen and Company, for £101:10 for carriage ofProvisions from Kewohee to Fort Loudoun, overcharged £1 per hundred,reduces it to £87, which the Committee allow.95. Captain John Postell, a Certificate from John Chevillette, importingthat the said Chevillette had given several Certificates to the said Postellfor the Articles contained in the first mentioned Certificate £322:15, Overcast£6:5, Balance £316:10 allowed.96. Henry Lucas, a Certificate in his favour from Smith and Nutt importingthat Captain Demere had certified to them that the said Henry Lucashad delivered 836 lb. Flour at Fort Loudoun, £50:3, allowed.97. Robert Goudy, for victualling Indians indorsed to McQueen & Company£28, allowed when attested.98. Robert Goudy for the like Service indorsed to John McQueen £8:5,allowed, when attested.99. Robert Goudy for entertainment of Indians, certified by one Davis,an Interpreter, £15 allowed, when attested.100. Robert Goudy, a Certificate in his favour, from Joseph Axon, forentertainment of Indians £30, overcharged one Day £15, Balance £15, allowedwhen attested.101. Robert Goudy, a Certificate in his favour from William Pinckney,Commissary, and Captain John Stuart, for carriage of Provisions & Storesfrom Charles-Town to Fort Loudoun £350 allowed.102. Cornelius Cokely, a Certificate in his favour from Captain PaulDemeré for carriage of Provisions to Fort Loudoun £96:18:9, indorsed to JohnMcQueen & Company, allowed.103. Thomas Smith, a Certificate in his favour from John Chevillettedated 6th August 1757 for 8 Months and 18 Days Pay, as Gunsmith at FortLoudoun at £15, amounting to £129; indorsed to John McQueen and Company,allowed.104. Robert Anderson, Certificate in his favour from Paul Demeré, forcarriage of Flour and Salt from Kewohee to Fort Loudoun, £64:17 allowed.105. John Winburn, a Certificate in his favour from Paul Demeré for

APRIL 24, 1760521carriage of Powder and Ball from Kewohee to Fort Loudoun, amounting to£38:17:6, indorsed to John McQueen & Company, allowed.106. John Winburn for carriage of Baggage and Provisions fromKewohee to Fort Loudoun £36, certified by Captain John Stuart and indorsedto McQueen and Company, allowed.107. Isaac Atwood for carriage of Salt from Kewohee to Fort Loudoun£18:7:2, certified by Captain Demeré and indorsed to John McQueen, allowed.108. John McQueen & Company for the use of Indians £2,250:2:9, inwhich Sum is included a Certificate in favour of Robert Goudy for £350, allowedin the 101st Article of this Report, the Balance £1900:2:9 to be paid.109. Ancrum, Lance and Loocock for the Forces and Indians, amountingto £125:12:6, overcast £3:10, the Balance £122:2:6 allowed.110. Margaret Olivere for dieting a French Prisoner in the Barracks£40:6:3, allowed.111. William Harvey for Hay for the Forces £136, allowed.112. Archibald Withers for carting for the Forces in 1757, £24:12:6, allowed.113. Clement Lampriere for a Horse impressed by Michael Coldiron,on the Public Service 26 Days at 20/, this being a Matter hitherto disallowedof, the Committee now also disallow it.114. John Grinnan for apprehending John Roberts for the murder ofGeorge Whitecotton agreable to His Excellency’s Proclamation, £200, allowed.115. Justinus Stoll for Blacksmith’s Work, amounting to £274:3:3, allowed.116. Lambert Lance, for hire of Tenements for the Forces in 1758, theBalance £83:6:8, allowed.117. Laurens, Motte & Company, for Indians, the Forces, and the Expeditionamounting to £1653:6:9, of which £1198:10:10 is for Articles furnishedfor the Indian Expedition and the Remainder for the other Services, thewhole to be allowed.118. John Kesson, for Constable’s Fees £41:7:6, allowed.119. John Kesson, a second Account for Constable’s Fees £11:1:3, allowed.120. Henry Lucas, Certificate in his favour by Captain Demeré for theCarriage of Gun-powder and Flour from Kewohee to Fort Loudoun. No Sumis mentioned for this Service in the Certificate, but the Committee have castup the Carriage at the usual Rate of £6, which makes £38:0:9, of which he hasreceived in part £6:14, the Balance £31:6:9, allowed.121. John Stevens, three Certificates in his favour by Captain Demeréfor Wages as Public Carpenter from 16th August 1758 to 16th May last whichis 9 Months at £20 per Month, £180. Upon examining the Journals, the Committeefind that this Person was formerly allowed by the House £15 perMonth, for this Service, which reduces the Sum to be allowed to £135.

522 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760122. William Shorey, four Certificates in his favour by Captain Demeréfor 17 Month’s Pay as Public Interpreter at Fort Loudoun from 14th August1758 to 14th January 1760, £315. The Committee observe that this House cameto a Resolution on the 22d March last, to allow no fixed Salary for an Interpreterat Fort Prince George, for which reason the Committee cannot thinkof making such an Allowance for Fort Loudoun, but recommend this matterto the consideration of the House.123. Henry Beacon, two Certificates in his favour drawn by Paul Demeréfor £120 for 6 Months Service in keeping the Glacis in repair from 1st August1758 to 1st February 1759. The Committee think that fixed Salaries for suchServices are improper, and therefore do not allow these Certificates.124. Thomas Smith, three Certificates in his favour by Paul Demeré £180,for a Salary as Whitesmith at £15 per Month; the Committee observe that only£10 per Month for this Service was formerly allowed, and have reduced thisSum to £120.125. Robert Fairweather, a Petition to be paid an Account for the boardof Officers. This Account has been twice brought in and as often rejectedby the House, therefore the Committee cannot allow it without infringingthe Resolutions of the House, but beg leave to recommend it to the reconsiderationof the House.126. Church-Wardens of St. Philip’s Parish, for invalid Soldiers Wivesand Children £973:18:7 3 /4 allowed.127. Fire Master’s Account, vizt. Barnard Beckman for Pumps &c. forthe Wells in Charles-Town £52:12:6, and for working the Engines &c. £101:14,making £154:6:6 to be allowed.George Sheed for the Engines £48:10 to be allowed.Richard Muncrief for the Engines £66:10 to be allowed.James Verree for the Engines £56:10, for Buckets £13:12:6, making £70:2:6to be allowed: Which Sums are directed by Law to be paid by the Inhabitantsof Charles-Town.128. James Wright Esqr., Agent, for Disbursments, amounting to £105:16:9Sterling, in currency £740:17:3, to be allowed. The Committee recommendthe Treasurer may be directed to remit this Money, and also the Salary, inBills of Exchange, free of all Charge.129. Robert Boyd, for freight of Gun Carriages, Shot &c. in 1758 & 1759,£63:10, allowed.130. John Kesson for supplying Catawba Indians to and from Townamounting to £46, to be allowed.131. John Kesson, Constable, Fees amounting to £8:18:9 (an overchargeof £1 being deducted), the Balance £7:3:9 to be allowed.132. John Kesson, Constable, for Fees £8:10, allowed £6:7:6.

APRIL 24, 1760523133. Doctor James Thomson, for attendance on the Command at FortLyttelton amounting to £78:15. The Committee think if any thing is due tothis Gentleman it shou’d be paid out of the Money granted for Pay of thoseTroops.134. John Bull Esqr. for the maintenance of Acadians in 1757, £154, notbeing certified in the manner required from other Persons in the like case,we disallow it till that is done.135. Francis James, for entertaining Indians, amounting to £7:10, allowed.136. Conrad Holman, 3 Accounts for entertaining Indians, so obscurethat the Committee cannot determine any thing concerning them until betterascertained.137. Thomas Lining, Petition and Account amounting to £125 for Rentof two Rooms for Captain Roderic McKenzie. Tho’ by the Resolution of theHouse the Committee cannot absolutely allow this Charge, being after theTime the House agreed to pay to, yet as the Person charged for was introducedinto the Petitioner’s House by a Public Officer, and by that means gotfooting there, which it was not easy to dispossess him of, they beg leave tosubmit the hardship he lies under to the reconsideration of the House.138. Joseph Moody for Candles for the Guard amounting to £16:10, allowed.139. George Rogers for Provisions and Liquor for Cherokees amountingto £17:10, the Committee have allowed him at the usual Rate of 7/6 perday which reduces the sum to be allowed to £8:5.140. George Rogers for 48 Indians £18 to be allowed, certified by JosephAxon 15 October 1759.141. William Wilson for carriage of Ammunition from Kewohee to FortLoudoun £9:14:6, certified by Captain Paul Demeré, to be allowed.142. Thomas Foster for serving as Interpreter at Fort Prince Georgefrom March to November 1759 inclusive at £15 per Month, certified by LieutenantRichard Coytmore. This being a Salary which the House resolved notto make annual provision for, yet in consideration of the Circumstances ofthe Times, the Committee recommend it may be allowed; amounting to £120,Indorsed to DaCosta and Farr.143. John Elliott for Brass and Tin Kettles delivered Ensign John Bellfor the use of the Carolina Regiment at Fort Prince George, amounting to£56; not being certified by the Officer, we disallow it.144. William Murray, for a Medicine Chest for the use of Fort-PrinceGeorge, £21, allowed.145. Andrew Shipe for entertaining 48 Cherokees, £18, certified by JosephAxon, to be allowed.

524 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760146. John-Conrad Geiger for carriage of Ammunition &c. from Charles-Town to the Congrees £42, he received in part £15, Balance £27, indorsed toHenry Gallman, allowed.147. Henry Gallman for entertaining Indians £34:10, he has charged for2 Days, the Committee deduct one, which makes the Balance £17:5 to be allowed.148. Thomas Wright Esqr. for sundries delivered the Commissary forthe use of the Public £579:18:7, short cast £3:6:8, which makes £583:5:3. Partthereof, vizt. £198:2:8 for the Cherokee Expedition, the Committee allow inthe proper Place, Balance £385:2:6 allowed.149. Thomas Wright Esqr., a second account for sundries £307:15, partwhereof £235:12:6 for Indians, the whole to be allowed.150. Benjamin Haskins for Ferriage & maintenance of a Constable andPrisoner £2:9:4, neither certified nor attested, not allowed.151. Benjamin Haskins, a 2d Account amounting to £9:9:4, of which£2:9:4 for ferriage and £7 for hire of 2 Horses for the Buffs, allowed to be paidout of the Money to be raised for those Companies.152. Samuel Thomas for the Carriage of Sundries from Charles-Townto Kewohee £83:2, indorsed to Paul Townsend & Company, allowed.153. John Gordon, his Petition praying to be allowed £69 deducted froma former Account. It appears to the Committee that the Sum of £69 deductedfrom a former Account, was so deducted on Account of a mistakemade in the said Account; and having been satisfied that the Charges in Mr.Gordon’s Account were made only to the 30th November 1758 they are ofopinion that the said Sum of £69 should be allowed.154 & 155. John Gordon, two Certificates in his favour, for lodging MajorCampbell and Captain Monro from 30th November 1757 to 21st May 1758,amounting to £245:14; as these are upon the same footing with the Accountof Thomas Lining, the Committee beg leave to refer to the 137th Article ofthis Report.156. John Gordon, an Account of Vinegar supplied the Troops £33:10,overcharge 27/6, Balance £31:12:6; Part thereof, vizt. £26:17:6 for the Buffs, tobe paid out of the Fund for that Corps, the Remainder £4:15 to be allowed.157. Andrew Shipe for entertaining Indians £18:15, allowed.158. Gavon Pou, three Certificates for the entertainment of Indians, £49,allowed.159. John Izard’s Estate for entertaining Indians £3:12:6, allowed.160. John Elliott deceased, for Sundries delivered the Indians, amountingto £102:16. The Committee knowing of no Authority Mr. Elliott had todeliver Presents to Indians do not allow this Account.161. James Smith, a Certificate in his favour by Richard Coytmore for

APRIL 24, 1760525repairs at Fort Prince George £30, indorsed to Henrietta Smith, as this appearsto be for a necessary Work the Committee allow it.162. Harvey and Philp for 6 pitching Axes supplied a Detachment ofthe Buffs £9, to be paid out of the Fund for that purpose.163. Christian Retlisperger for Waggon hire £60, allowed as it was byagreement with the Commissary.164. James Rowlain for 2 Cords of Wood for the Town Watch £5, allowed.165. Nathaniel Broughton for 1 /2 Cord of Wood for the same Service,£1:7:6, allowed.166. Henry Gallman for Carriage of Stores from the Congarees to FortPrince George £670, allowed.167. John-George Shindler for the hire of a Waggon. The Commissaryinforms the Committee that he agreed with this Man by the Lump & paidhim for the service. But as he was detained the Committee are of opinionthat he shou’d be allowed £4 per day which amounts to £32.168. Samuel Thomas, for the carriage of Indian Presents from theCongrees to Fort Prince George £20, certified by Lachlan McIntosh, allowed.169. John Armbrister for Bread. The Committee upon inquiry find thatthe Price of Bread at the time this was delivered was £5 per hundred and thatit never is usual to charge for Casks, have allowed £5 per hundred for theBread and deducted the Price of the Casks which reduces the Sum to be allowedto £195:1.170. Christian Kohlar for carting Ammunition to the Armory and WatchHouse.171. Justinus Stoll for Sundries supplied by Governor Glen’s Order whenhe went to build the Fort in the Cherokees in the Year 1756, amounting to£102:15:6, allowed.172. John Howell for Candles supplied the Militia Guard £30:15, allowed.173. Captain John Grinnan, his Muster-Roll of the Company of Rangersunder his Command £839. The Committee have regulated this Muster-Roll by the Resolution of the House of the 13th July last and find that the Sumdue for this Service is £885:15:4. And recommend that the several Personsnamed in the said Muster Roll may be paid the several Sums of Money oppositeto their Names as corrected by the Committee.174. Captain John Fairchild his Muster-Roll of the Company of Rangersunder his Command £1111:8:4, short cast £8:2:8, due £1119:11. Which Sum the Committeerecommend to be paid as settled by them on the said Muster-Roll.175. Alexander Petrie, a Petition of his to be allowed for two Certificatesin favour of John Elliott indorsed to him. The first, for five Kegs of Rumcarried and delivered by the said Elliott to the Indians, the Committee disallow,because ’tis contrary to Law to carry Rum into the Indian Country.

526 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The Second, for a Horse pressed which the Committee likewise disallow,because they know of no right any Person has to press Horses unless in theTime of an Alarm.176. David Reynolds for making Iron Gibbets for a Negro executednamed Simon, £50. The Committee are of Opinion that £25 is enough forthe above Service.The first Article of the above Report on the Account of Mary Wood, the2d on the Account of McCarten and Campbell, the 3d on a second Account ofMary Wood, the 4th on an Account of Christopher Rowe, the 5th and 6th on twoother Accounts of the said Christopher Rowe, the 7th on Judith Postell’s Account,the 8th on Ensign Lachlan McIntosh’s Account, the 9th on Sarah Nightingale’sAccount, the 10th on Henry Gallman’s Account, the 11th on William Young’sAccount, the 12th on Tew and Bury’s Account, the 13th on John Stuart’s Account,the 14th on John Bard’s Account, the 15th on Claudius Richburg’s Account, the16th on James McKelvy’s Account, the 17th on Susanna Davison’s Account, the18th on Peter Witten’s Account, the 19th on George Galphin’s Account, the 20thon John Dodd’s Account, the 21st on Jared Neilson’s Account, the 22d on JamesCooper’s Account, the 23d on Israel Syer’s Account being severally read a secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.The 24th Paragraph on an Account of William Bonneau being read asecond time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, that £19:6:3 be allowed on the said Account.The 25th on an Account of John Marion, being read a Second time, wasagreed to by the House.The 26th Paragraph on an Account of Day, Bisseleau and Viart, the allowanceof Part of which Account the Committee submit to the considerationof the House, being read a second time;Resolved that £22:17:6 be allowed on the said Account.The 27th on an Account of Day and Bisseleau, being read a Second timewas agreed to by the House.The 28th on an Account of George Day, being read a Second time was,upon the Question being put thereupon, disagreed with by the House.Resolved That £30:12:6 be allowed on the said Account.The 29th on an Account of William Webber, the 30th on an Account ofMartin Howard, the 31st on an Account of Northcutt Webber, being severallyread a Second time were severally agreed to by the House.The 32d on an Account of Hugh Crawford being read a Second timewas disagreed with by the House.Resolved, that £14:17:6 be allowed on the said Account.The 33d, 34th, 35th and 36th Paragraphs on several Accounts of IsaacRembert, the 37th on an Account of Jacob Ladson, the 38th on an Account

APRIL 24, 1760527of William Beasely, the 39th on an Order in favour of Martha Logan and AnnClark, the 40th on an Order in favour of Margaret Handlin, the 41st on anOrder in favour of William Raven, the 42d on an Order in favour of JohnPamor and Padden Bond, the 43d on an Order in favour of Thomas Bradwell,the 44th on an Order in favour of Thomas Shoemaker, the 45th on an Orderin favour of Archibald Stanyarne, the 46th & 47th on two Accounts ofChristopher Holson, the 48th on an account of James Lingard, the 49th onan Account of William Hall, the 50th on an Account of Carne & Wilson, the51st on an Account of Frederick Stroble, the 52d on an account of MichaelJeanes, the 53d on an Account of Thomas Plunkett, the 54th on an Accountof Jonathan Scott, the 55th on an Account of Jerome Courtonne being severallyread a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 56th on a 2d Account of the said Jerome Courtonne being read aSecond time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that £990 be allowed on the said Account.The 57th Paragraph on an Account of Benjamin Harvey, the 58th on anAccount of Isaac Atwood, the 59th & 60th on two Accounts of Elias Legardere,the 61st on an Account of John Remington being severally read a secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.The 62d on an Account of William Harvey being read a second time wasupon the Question being put thereupon disagreed with by the House.Resolved That the Sum of £60 mentioned in the said Paragraph be providedfor by the Schedule to be annexed to the Tax Bill.The 63d Paragraph on an Account of Justinus Stoll for Articles for the useof the State House being read a Second time was disagreed with by the House.Ordered, That the said Account be returned to the said Mr. Stoll to belaid before the Commissioners for building the State-House.The 64th Paragraph on an Account of Edward Lightwood, the 65th onan Account of Smith and Brewton, the 66th on an Account of Mary Harvey,the 67th on an Account of William Banbury, the 68th on an Account of AdamWood, the 69th on an Account of James Duthy, the 70th on an account ofJonathan Badger, the 71st on an Account of Thomas Anderson, the 72d onan Account of Wm. Beasely, and the 73d on an Account of John GeorgeSmithpetre; being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to bythe House.Ordered That the farther consideration of the said Report be adjourned.Then a Motion being made,Ordered That the Public Treasurer do pay the Sum of One hundredand Sixty one Pounds Currency to the Serjeant and Eight private Men of theRoyal Regiment of Artillery now in Charles-Town for their Services in workingin the Laboratory.

528 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Resolved That this House will make a Provision for reimbursing theTreasurer the said Sum.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Afternoon Five of the Clock.Friday the 25th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Saturday the 26th Day of April 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday MorningTen of the Clock.Monday the 28th Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of last Thursday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I herewith send for your perusal a Talk given by the King of theCatawbas and two Letters from Mr. Wiley and Mr. Kershaw relating to thatsmall faithful People, by which you will see their Disposition towards assistingus in this Cherokee War, and their Wants which they so reasonably desireus to relieve. I recommend these Matters to your Consideration, andthat you wou’d make some provision for subsisting their Families, which areretired down into our Settlements for Shelter against our Enemies, whichmay encourage their Men to join our Army with greater numbers and agreater alacrity in this Expedition against the Cherokees.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read the Talk of King Haglar of the Catawbas given at Pine-Tree Hill,before Samuel Wyly Esqr., Mr. Joseph Kershaw and others, the 9th Day ofMarch 1760.Read also a Letter from the said Samuel Wyly Esqr. to His ExcellencyGovernor Lyttelton; Dated the 20th of March 1760.Read also a Letter to the Lieutenant Governor from the said SamuelWyly and Joseph Kershaw without Date.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to take the said Message and

APRIL 28, 1760529other Papers into consideration, of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr.Mazyck, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Carne, who are to reporttheir Opinion upon the Same to the House.Then the Memorial of the Commissioners appointed by Law for buildinga State-House (which was read in this House and referred to the Considerationof a Committee the 4th Day of April 1759) was read a Second time.Ordered, That another Committee be appointed to take the said Memorialinto Consideration, of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr.Lamboll, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Stoutenburgh, Mr. Carne, Mr. Moultrie.And that they do examine the Matter of the Memorial and report thesame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the House.Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do write Letters to Mr. Stobo,Mr. Elliott and Mr. Middleton; to require their Attendance (all Excuses beinglaid aside) immediately upon the Service of this House.Resolved, That the said Letters be sent to the said Gentlemen at theirown Expence.Then the House resumed the adjourned consideration of the Residueof the Report from the Committee who were appointed to audit the PublicAccounts.And the 74th Paragraph of the said Report on the Accounts of the ChiefJustice and Clerk of the Crown and Peace, The 75th on Account of the Governorand Secretary, The 76th on an Account of the Church-Wardens of St.Philip Charles-Town being severally read a Second time were severally agreedto by the House.The 77th on an Account of James Henderson being read a Second timewas disagreed with by the House.Resolved That the Sum of £305:8:6 mentioned in the said Paragraph beprovided for by the Schedule to be annexed to the Tax Bill.The 78th Paragraph on an Account of Thomas Plunkett, The 79 on anAccount of John Bury, The 80th on an Account of Childermas Croft, The81st on an Account of David Graeme Esqr. and the 82d on a Petition of ThomasShoemaker being severally read a Second time were severally agreed toby the House.Ordered, That the farther Consideration of the said Report be adjourned.Then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned consideration of the residue of theReport from the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts.

530 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And the 83d Paragraph of the Report on a Petition of John Chevillette,The 84th on an Account of William Bonneau, and the first Part of the 85thParagraph on an Account of John Swint; being severally read a Second time,were severally agreed to by the House.Ordered That the consideration of the latter part of the said 85th Paragraphbe postponed till the Residue of the said Report shall be consideredby the House.The 86th Paragraph on an Account of Thomas Foster, The 87th on anAccount of John Taylor, The 88th on an Account of Samuel Hopkins, The89th on an Account of the Church Wardens of St. Philip’s Parish, the 90thon an Account of Henry Lucas, the 91st on an Account of John Kitt and the92d on an Account of Robert Goudy; being severally read a Second time, wereseverally agreed to by the House.The 93d Paragraph on a Certificate of Captain Paul Demeré, in favourof Samuel Ben, which the Committee submit to the Consideration of theHouse, being read a Second time.Ordered, That the said Certificate be returned to be explained.And the said Certificate was accordingly return’d to John McQueenEsqr. to whom the same is assigned.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said Report be adjourned.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I herewith send for your perusal Extracts of a Letter I received from hisExcellency Governor Ellis in relation to his Endeavours to prevail on theCreeks to join us in this War against the Cherokees, desiring our assistanceto enable him with Presents to pursue that Plan; representing that it is theCause of Carolina only, as he could easily preserve Georgia in tranquility.Georgia indeed hath as yet felt no share of those Calamities which have laidwaste this Province; But I cannot forbear observing on this occasion that wehave been drawn into this War alone, by alone resenting injuries which havebeen committed on our fellow Subjects not of this, but the neighbouringColonies of North Carolina and Virginia, which we felt as our own commonCause, as it is the Duty and Interest as well as His Majesty’s Royal Commandthat the English Colonies should be aiding and assisting to each other.I also send for your perusal a Letter from Mr. McGillivray, by which youwill perceive the Success that has attended some of Governor Ellis’sEndeavours, backed by the Gentlemen of Augusta who have been very serviceableon this Occasion. And Letters from Colonel Richardson at NinetySix, and Ensign Miln commanding at Fort Prince George, by which you will

APRIL 28, 1760531learn the Condition and hard streights of that Fort and Fort Loudoun, andthe Motions and Resolutions of the Cherokees, and the disappointmentColonel Richardson has met with in regard to his making a sudden Attackon the Cherokees and to relieve Fort Prince George.Upon this occasion among many others, I cannot forbear to mentionmy concern that you have not yet been able to provide for the two most essentialSinews of War, Money to pay, and Laws to enforce Subordination andMilitary Discipline in the Troops, the want of which hath greatly obstructedthe measures concerted for our defence; As the unwilling deny to march,under pretence they see no prospect of Pay for their past or future Services,and many who are tempted to inlist from mercenary views desert their Commanderswith impunity when a little Danger appears in the service they areordered upon. I am but too sensible how many Causes have conspired toprevent your making these provisions.Gentlemen, tho’ the Papers herewith sent are numerous and long, Ithink it proper to lay them before you, that you may have the fullest informationof the State of our Affairs, And I refer all these Matters tending invarious lines to the same point, our War with the Cherokees, to your seriousConsideration.As you must be sensible of what vast Importance it is, viewed in everyLight, to engage Indians in our Service, I desire you will enable me to makesuch Presents to Indians as will induce them to engage in our Cause and torepay them for Losses they may sustain, as well as reward them for Servicesthey may perform therein, particularly at Fort Moore and Augusta, fromwhence the Parties hitherto fitted out against the Cherokees have gone out,or to which they return either with Triumph or Loss from our Enemies; AndI shall take all the Care in my power, that it shall be done with as much frugalityas can consist with the service expected thereby.William Bull.And also the following Message,Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I must acquaint you that the Fund for Contingencies is not only exhausted,but considerably in Debt, for Services incurred before GovernorLyttelton’s departure from this Province, a State whereof I will cause to belaid before you. And as in this busy Time just on the point of opening ourCampaign, a frequent communication of Intelligence and Measures with ourneighbouring Governors, our Indians and our Troops is absolutely necessary,And as greater prices are now demanded on account of the greater Dangerhazarded in passing thro’ the Enemy’s parties, I must therefore desire you

532 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760will make a suitable Provision for the Contingent Services of this Government.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the said Messages to the House.Read Extract of a Letter from Governor Ellis to the Lieutenant Governor,dated Georgia, the 14th April 1760.Read also Letter from Lachlan McGillivray to the Lieutenant Governordated Fort-Moore 22d April 1760.Read also Letter from Charles Russell to Governor Lyttelton, datedPinington’s Fort the 31st March 1760.Read also Letter from the said Charles Russell to His Excellency, dated1st April 1760.Read also Letter from Colonel Richard Richardson to GovernorLyttelton dated Camp near Fort Ninety Six the 18th April 1760.Read also Letter from Captain James Francis to His Excellency datedFort Ninety Six 19th April 1760.Read also Letter from Ensign Alexander Miln to His Excellency datedFort Prince George 14th April 1760.Read also another from the said Mr. Miln to His Excellency of the samedate.Resolved, upon the Question, That the first of the said Messages withthe Letters be considered by a Committee of the whole House.Resolved, That this House will to-morrow Morning resolve itself into thesaid Committee.Ordered That the Lieutenant Governor’s Message relating to providingfor Contingent Services be considered when a State of the Fund last providedfor those Services shall be laid before this House.Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee to whom the Lieutenant GovernorsMessage, with the Letters relating to the Catawba Indians, were referred,that the Committee had considered the Matter of the said Message and Lettersand had come to a Resolution thereupon which they had directed him to reportto the House, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards deliveredit in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read and is as follows, vizt.The Committee recommend That a Sum not exceeding SeventeenHundred Pounds Currency be provided for a Supply for Fifty Warriors, withBlankets, Guns and other Necessaries, and proper cloathing and provisionsfor one hundred and fifty Women and Children.The said Report being read a Second time was agreed to by the House.Ordered, That an Answer be prepared to His Honours said Message.And accordingly the following was drawn, vizt.

APRIL 29, 1760533May it please your Honour,For Answer to your Message of this Morning, recommending to us tomake some provision for subsisting the Catawba Indians; we beg leave toacquaint Your Honour, that we have resolved to provide a Sum not exceedingSeventeen Hundred Pounds Currency, for a Supply for Fifty Warriors,with Blankets, Guns and other Necessaries; and proper Cloathing and Provisionsfor one hundred and fifty Women and Children.Ordered That the said Address be presented to His Honour by Mr.Pringle and Mr. Laurens.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 29th Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The Order of the Day, for the House to resolve itself into a Committeeof the whole House, upon the Lieutenant Governor’s Message and severalLetters relating to providing for Presents to be given to the Creeks andChickesaw Indians to induce them to join us in the War against the Cherokees,being read.Ordered, That the said Message and Letters be referred to the saidCommittee.Then the House resolved itself into the said Committee.Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Resolved, That Mr. Lowndes be Chairman of the Committee of thewhole House.Then Mr. Speaker left the Chair.And Mr. Lowndes took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.And Mr. Lowndes reported from the said Committee that they hadmade some progress in the Message and Letters and that he was directed bythe Committee to move that they may have leave to sit again.Resolved, That this House will in the Afternoon, resolve itself into aCommittee of the whole House to consider further of the said Message andother Papers.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.The House (according to Order) resolved itself into a Committee of thewhole House to consider further of the Lieutenant Governor’s Message and

534 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760several Letters, relating to providing for Presents to be given to the Creeksand Chickesaw Indians to induce them to join us in the War against theCherokees.Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Lowndes took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.And Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee that they had consideredthe Matter of the said Message and Letters and had come to severalResolutions thereupon; which they had directed him to report when theHouse will please to receive the same.Ordered, That the said Report be now received.And Mr. Lowndes, accordingly, read the Report in his Place and afterwarddelivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Same was read and isas follows, vizt.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that this Provincelabouring under very great difficulties, by the Expences they have alreadyincurred in chearfully and too unfortunately engaging singly against theCherokees who had committed many Murders and other injuries upon HisMajesty’s Subjects in different Provinces; are incapable of answering theExpectations of the Creeks in granting them a Supply of Presents immediatelyfrom this Government; and at the same time giving Mr. Ellis the assistancehe requires: And they are likewise of opinion that tho’ there shouldbe a general Endeavour, which they would be glad to see zealously pursuedby other Provinces equally concerned with us in Interest, it would be lesseningthe Importance this Province has been always industrious to maintainamongst the Indians, in distributing, by their own particular Directions,whatever Presents they are enabled or may be inclined to give, and therebyto preserve our own Credit amongst them.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that a Sum of Moneybe granted to His Majesty, sufficient to defray the Expence of the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokees.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that a Sum of Moneybe granted to His Majesty, sufficient to pay the Regiment of One ThousandMen, as also the Seven Companies of Rangers, lately resolved by the Houseto be raised and continued in the Service of this Government till the firstDay of July next; and to defray whatever other Expences may be incurred bycarrying on the present War against the Cherokees.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that, for the immediateproviding the said Sums of Money, Orders be forthwith stamped andsigned to be sunk in Five Years, one fifth part in every Year.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that a Sum not ex-

APRIL 30, 1760535ceeding Seven Thousand Pounds be granted to His Majesty, for defraying ofPresents to be given to the Indians in amity with this Government to inducethem to join us in the War against the Cherokees: Such Presents to be distributedamongst the said Indians by the Commander in Chief, with theAdvice of the majority of a Committee of the Council and a Committee ofthis House to be appointed for that purpose.Resolved, That the said Report be considered to-morrow Morning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of theClock.Wednesday the 30th Day of April 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House (according to Order) proceeded to take the Report fromthe Committee of the whole House, into consideration.And the first Resolution of the Committee, being read a Second time,was, with several Amendments being made thereunto, agreed unto by theHouse.And the said Resolution, so amended, is as followeth;Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that this Province(labouring under very great difficulties by the Expences it has already incurredin chearfully, and too unfortunately, engaging, singly against theCherokees, who had committed many Murders and other injuries upon HisMajesty’s Subjects in different Provinces) is incapable of itself to supply theCreeks with Presents; and at the same time of giving Governor Ellis the assistancehe requires: And they are likewise of opinion that tho’ there shouldbe a general Endeavour (which they should be glad to see zealously pursuedby other Provinces, equally concerned with this in interest) to engage theIndians in our Service, it would be lessening the Importance this Provincehas been always industrious to maintain amongst them, by distributing underit’s own particular directions such Presents as it is enabled, or may beinclined to give, and thereby to preserve it’s own Credit among them.The second Resolution of the Committee, being read a Second time,was agreed to by the House.The third Resolution of the Committee being read a second time was,with several Amendments being made thereunto, agreed to by the House.And the said Resolution, so amended, is as followeth;Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that a Sum of Moneybe granted to His Majesty sufficient to pay the Regiment of One thousandMen and the three Companies of Provincials in the Pay of this Government;as also the seven Companies of Rangers, lately resolved by the House to be

536 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760raised, and that the said Forces be continued in the service of this Governmenttill the First Day of August next if necessary; and to defray whateverother Expences may be incurred by carrying on the present War against theCherokees.The fourth and fifth Resolutions of the Committee, being severally reada Second time, were severally agreed unto by the House.Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Resolutions and thatMr. Mazyck, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Carne and Mr. Moultrie do prepareand bring in the same.Ordered (upon the Question) That a Bill be brought in to enforce adue subordination and observance of military Discipline in the Troops raisedor to be raised in this Province; & that Mr. Wragg do prepare & bring in thesame.Ordered that an Address be prepared to be presented to the LieutenantGovernor with a Copy of the said Resolutions.And the following Address was accordingly drawn, vizt.May it please your Honour,This House, having maturely considered your Honour’s Message of the28th Instant, with regard to providing for carrying on the War against theCherokee Indians, and the several Letters which accompanied the same,came to several Resolutions thereupon; a Copy whereof we humbly beg leaveto lay before your Honour: And at the same time, to acquaint you, Sir, thatwe have ordered a Bill to be brought in, upon the said Resolutions; as likewisea Bill to enforce Subordination and military Discipline in the Troopsraised, or to be raised in this Province.An Amendment was proposed to the said Message, Line 4th, leave outthe word “humbly” between “We” and “beg.”And the Question being proposed to be put, That the House do agreeto the said Amendment.Another Motion was made and the previous Question being put, thatthat Question be now put.It passed in the Negative.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Wragg and Mr. McQueen, with a Copy of the said Resolutions.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Lieutenant Governor hath sent to this House an Account of Moneydue to Persons for services performed on Account of the Public by Orderof His Excellency Governor Lyttelton.And a Message from the Council,Mr. Speaker,

APRIL 30, 1760537The Council have read a Petition of the Commissioners, of the PublicMarkets in Charles-Town, and also,The Council have read a Petition of John Lloyd of Amelia Township,severally addressed to the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Account was read, amounting to the sum of £1020.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do lay before this House an Accountof the Issues of the Fund provided by the Schedule to the Tax Law lastpast, for contingent Services.Read the Petition of the Commissioners of the Public Markets inCharles-Town, setting forth,That the present Market House and it’s Roof which was long since builtand erected on the Public Ground in or near the Square or Cross of BroadStreet and Meeting Street in Charles Town aforesaid, and establish’d by Actof Assembly as such for the public Sale of Beef, Pork and other ButcheryWares, is now decayed, worn out and become insufficient for the said Purposes.That the Butchers which occupy the Stalls in the said Market-House areexposed with their meat to every shower of Rain that falls in Market-Hoursinsomuch that many of the Stalls have been deserted and are left vacant,while the remaining Tenants murmur at paying Rent for Places that do notshelter them in wet weather.For these reasons the Petitioners in order to render the said Market-House fit and tenantable caused it to be examined by Carpenters, who uponview thereof, reported, that it would be nearly as expensive to repair as torebuild the same.That the Petitioners humbly conceive since the Building of the ParishChurch of St. Michael and the State-House, That the spot of Groundwhereon the present Market-House stands, may be found to be too near andinconvenient to the said Buildings. In which case and as there is still a largepiece of ground belonging to the said Square lying Northward of the presentMarket-House, The Petitioners humbly beg leave to represent the same tothe consideration of your Honours as a Place fit for building the Meat-Marketupon. And if it shall be thought proper to alter the Situation of the saidMarket, the present House may be kept up for the purpose until anothermore commodious and with suitable Stalls therein can be built andcompleated, the increase of the Rents and Income of which might hereaftercontribute to the lessening the Taxes of the Poor as by Law is provided.That tho’ the Petitioners at present find it very difficult to collect theRents of the Stalls in the said Market-House from the Tenants thereof forthe causes aforesaid. Nevertheless they are of opinion that shou’d a New

538 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Market be built with proper Stalls, such Stalls would not only be rented outreadily, but those Rents punctually paid, whereby the Public-Yearly Income wouldbe much augmented and the Commissioners of the Market for the time beinggreatly eased and encouraged in the execution of their Office and Duty.And humbly praying their Honours (the Premises considered) to makesuch Order in relation to the repairing or removing and new building thesaid Market-House in such manner and form and at such Place, and by suchways and means and out of such Fund or Funds as to your Honours in yourgreat Wisdom shall seem fit and proper.Ordered That the Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee,and that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Laurens, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Rattray.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 1st Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Wragg presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill to enforcea due subordination and observance of military Discipline among theForces employed in the Service of this Province”; and the same was receivedand read, the first time.Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow Morning, read the said Billa second time.Ordered, that an Ordinance for appointing a Powder Receiver in theroom of Colonel Robert Brewton deceased be brought in and that Mr.Manigault and Mr. Laurens do prepare and bring in the same.Ordered That the Public Treasurer do advance a Sum not exceedingthree thousand five hundred Pounds for defraying the Expence of the Carriageof Stores and Provisions to the Out-posts.Resolved, That this House will make a Provision for reimbursing theTreasurer in the said Sum.Then the House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue ofthe Report from the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts.And the 94th Paragraph of the said Report (on a Certificate in favourof John Hatton); The 95th Paragraph on a Certificate in favour of CaptainJohn Postell;The 96th (on a Certificate in favour of Henry Lucas);The 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th and 101st (on several Accounts of Robert Gowdey);

MAY 1, 1760539The 102d (on a Certificate in favour of Cornelius Cokely);The 103d (on a Certificate in favour of Thomas Smith);The 104th (on a Certificate in favour of Robert Anderson);The 105th & 106th (on two Certificates in favour of John Winburn);The 107th (on a Certificate in favour of Isaac Atwood);The 108th (on an Account of John McQueen & Company);The 109th (on an Account of Ancrum, Lance and Loocock);The 110th (on an Account of Margaret Oliviere);The 111th (on an Account of William Harvey);The 112th (on an Account of Archibald Withers);The 113th (on an Account of Clement Lampriere);The 114th (on an Account of John Grinnan);The 115th (on an Account of Justinus Stoll);The 116th (on an Account of Lambert Lance);The 117th (on an Account of Laurens, Motte and Company);The 118th & 119th (on two Accounts of John Kesson);The 120th (on a Certificate in favour of Henry Lucas); And,The 121st (on three Certificates in favour of John Stephens); being severallyread a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 122d (on four Certificates in favour of William Shorey, an Allowancefor which the Committee submit to the consideration of the House) beingread a Second time;Resolved That the Sum of Two hundred and fifty five Pounds be providedfor the said William Shorey in satisfaction of the said Certificates.The 123d (on two Certificates in favour of Henry Beacon); And,The 124th (on three Certificates in favour of Thomas Smith); being severallyread a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 125th Paragraph (on a Petition and Account of Robert Fairweather)for the Sum of £97:15, and referring to another Paragraph of the said Report(No. 137) on a Petition and Account of Thomas Lining for the Sum of £125,being for a Service of the like Nature; the Allowance of which Sums the Committeesubmit to the Consideration of the House, being severally read a Secondtime;Resolved (upon the Question) that both the said Sums be provided for.The 126th Paragraph (on an Account of the Church Wardens, and Vestryof the Parish of St. Philip); And,The 127th (on several Accounts of the Fire-Masters in Charles Town)being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 128th (on an Account of James Wright Esqr., Agent for this Provincein Great Britain) being read a Second time.And it being suggested that the sum of Two Thousand Pounds Sterling

540 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760(of Public Money) had been placed in the hands of the said Mr. Wright inorder to purchase Cloaths and other Articles for the Use of the South-CarolinaRegiment; of the laying out of which Sum no Account had been renderedby the said Mr. Wright to the Committee of Correspondence.Resolved, that the said Mr. Wright’s Account of Disbursments as Agentbe provided for.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do not remit either the Money forthe said Account of Disbursments, or for the Agents Salary to the said Mr.Wright, until he shall have transmitted an Account of the Issues of the saidSum of £2000 Sterling to the said Treasurer.Ordered That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I return you my thanks for the ready Attention which you have paid tothe several Matters recommended to your Consideration in my Message ofthe 29th Instant and the salutary Resolutions you came to thereupon.In order that no time may be lost in availing myself thereof in regardto gaining the Creek Indians from that State of Neutrality to which it is theInterest of our Enemies at present to persuade them, I desire you to appointa Committee of your House, who with a Committee of His Majesty’s Councilmay assist me in the immediate distribution of some Presents to thoseIndians according to your Resolution of Yesterday for that purpose.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to join a Committee of HisMajesty’s Council to assist His Honour the Lieutenant Governor in the distributionof Presents among the Indians in amity with this Government, ofthe following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Mr.Pringle, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Rattray, Mr. McQueen.And an Answer to the said Message was drawn as follows (to wit);May it please your Honour,Agreable to your Message just now received, we have appointed a Committeeto join a Committee of His Majesty’s Council for the purpose YourHonour was pleas’d to mention, of the following Gentlemen (to wit), Mr.Wragg, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Guerard, Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Pinckney, Mr. Rattray & Mr. McQueen.Ordered that the said Answer be presented to His Honour by Mr.Gadsden and Mr. Guerard.

MAY 2, 1760541The House being informed that the Public Treasurer attended at theDoor, he was called in, and at the Bar, presented to the House pursuant totheir Order,An Account of Monies issued out of the Fund provided, by the Scheduleto the Tax Law last past, for Contingent Services, amounting to the Sumof £1800. And also,An Account of Monies issued for Contingent Services by Order of theGeneral Assembly of the 11th day of October 1759 amounting to £4035:14:9.And also,An Account of Money paid by Mr. Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the lateExpedition against the Cherokees, amounting to £912:6, with the severalVouchers for the same.And then he withdrew.And the Titles of the said Accounts were read,Ordered That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table to be perusedby the Members of the House.Mr. Manigault presented to the House (according to Order) “an Ordinanceto appoint ______ Powder Receiver of the said Province”; and the samewas received, and read, the first time.Resolved, That the Ordinance be read a Second time.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 2d Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.“A Bill to enforce a due subordination and observance of military Disciplineamong the Forces employed in the Service of this Province,” was (accordingto Order) read a Second time.Resolved, That the Bill be committed.Resolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the wholeHouse.Resolved, That this House will now resolve itself into a Committee ofthe whole House upon the said Bill.And accordingly the House resolved itself into the said Committee.Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Roper took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Roper reported from the Committee, That they had made someProgress in the Bill; and acquainted the House that he was directed by theCommittee to move that they may have leave to sit again.

542 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Resolved, That this House will, in the Afternoon, resolve itself into aCommittee of the whole House upon the said Bill.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Memorial of Charles Woodmason Esqr. ofBlack-Mingo, addressed to the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the House according to Order resolved itself into a Committee ofthe whole House upon the “Bill to enforce a due subordination and observanceof Military Discipline among the Forces employed in the Service ofthis Province.”Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Roper took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Roper reported from the Committee that they had gone throughthe Bill and made several Amendments thereunto, which they had directedhim to report to the House, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwardsdelivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the Amendments were once read throughout, and then a Secondtime one by one; and severally agreed to by the House with Amendments tosome of them.Ordered, That Mr. Wragg and Mr. Guerard do carry the Bill to theCouncil.The Memorial of Charles Woodmason Esqr. setting forth,That in the Year 1751 50 The General Assembly passed an Act for buildinga Public Bridge over the North Branch of Black-River (commonly call’dBlack Mingo Creek) which Bridge was accordingly built and established asa Public Bridge, but was carried away in the great Hurricane of September1752 and not since rebuilt.That the necessity of a Bridge over the said Creek is far greater now thanformerly, as the Back Settlements are much improved and extended andBlack-Mingo become a great Thoroughfare for Travellers and Herds of Cattleto Charles-town, from Pedee, Lynch’s Creek, the Yatkin, Indian Town, andthe Cheraws.50The act establishing Black Mingo Bridge was passed not in 1751 but on May 29, 1744. See TheJournal of the Commons House of Assembly, September 14, 1742–January 27, 1744, pp. 554–55; Cooper and McCord,Statutes, 9: 135–36.

MAY 2, 1760543That the Commissioners of the High Roads neglect rebuilding of thesaid Bridge, partly thro’ want of Unanimity; but principally to a reluctanceof laying any Taxes on, and the difficulty of collecting them in this Parish.For, since the taking of St. Marks Parish out of this of Prince Frederic,the latter is reduced within small compass, and but indifferently settled withsubstantial Inhabitants.Thro’ this delay of the Commissioners, Travellers and others are encumberedwith the Expence and Time of crossing a Ferry to their Loss and inconvenience,as well as prejudice to the Public and all concerned in Trade.The Utility of Bridges in general is self evident; and the necessity of onein particular over this Creek, was lately very apparent, for the Country beingrais’d by a false Alarm of a Party of Indians being on us, had the Reportproved true, those on one side of the Creek must inevitably have been cutoff, before Succours from the other side could have crossed to their Assistance.This Incident so serious and interesting to the Memorialist (who is inTrade, and entrusted with large concerns of the Merchants and Planters)prompted the Memorialist to comply with the Request, and accept of theAssistance and Contributions of sundry Persons, to frame a substantial FloatingBridge capable of sustaining all Horses and Carriages, that at any timemay have occasion to pass over the said Creek.The Memorialist therefore (for the benefit of the Inhabitants and Travellers,and service of the Public in making an Essay how far floating Bridgesmay be eligible in this Country) humbly prays leave of the Legislature, to laythis floating Bridge over the Creek called Black-Mingo, for the space of threeYears only, or till the Peace of the Province be settled, or till the Commissionersof the High-Roads rebuild the Bridge (as they stand obliged by Law)that in case of Alarms or other Accidents, the communication between theadjoining Plantations may be effectually consolidated.The Memorialist has exhibited the Substance of this his request to theCommissioners of the High-Roads for the Parish of Prince Frederic desiringthem to examine his Plea, and to vest him with proper Powers if they hadAuthority. The Majority assented to his Propositions; others were scrupulousand diffident; and as several Objections to the Design were started, and maybe exhibited to the Legislature, and as they may be deemed of some weight,The Memorialist (with the utmost submission and deference to the Judgmentof the Honorable Assembly) begs leave to State, examine and (possibly)obviate them.First, it was urged that this Bridge would be a standing Charge to theParish to keep in repair.(Reply) So are six other Bridges in this Parish, over the whole of whom

544 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760together, not as many People pass in a Year, as over Black-Mingo in a Month;and this Objection lays against every Bridge that has been or hereafter maybe built in the Province.But when the Benefits arising from a Bridge are laid in the Scale againstthe trifling Sum that once in Seven Years may be requisite for Repair. Whenit is considered, that Individuals pay more Money in a Year to cross this Ferry,than would annually build a Bridge. When it is recollected that the originalExpence is defrayed by private Persons (willing to serve their Countryin this time of Danger). When no private profit, or remote Advantage canarise to the Contributors more than in common to others of the Community;All these Emoluments laid against annual or triennial Repairs, will provemere feathers when weigh’d in the Balance of Public Good, as few personswou’d hesitate to repair a good House, that is built for them, gratis.But to dispel the very Shadow of this Argument; The Memorialist willundertake (under such Penalty as the Legislature pleases to specify) to repairand keep up this Bridge for the Space of three Years; being sensible, thatit will be so firmly constructed as to need no Repairs for some Years to come.Another Objection (and the principal) raised against rebuilding of theBridge over this Creek, was “That it would obstruct the Navigation of theCreek and prevent Boats from proceeding to a Landing two Miles above,where some few Planters bring down Naval Stores.”In Answer to this Plea, The Memorialist begs leave to observe, that aHatch-Way of 16 or 18 feet width, is constructed in the middle of this floatingBridge removeable at pleasure for Boats (which come not up six timesin the Year) to pass through.If it be asked, “Who will attend to open this Hatch-Way, when required?”It is answer’d, The Memorialist or his Agents, who reside on the Spot; andthis Attendance will be given for the Space of three Years under any Penaltythe Legislature shall enjoin (altho’ Boats passing up and down may easily letthemselves through and replace the Hatch in five Minutes). The Memorialisthowever does not undertake but for the Hours of Day.A third Objection started, was, That when Freshes arise in this Creek(as they may once in three Years) should this floating Bridge be carried away,as was the framed Bridge, who is to replace it?(Answer) The floating Bridge is constructed on different principlesfrom a standing Bridge, and can be let out by Ropes at any length to buoyon the flood of any Fresh, and on it’s subsiding can be brought back to it’sMoorings without damage; and this (shou’d such an Accident happen) TheMemorialist and his Agents will undertake to execute under any Penalty theLegislature will enjoin.But it will be added, That when a Fresh happens (which is of but few

MAY 2, 1760545Days continuance) as the adjacent Causey of about 100 Yards in length issubject to be over-flow’d, How are Travellers to pass the Causey (if they dothe Creek) on such an Emergency? Seeing if a Bridge be established theFerry Boat (highly necessary on these Occasions) will be laid aside.The Memorialist rejoins, That as he has a Flat and Hands, for his privateBusiness, so will he (for the future as hitherto) be ever ready with hisFlat and Negroes (under a Penalty) to put over, gratis, from Bluff to Bluff,in time of a Fresh (for three Years to come) all Persons, Horses and Carriageswhatsoever as may want Transportation over the said Creek, provided it bebetween Sun and Sun.As Objections to the best Measures as well as best Men, may be multipliedby Snarlers, ad infinitum, it may be further asked; “That at the expirationof this Licence of three Years, or should the Bridge be removed or whenit goes to decay, or if a framed Bridge should be built by the Commissionersand again be carried away as before: Who will reassume the Ferry? Whowill put over Travellers? Be it answer’d, Numbers would offer in six Hours,and the present Conductors of the Ferry, particularly (without sollicitation)who have already made an Estate from it, and think it so valuable a Nest Egg,that it’s natural to expect they will exert their utmost Efforts to oppose andobstruct a Bridge over this Creek (of any kind whatever) as injurious to theirprivate Interest, tho’ the said Ferry is only of a private Nature, andunestablished by the Legislature.Such being the State of this Affair, Whether the private Interest of oneIndividual and the public benefit of the whole Community is to be preferred,is humbly submitted to the Judgment of the Legislature.Whatever Arguments may be urg’d against a Bridge over this Creek, maybe brought with tenfold the force against Goose-Creek, Biggon and otherBridges already constructed and established by the Assembly, as the Causeysleading to these Bridges are very long and more frequently overflow’d thanBlack-Mingo Creek, which is about the breadth of Goose-Creek, but the Causeynot above 200 Yards in length from the Bluff down to the Bridge.Were present advantages to be rejected thro’ apprehensions of remoteand uncertain Contingencies, not a Merchant-Ship would ever cross theOcean; South Carolina would have been now uncultivated: This Creek hasbeen impassable four Days in three Years during the Memorialist’s residenceon it; This will be allowed to be an Inco[n]venience; but which the beingdebarred crossing at pleasure the other One thousand ninety one Days doesnot in the least remedy.On the whole the Memorialist flatters himself that as his Intentions arefounded on the Base of Public Spirit, the Legislature will support him, in hisDesigns, as far as is consistent for the Public Good. He begs pardon for the

546 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760prolixity of this Address extorted from him by struggles with Self Interest,narrow Minds, popular Prejudices and ignorant Declaimers, therefore willwave the lengthening of these Sheets with a Roll of subscribing Petitioners(tho’ he could easily procure some Centuries of Names). He chuses to restthis his Petition to the Legislature on it’s own merit, chusing no other Supporters,than the Advantages resulting to the Country, the Ease and Benefitto be reaped by the Parish and the Vox Populi; humbly submitting this hissuit to the Wisdom of the Legislature, whom he earnestly requests to enablehim by Bill (or such Licence and Powers as they judge effectual) to lay a floatingBridge over the Stream of Black-Mingo Creek, to make a Junction of theBroad Paths laid out thro’ the Plantation of Colonel John White on theSouth, to the opposite Plantation of the Reverend John Baxter on the NorthSide. That the said Bridge be deemed a Public Bridge to be repaired,opened, shut and attended at all Hours in the Daytime by the Memorialist(as is above express’d) for the space of three Years (or till a standing Bridgebe erected by the Commissioners) under such Restrictions, Limitations andPenalties, as the Honorable House of Assembly shall think requisite.And should this your Memorialist’s Suit obtain the sanction of the Legislature;He humbly prays, that a penal Clause may be enacted against all,who through Malice or Wantoness may damage or injure the said Bridgewhen fixed, or loosen the Chains, Booms, or Moorings that hold it togetherso as to rise and fall with the Tide, and to keep the several parts of it united.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Afternoon Seven of the Clock.Saturday the 3d Day of May 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday MorningTen of the Clock.Monday the 5th Day of May 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 6th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Fridays Proceedings.Mr. Guerard presented to the House (according to Order) “a Bill forpreventing (as much as may be) the Continuance of the Small-Pox inCharles-Town, and the further spreading of that Distemper in this Province.”And the same was received and read, the First time.

MAY 6, 1760547Resolved That the Bill be read a Second time.And the Question being put that the Bill be read a Second time this DayFortnight.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that the Bill be read a Second time thisDay Se’nnight.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have Twice read “a Bill to enforce a due subordination andobservance of Military Discipline among the Forces employed in the Serviceof this Province.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the Bill be read a Third time to-morrow Morning.Ordered, That as many Copies of the Election Act made the 21st Dayof September 1721, and an Additional Act to the said Act made the 7th Dayof April 1759 be printed as Mr. Manigault and Mr. Gadsden shall direct forthe use of the Returning Officers of the several Parishes in this Province.Resolved, That this House will provide for defraying the Expence ofprinting the said Acts.A Petition of James Reid of Charles-Town, was presented to the Houseand read, setting forth,That the Petitioner understanding Colonel Brewton’s Death will necessarilyproduce the appointment of another Powder Receiver at this meetingof the General Assembly, he therefore humbly hopes Your Honours willexcuse this his Supplication as a Candidate for that Office.He hopes no Member will construe it either to disrespect or indifferencethat he has not followed the customary Practice in writing to the several Membersfor their Votes and Interest on this Occasion, conceiving he can’t expectSuccess (but it’s contrary) from this Method, as he imagines every Member willkeep that in reserve till it comes under the deliberation of the House in theGeneral Assembly, and back’d with this further consideration, that he is check’dby may be too modest a diffidence from having been hitherto unsuccessful inattempts of this Nature; It is from a happy Administration and their kind Indulgenceif this is admitted a hearing; Yet as it is the Legislature’s Province only tomake choice of the fittest Object so he must think it his Duty humbly to acquiesceand submit to what their superlative Wisdom seems meet.And a Petition of William Logan was presented to the House and read,setting forth,That the Office of Powder Receiver being now vacant by ColonelBrewton’s Death, and that by many misfortunes the Petitioner is greatly reduced,whose place of residence in Charles Town and Ability, he humbly

548 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760conceives to be both convenient and sufficient for the Execution of thatOffice.And Humbly praying that their Honours may think the Petitioner properlyqualified, and will be pleased to appoint him Powder Receiver.Read also the Petition of Samuel Prioleau of Charles-Town setting forth,That the Office of Powder Receiver for the Port of Charles-Town is becomevacant by the decease of Robert Brewton Esqr. And humbly prayingtheir Honours to appoint him to succeed the said Robert Brewton in the saidOffice.And a Petition of Jacob Motte junr. was presented to the House andread, setting forth,That Colonel Robert Brewton, late Powder Receiver, happening to diein the recess of the General Assembly; His Excellency the Governor waspleased, with the Advice of His Majesty’s Honorable Council, to appoint thePetitioner to execute that Office until the meeting of the General Assembly.That if the Petitioner shall be so fortunate as to obtain the approbationof this Honorable House, and be confirmed in the said Office, he humblybegs leave to assure the House, that he will use his best endeavours to executethe same with the utmost diligence, faithfulness and integrity: Andhumbly praying that the House will please to approve of the Petitioners beingcontinued in the said Office and to cause him to be thereto appointedin such manner, as to their Honours shall seem meet.Then “an Ordinance to appoint ______ Powder Receiver of the saidProvince,” was read a Second time, with Blanks, which were filled up, andthe Ordinance amended.And the Title was made, “an Ordinance to appoint James Reid Esqr.Powder Receiver of this Province.”Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Ordinance to the Council.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee to whom the Memorial of theCommissioners for building a State-House was referred, That the Committeehad examined the Matter of the said Memorial, and had directed himto report the same, as it appears to them, to the House, and he read theReport in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Wherethe same was read, and is as follows; vizt.That it appears to the Committee by the Accounts of the said Commissionersthat they have received,From the general Duty Fund granted in 1751, £25000.From the said Fund, granted in 1757, £12500.Sum total received by them, £37500.That it also appears to the Committee by the said Accounts that theyhave paid away at different times to the 18th April 1758 to workmen and

MAY 6, 1760549Labourers and for Materials for which Vouchers were produced to the Committee,£37437:0:5.That there appears to the Committee to be still owing by the said Commissionersthe several Sums and to the several Persons mentioned in theAccount delivered in with the Memorial presented to the House by the saidCommissioners, and referred to the Committee, £3572:6:4.Besides which there is a subsequent account of Justinus Stoll for Smith’swork, £11:18:6.An Account of Samuel Prioleau for one Year and a Quarter’s Salary tothe 2d of April 1760, £125.An Account of Brunet and Miller for loss of time by the sitting of theCourts which prevented them from working, £429.Sum total of what has been paid and is still owing, £41575:5:3.Which exceeds the Sum granted £4075:5:3 and which the Committeerecommend to the House to be provided for, to discharge the said severalAccounts still remaining unpaid.And the Committee find that the Articles contained in the Schedulehereunto annexed are part of the materials that have been purchased by thesaid Commissioners, and which have not yet been made use of.Inventory of Sundry Materials belonging to the State-House remainingthe 27th June 1758.1 Cask of 6d Nails, 3 /4 of Do., 1 Cask of 30d Nails, 3 /4 of Ditto, a Box withlarge Spikes, 1 whole Sheet of Lead, several peices of Do., 12 Sash Leads, 7 1 /2dozn. Sash Pulleys and Pins, 10 Hanks of Lines, No. 1 6-In. rimm’d Lock, 2Stock Locks, 2 Padlocks, 140 pair of 8 Inch side Hinges, 18 pair of 18 In. Hsditto, 6 pair of 24 In. Ditto, 5 pair Cross garnet ditto, No. 8 2-feet barrell Bolts,No. 4 5-feet Ditto, 16 Papers of Screws for the Hinges and Bolts. In the Yard,A parcel of Cypress Timber & Plank, a parcel of paving Stones. At ColonelBeale’s, 1 Cask of 20d Nails, No. 5, 16 1 /2 In.Ordered That the said Report be considered to-morrow Morning.A Petition of the Inhabitants and of the Majority of the Owners andProprietors of Houses and Lands in Elliott Street in Charles-Town was presentedto the House and read, setting forth,That in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly passed the 31st dayof May 1750, a common Drain or Sewer was sunk and made in the said Streetat the Charge & Expence of the Owners and Proprietors of the Lands andHouses lying thereon, and to their great Emolument and Advantage.That the said Law having since expired and there not being for sometime past any Law subsisting for keeping the said Drain clean or in repair,the passage through the same is stopped.That the abundance of noxious Water and Matter remaining and in the

550 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760time of pestilential Sickness daily increasing in the said Drain is greatly offensiveand may if not timely removed become of dangerous Consequencenot only to the Petitioners, but to many others of His Majesty’s good Subjects.And praying that a Bill may be brought in and passed into an Act fortheir relief in the premises.Ordered, That the Petition be referred to the Consideration of a Committee;and that they do examine the Matter of the said Petition, and reportthe same, with their Opinion thereupon, to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Guerard, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Gadsden,Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Laurens.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Wednesday the 7th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of theCommissioners for the Markets in Charles Town was referred, that they hadexamined the Matter of the said Petition and had directed him to report thesame, as it appeared to them, to the House; and he read the Report in hisplace and afterward delivered it in, at the Clerk’s Table: Where the samewas read, and is as follows, vizt.That the Committee having examined the said Commissioners and theallegations of their Petition, and also view’d the Old Market House heretoforebuilt on the North-Eastern Part of the Land originally reserved and allottedfor a Market Place in the said Town; And also admeasured the saidLand, recommended for the building a New Market on, do find the saidPetition to be reasonable, the said Old Market House gone to decay and theSituation thereof incommodious, as it lies too near southward to the NewChurch of St. Michael’s Parish, and Westward to the State House, both whichBuildings were erected since the setting up of the said Old Market House.Wherefore the Committee beg leave to offer it as their Opinion that as thesaid Market Place is near the Center of the said Town, it will be most properto build a New Market House, suitable for the purpose with convenient Stallsand Accommodations thereto on the North side of the said Market Squareand of the said Old Market House; leaving a Space of Twenty nine feet orthereabouts in breadth, North and South, on the North side of the saidMarket Square and of about Twenty four feet in breadth East & West on theEast End of the said Square for Passage, whereby a Space of about One hundredand twenty feet will be left from the Front or North Side of St. Michael’s

MAY 7, 1760551Church aforesaid to the said intended new Market House, according to aPlan thereof exhibited to the Committee. And that as soon as the said newMarket House and it’s appurtenances shall be finished, the Commissionersof the Market, for the time being, shall cause the said Old Market House tobe taken away. That as by an Estimate of the Cost and Charge of the saidnew Market House it appears the same will amount to about Three thousandfive hundred Pounds, of which the said Commissioners have about Six hundredPounds in their Hands, arising by the Stalls of the Markets, and therebeing in the hands of the Treasurer of the Public Monies, the Sum of OneThousand, two hundred and thirty two Pounds, Sixteen Shillings and tenpence heretofore lent the said Commissioners of the Markets and by themrepaid at times. The Committee further recommend that the same may beagain lent, together with the additional Sum of One thousand six hundredsixty nine Pounds, three Shillings and two pence Current Money, to the Commissionersof the said Markets for the time being to enable them to carryon, compleat and finish the said New Market House, Appurtenances andAccommodations with expedition; And that the said two Sums of One thousandtwo Hundred and thirty Pounds Sixteen Shillings and ten pence andOne Thousand six hundred and sixty Nine Pounds, three Shillings and twopence shall be hereafter duly replaced and paid to the Treasurer by the saidCommissioners of the Markets, as the same can be raised by the Rents of theStalls and other Emoluments of the said Markets.The House (according to Order) took the Report from the Committeeto whom the Memorial of the Commissioners for building a State Housewas referred, into Consideration.And the said Report being read a Second time.Resolved, That provision be made for raising £3572:6:4 for paying theseveral Sums due to several Persons from the said Commissioners.Resolved that the Sum of £11:18:6 be provided to pay the Account ofJustinus Stoll.Then the Question being put that any provision be made for the Clerkto the said Commissioners.It was resolved in the Affirmative.Resolved, That £62:10 be provided for a Year and Quarter’s Salary of thesaid Clerk.Resolved, That £250 be provided to pay for Brunett & Miller’s Loss ofTime by the sitting of the Courts, which prevented them from working.“A Bill to enforce a due subordination and observance of Military Disciplineamong the Forces employed in the Service of this Province,” was (accordingto Order) read a Third time; and an Amendment was madethereunto.

552 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Act to enforcesubordination and a due observance of Military Discipline among the Forcesemployed in the Service of this Province.”Ordered, That Mr. Lowndes do carry the Bill to the Council and desiretheir Concurrence.Then the House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residueof the Report from the Committee who were appointed to audit the PublicAccounts.And the 129th Paragraph of the Report on an Account of Robert Boyd,and,The 130th, 131st & 132d on three Accounts of John Kerson, being severallyread a Second time were severally agreed to by the House.The 133d on an Account of Doctor James Tompson being read a Secondtime,Ordered, That the said Account be returned and that Doctor Tompsondo make a particular Account of the Medicines administred to the Soldiersgarrison’d at Fort Lyttelton.And the said Account was delivered to Mr. Roper who undertook totransmit the same to Doctor Tompson.The 134th on an Account of Captain John Bull, being read a Secondtime, was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that the said Account be provided for, to be paid upon the saidAccount being certified.The 135th on an Account of James Francis being read, a Second time,was agreed to by the House.The 136th on three Accounts of Conrad Hollman, being read a Secondtime was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That £51:15 be provided for paying the said Accounts.The 137th was consider’d before.The 138th on an Account of Joseph Moody;The 139th & 140th on two Accounts of George Rogers;The 141st on an Account of William Wilson;The 142d on an Account of Thomas Foster;The 143d on an Account of John Elliott;The 144th on an Account of William Murray;The 145th on an Account of Andrew Shipe;The 146th on an Account of John Conrad Geiger;The 147th on an Account of Henry Gallman;The 148th & 149th on two Accounts of Thomas Wright Esqr. and,The 150th on an Account of Benjamin Haskins; being severally read aSecond time, were severally agreed to by the House.

MAY 7, 1760553The 151st on a second Account of the said Benjamin Haskins, being reada Second time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That the said £9:9:4 be provided in the usual manner.The 152d on an Account of Samuel Thomas; And,The 153d on a Petition of John Gordon, being severally read a Second,were severally agreed to by the House.The Paragraph No. 154 & 155 on two Certificates in favour of John Gordon,being read a second time was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That £254:14 mentioned in the said Certificates be providedfor.The 156th on an Account of John Gordon being read a Second time wasdisagreed with by the House.Resolved, That £31:12:6 be provided for paying the said Account.The 157th on an Account of Andrew Shipe;The 158th on an Account of Gavon Pou;The 159th on an Account of John Izard;The 160th on an Account of John Elliott, And,The 161st on an Account of James Smith, being severally read a Secondtime were severally agreed to by the House.The 162d on an Account of Harvey and Philp, being read a Second time,was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That the said Account be provided for by the Schedule to theTax Bill.The 163d on an Account of Christian Retlisperger;The 164th on an Account of James Roulain;The 165th on an Account of Nathaniel Broughton;The 166th on an Account of Henry Gallman;The 167th on an Account of John George Shindler;The 168th on an Account of Samuel Thomas;The 169th on an Account of John Armbrister;The 170th on an Account of Christian Kogler;The 171st on an Account of Justinus Stoll;The 172d on an Account of John Howell;The 173d on Captain John Grinnan’s Muster Roll;The 174th on Captain John Fairchild’s Muster Roll;The 175th on a Petition of Alexander Petrie; And,The 176th on an Account of David Reynolds, being severally read a Secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants of the Island of St.

554 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Helena and other Islands adjacent thereto, on the Sea Coast; in the Parishof St. Helena, addressed to the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly;And also,The Council have agreed to the Bill entitled “an Act to enforce subordinationand a due observance of Military Discipline among the Forcesemployed in the Service of this Province,” without any Amendment; Andalso,The Council have twice read “an Ordinance to appoint James Reid Esqr.Powder Receiver of this Province.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the said Bill be ingrossed.Resolved That this House will to-morrow Morning read the Ordinancea Third time.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee who were appointed toaudit the Public Accounts, that they had examined several more of the saidAccounts, which they had directed him to report to the House; and he readthe Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read, and is as follows, vizt.177. John Hamilton, a Certificate in his favour from two Justices andthree Freeholders for a Negro executed, £200, allowed.178. John Hamilton, his Account of Disbursments on the prosecutionof the said Negro, £41. The Charges in this Account are unusual and neithercertified, nor attested; not allowed.179. Thomas Yeomans, his Account for holding 20 Juries of Inquest,£200, allowed.180. William Osborne, his Account for Constable’s Fees, £21:16:3, allowed.181. Elizabeth Snipes, A Certificate in her favour from two Justices andthree Freeholders for a Slave executed, £100, Allowed.182. James Beamer, A Certificate in his favour from Smith & Nutt, settingforth that Paul Demeré Esqr. had certified to them that he had receivedfrom the said Beamer 2862 lb. of Flour & Salt, the Carriage of which at £6per Ct. is £171:14:4, Allowed.183. Cornelius Cokely, A Certificate of the same Nature with the last,£133:17, allowed.184. James Beamer, A Certificate in his favour, for the Carriage of Provisionsand Baggage from Fort Prince George to Fort Loudoun. The Committeeallow £99.185. Lachlan McIntosh, A Certificate in his favour from Edmond AtkinEsqr. for the carriage of Presents to the Creeks from Augusta, £144, allowed.The following Accounts and Certificates are all for Services performed

MAY 8, 1760555since the first Day of January 1760. Therefore the Committee are of opinionthat they should not be inserted in the next Estimate, but ought to bedelivered to the Treasurer to be brought in the next Year.186. Gasper Dickson £35. 187. Conrad Foulk £55. 188. Thomas Ballatine.189. Jacob Larry. 190. Colonel Robert Rivers. 191. Abraham Smith £35. 192.Thomas Sanders £45. 193. Jacob Raugh £35. 194. Joseph Norman £24. 195.John Cole £37:10. 196. Lemuel Nesmith for a Slave executed £200. 197.Eberard Eney. 198. Richard Waring his Estate. 199. John Remington for aSlave executed £200. 200. Charles Woodmason for an Inquest £10.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of theInhabitants and Owners of Lands in Elliott Street was referred that they hadexamined the Matter of the said Petition and were of opinion;That leave be given to the Petitioners to bring in a Bill for repairing andcleansing a Common Drain or Sewer formerly made and sunk in ElliottStreet.Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accordingly; and that theGentlemen of the said Committee do prepare and bring in the same.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Thursday the 8th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I now lay before You, for Your Consideration, two Letters that are cometo my Hands, one from the Right Honorable Mr. Secretary Pitt; the otherfrom His Excellency General Amherst, Commander in Chief of His Majesty’sForces in America. 51His Majesty’s most gracious Intentions and Royal Commands are so fullyexpressed therein, that I should esteem it the highest presumption in myselfto attempt to enlarge upon the Matter therein mentioned. And I cannotdoubt, but you will according thereto do every thing in your Power thatcan be expected from a dutiful & loyal People.William Bull.51Circular letters from Pitt to the northern and southern governors, January 7, 1760, in Kimball,Original Correspondence of William Pitt, 2: 231–37; Amherst to Lyttelton, February 21, 1760 (enclosed in Amherstto Lyttelton, February 26, 1760), Lyttelton Papers, Clements Library (microfilm at SC Archives, reel 3).

556 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read a Letter from the Right Honorable William Pitt Esqr., one of HisMajesty’s Principal Secretarys of State, to the Governour of South Carolinadated Whitehall, 7th January 1760.Read also a Letter from his Excellency General Amherst to GovernourLyttelton, dated New York the 21st February 1760.Ordered That an Address be prepared in Answer to His Honour’s saidMessage.And accordingly the following Address was drawn vizt.May it please Your Honour,This House hath consider’d your Honours Message just now receiv’dwith the Letters from the Right Honorable Mr. Secretary Pitt and his ExcellencyGeneral Amherst; and it is with the deepest concern we find ourselvesunder a Necessity of acquainting Your Honour that we are so far from beingable to furnish any Men to join the King’s Forces in any offensive Operationsagainst the Enemy, we are incapable (notwithstanding we haveexerted our utmost strength) of raising a Force sufficient to protect our ownBack Settlements from the Inroads of a savage and cruel Enemy, who aredaily making Incursions and murdering and scalping His Majesty’s Subjects.And we beg leave to assure Your Honour, that, if the Province had been in aState of Tranquillity, altho’ the People whom we represent have, since thecommencement of the present War with France, been at much heavierCharges than had ever before been felt in this Province yet, we would mostchearfully have granted as large an Aid, for the Purposes mentioned in thesaid Letters, as the Circumstances of our Constituents could have afforded.The House proceeded to take into Consideration The LieutenantGovernor’s Message of the 28th April last, with respect to the Fund for ContingentServices.And the said Message was read a Second time.Read also an Account of Monies issued for Contingent Services by Orderof the General Assembly.Read also an Account of Money due to sundry Persons for carrying andbringing Messages to and from the Out-Posts, by Order of His ExcellencyGovernor Lyttelton, amounting to £1210.Resolved, That this House will make a Provision for raising the said Sumof £1210.Resolved (upon the Question) That this House will make a provisionfor raising the Sum of £2500 for Contingent Services.And the following Answer to the said Message was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,

MAY 8, 1760557For Answer to your Message of the 28th Day of April last, with regard to theFund for contingent Services, being not only exhausted, but considerably in debt,for Services incurred before Governor Lyttelton’s Departure; We beg leave toacquaint Your Honour, that we have resolved to provide the Sum of Two thousandfive hundred Pounds for Contingent Services, and the further Sum ofTwelve hundred and ten Pounds to pay Debts already incurred.“An Ordinance to appoint James Reid Esqr. Powder Receiver of thisProvince” was (according to Order) read a Third time.An Amendment was proposed to the Title, leave out “James Reid,” andinsert “Jacob Motte Junior.”And the Question being put that the House do agree to the said Amendment.The House divided.The Yeas went forth.Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Lamboll—12.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Rattray—13.So it passed in the Negative.Resolved, That the Ordinance do pass.Ordered, That Mr. Lowndes do carry the Ordinance to the Council anddesire their Concurrence.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee who were appointed to auditthe Commissary General’s Accounts, That they had examined his Books, Accountsand Vouchers; and had directed him to report the State of the said Accountsto the House, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwardsdelivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read, and is as follows.That the Account of Monies on the fund for settling the Townships,received by and paid to the said Commissary stands thus.The Public to the Commissary General.Debits.To Balance due to him as perSettlement, reported by theCommittee the 7th April 1759. £ 577: 4: 0 1 ⁄21760 May 7th: To Sundry Paymentssince by Orders & Certificates £ 2481: 5: 6To Commission of the £2481:5:6 at2 1 ⁄2 per Cent £ 62: 0: 7 1 ⁄2£ 3120:10: 2Balance due to the Public £ 879: 9:10£ 4000: 0: 0

558 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Credits.1759 Aprill 12th. By cash paid him bythe Treasurer £ 2000: 0: 01759 October 13th. By ditto £ 2000: 0: 0£ 4000: 0: 0That the Account of Monies received and paid by the Treasurer, forAllowance to the Widows and Orphans of the Independent Companies ofSoldiers, to the 25th March 1759, stands thus with the Commissary General.The Public of South-Carolina to the Commissary General.Debits.1759 April 9th. To Cash paidWilliam Roper Esqr. as ChurchWarden of St. Philip’s Parishfor two Year’s Allowance to thesaid Widows and Orphans £ 400: 0: 0To Commission at 2 1 /2 per Cent onthe above £400 £ 10: 0: 0£ 410: 0: 0Balance due to the Public £ 2:10: 3£ 412:10: 3Credits.By Balance due to him as perSettlement reported by theCommittee 7th April 1759 £ 12:10: 3By Cash paid him by the Treasurer7th April 1759 £ 400: 0: 0£ 412:10: 3That the Committee in discharge of the Trust reposed in them by theHouse, think themselves in Duty bound, humbly to represent to the Housethat notwithstanding the Report of the Committee on the CommissaryGeneral’s Accounts of the 7th of April 1759. And the Act of Assembly of thisProvince intitled “An Act to ascertain the Fees of the Surveyor General forthe time being and his Deputies, and to prevent any irregularities being committedin the Office of the said Surveyor General or by any of his Deputies”passed April 13th 1733. And the Table of the Surveyor General’s Fees mentionedin the abovesaid Act wherein is contained these Words, “For a Plat,

MAY 9, 1760559Record of that Plat and Certificate and Copy of that Plat delivered to theParty, Two Pounds, ten shillings Current Money.” Yet Egerton Leigh Esqr.present Surveyor General (as appears by the Accounts and Vouchers in thehands of the Commissary General for Monies paid by him, which were producedto the Committee) has not only taken upon him to certifye the saidSum of Two Pounds ten Shillings, to be due to his respective Deputies forthat Service, but has illegally taken and received the further Sum of TwoPounds ten Shillings for the said Article for his own Use, Whereby the Publicis doubly charged, as may more particularly appear by the Vouchers andAccounts in the Custody of the said Commissary General; that is to say, inone Account amounting to One hundred ninety one Pounds, nine Shillingsand four pence are charged forty seven Plats at two Pounds ten Shillings apeice, One hundred and seventeen Pounds ten Shillings Current Money, andin another Account (of the said Surveyor General) amounting in Sixty onePounds, Six Shillings and Six pence are charged Seventeen Plats at TwoPounds ten Shillings a peice, Forty two Pounds ten Shillings Current Money.Which the Committee humbly submits to the Consideration of the House.The Committee was informed by Mr. D’Oyley, that he (on behalf of theCommissary General) delivered Robert Wells Vendue Master, for Sale, Sixtyfive Bundles, containing Six hundred and Fifty Duffel’d Blankets of thePublic’s on the 14th August 1759.Ordered, That the said Report be considered to-morrow Morning.Then the House (according to Order) proceeded to take the Reportfrom the Committee to whom the Petition of the Commissioners for theMarkets in Charles Town was referred, into Consideration.And the first Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjournedtill to-morrow Morning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 9th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Ordered, That the Address in answer to the Lieutenant Governor’sMessage of Yesterday’s Date be presented to His Honour by Mr. Guerard.Ordered, That the Address relating to the Sums resolved by this House tobe provided for Contingent Services be presented to His Honour by Mr. Pringle.Then the House (according to Order) resumed the adjourned Considerationof the Report from the Committee to whom the Petition of the Commissionersfor the Markets in Charles Town was referred.And the first Paragraph of the Report was disagreed with by the House.

560 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Resolved, That a new Market House be erected on the North-side of theMarket-Square, of the Dimensions and according to the Plan annexed to thesaid Petition; and that the South Front of the said Market-House do not extendfarther than the North-Front of the State-House.The Residue of the said Report being read a Second time, was agreedto by the House.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do lend to the Commissioners forthe Markets in Charles Town, out of any Monies now in the Treasury, the Sumof Twelve hundred, thirty two Pounds, Sixteen Shillings and ten pence, whichwas heretofore lent to former Commissioners for the Markets and repaid intothe Treasury; and the further Sum of One Thousand Six hundred, Sixty NinePounds, three Shillings and two pence, to enable the said Commissioners toerect a new Market on the North Side of the Market-Square in the said Town,of the Dimensions and according to a Plan annexed to a Petition of the saidCommissioners addressed to the General Assembly. Provided that the SouthFront of the said new Market-House shall not extend further than the NorthFront of the State House: Which said Sums shall be replaced in the Treasuryout of the Monies to be collected from Time to Time for the Rent ofthe Stalls in the Markets in the said Town. And that this Order be sent toHis Honour the Lieutenant Governor for his Assent and to His Majesty’sCouncil for their Concurrence. And that Mr. Speaker do sign the Same.The said Order being read; and the Question being put, that a Copy of thesaid Order be made, to be sent to the Lieutenant Governor and Council.It was resolved in the Affirmative.The House (according to Order) took the Report from the Committeewho were appointed to audit the Commissary General’s Accounts intoConsideration.And the said Report being read a Second time; and that Part of the saidReport which relates to the Fees taken by Egerton Leigh Esqr., SurveyorGeneral, and which the Committee submit to the Consideration of theHouse, being debated:Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this House, that the Fees paid by theCommissary General to the said Egerton Leigh Esqr., Surveyor General, andhis Deputies out of the Fund appropriated by Law to the use of new Settlersare according to a List of Allowances which was agreed by the CommonsHouse of Assembly the 15th Day of June 1751 to be made to the Surveyor Generaland his Deputies out of the said Fund; and which the Commissary Generalby an Order, made the same Day, is required to pay accordingly.Resolved That the Memorial of Charles Woodmason Esqr. be referredto the consideration of a Committee, and that they do examine the Matterthereof, and report the same, with their Opinion thereupon to the House.

MAY 13, 1760561And it is referred to Mr. Wright, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Wragg,Mr. Taylor, Mr. Waties.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Afternoon, five of theClock.Saturday the 10th Day of May 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday AfternoonFive of the Clock.Monday the 12th Day of May 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 13th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Friday’s Proceedings.Mr. Wragg presented to the House from the Committee who were appointedto correspond with the Agent for solliciting the Affairs of this Provincein Great Britain, a Letter from the Agent to the Committee DatedLondon 5th January 1760, and the same was read, purporting, that he hadreceived a Letter from the Committee, enclosing a Resolution of this House,relative to the Expence of carriage of Provisions to the Out-Posts in this Province;and directing him to inquire whether the Contractors were not liableto defray that Expence: And that he had presented a Memorial to the Treasuryupon that Subject; but had not then been able to obtain an Answer.Mr. Mazyck presented to the House (according to Order) “a Bill for finishing,enlarging, repairing, cleansing and keeping clean and in repair theCommon Drain or Sewer in Elliott Street in Charles Town”; and the samewas received and read the First time.Resolved, That the Bill be read a second time.Ordered, That Mr. Mazyck do carry the Order for lending Money outof the Treasury to the Commissioners of the Markets, to the LieutenantGovernor and Council and desire their Concurrence.Ordered That the Order of the Day, for reading the “Bill for preventing(as much as may be) the continuance of the Small-Pox in Charles Town,and the further spreading of that Distemper in this Province,” a Second time,be now read.And the said Order being read Accordingly.The Bill was read a Second time, with Blanks, which were filled up.

562 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Resolved, That the Bill be committed.Resolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the wholeHouse.Resolved, That this House will now resolve itself into a Committee ofthe whole House upon the said Bill.And accordingly the House resolved itself into the said Committee.Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Manigault took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee that they had made someprogress in the Bill and that the Committee had directed him to move theHouse for leave to sit again.Resolved, That this House will to-morrow Morning resolve itself into aCommittee of the whole House upon the said Bill.And then the House adjourned till tomorrow Morning, Nine of theClock.Wednesday the 14th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House (according to Order) resolved itself into a Committee of thewhole House upon the “Bill for preventing (as much as may be) the continuanceof the Small-Pox in Charles Town, and the further spreading of thatDistemper in this Province.”Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Manigault took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee, that they had made a furtherProgress in the Bill, and that the Committee had directed him to movethe House for leave to sit again.Resolved, That this House will to-morrow Morning resolve itself into aCommittee of the whole House upon the said Bill.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 15th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House (according to Order) resolved itself into a Committee of thewhole House upon the “Bill for Preventing (as much as may be) the Continuanceof the Small Pox in Charles-Town; and the further spreading of thatDistemper in this Province.”

MAY 16, 1760563Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Manigault took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee that they had gonethrough the Bill and made several Amendments thereunto, which they haddirected him to report; and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwarddelivered the Bill with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table; Where theAmendments were once read throughout; and then a second time One byOne: And the said Amendments were (with Amendments to some of them)severally agreed to by the House.Ordered That Mr. Guerard do carry the Bill to the Council.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 16th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.“A Bill for finishing, enlarging, repairing, cleansing and keeping cleanand in repair the Common Drain or Sewer in Elliott Street in Charles-Town”was read a Second time, with Blanks which were filled up, and several Amendmentswere made by the House to the Bill.Ordered That Mr. Roper do carry the Bill to the Council.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,His Majesty by His Royal Order in Council having been graciouslypleased to direct that sundry Supplies of Ordnance & Stores be sent to thisProvince for the better defence and security thereof, and to order for thebetter preventing any Loss or Embezzlement of the said Stores, That theGovernor or Commander in Chief of the Province of South Carolina doappoint some proper Person to be Storekeeper, with a proper Salary annexedto that Office, and do recommend to the Assembly, that as soon as such Officershall be appointed the said Governor or Commander in Chief do putall the Stores that now are here, as well as those ordered to be sent hitherunder his Care; and take Security from him, to be accountable for the sameto the Master General or Principal Officer of His Majesty’s Ordnance. Andthat the said Storekeeper do keep a Journal of the Stores issued and expended,and that he do enter therein, the Names of the Persons to whomthey were issued and also for what Services, And that he do not issue anyStores but by Order in writing signed by the Governor or Commander inChief. And that every six Months the said Storekeeper do transmit a Copyof the said Journals together with an Account of what Stores are remaining

564 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760and in what condition they are, to the Master General or Principal Officerof His Majesty’s Ordnance. And that such Journal and Account be signedby the Governor or Commander in Chief and also by the Storekeeper. Andhis Excellency Governor Lyttelton having given a Commission for the purposesaforesaid to John Hume Esqr., I do now in pursuance of His Majesty’sroyal Commands recommend it to you to provide a Salary suitable to theTrust and Duties with which the said Office is charged. Which I have themore fully represented in this Message, that you may the better judge whatAllowance may be reasonable for that Service.And as no Carriages for the Guns are comprised in the List of Storeslately sent over by His Majesty’s Command, except Pattern Carriages for suchas are of different Calibres, and Iron work for compleating the Carriages forthe rest, and also Iron work for Beds for seven Cohorn Mortars, in regardthe said Carriages and Beds are more proper to be made of the Wood growingin the said Province, which will endure longer in this Climate than ifmade of English Timber. I do therefore in obedience to His Majesty’s RoyalCommands, likewise recommend you to make provision for defraying theExpence of making the Carriages for the said Guns and Cohorns asabovementioned, which I make no doubt but you will readily do, as a Testimonyof the grateful Sense with which you receive this fresh Instance of HisMajesty’s Royal favour and care for our Protection.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Morning next, take theMessage into Consideration.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,[The Council have agreed to the “Ordinance to appoint James] ReidEsqr. Powder Receiver of this Province,” without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the Ordinance be ingrossed.A Petition of several of the Inhabitants of Charles Town was presentedto the House and read setting forth,That on or about the Month of March 1759 the French Acadians inCharles Town then about Three hundred and forty in number being utterlydestitute of the common necessaries of Life, and deprived of the means ofobtaining the same, did apply to the Church Wardens of the Parish of St.Philips for relief, but they absolutely refusing to administer any assistance tothese unhappy people and declining to distribute to them the accustomed

MAY 16, 1760565allowance from the Public, The Petitioners from the pressing necessity of thecase and from the knowledge of the good intentions of this HonorableHouse were induced to procure for them on their own Credit the severalArticles of Provisions, Linnen and Medicine contained in the annexed Account,not doubting but that Your Honours wou’d in due time provide forthe Same.And praying the House to take the Premises into Consideration and dotherein as their Wisdom and Humanity shall direct.Read also the Account annexed to the Petition, amounting to £2613:17:4.Ordered, That the said Petition and Account be referred to the Considerationof the Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts;and that they do examine the Matter of the said Petition and reportthe same with their Opinion thereupon to the House.The Bill intitled, “an Act to enforce a due subordination and observanceof Military Discipline among the Forces employed in the Service of this Province,”and,“The Ordinance to appoint James Reid Esqr. Powder-receiver of thisProvince” being severally ingrossed, were, with the Originals laid upon theTable.Ordered That Mr. Pringle and Mr. Moore do examine the said ingrossedBill and Ordinance, with such Members of the Council as shall be appointedfor that Purpose: And that they do afterward wait upon The LieutenantGovernor and desire that His Honour will please to order the Great-Seal tobe affixed to the said ingrossed Bill and Ordinance; and humbly know HisHonour’s Pleasure, when he will be attended by the House to present thesaid ingrossed Bill & Ordinance.Then the House proceeded to take the Second Report from the Committeewho were appointed to audit the Public Accounts into Consideration.And the 1st Paragraph of the said Report (No. 177) on an Account ofJohn Hamilton;The 2d (No. 178) on a second Account of John Hamilton;The 3d (No. 179) on an Account of Thomas Yeomans;The 4th (No. 180) on an Account of William Osborn;The 5th (No. 181) on an Account of Elizabeth Snipes;The 6th (No. 182) on an Account of James Beamer;The 7th (No. 183) on an Account of Cornelius Cokely;The 8th (No. 184) on a second Account of James Beamer; and,The 9th (No. 185) on an Account of Lachlan McIntosh, being severallyread a Second time were severally agreed to by the House.The 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Paragraphsbeing severally read a Second time,

566 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Ordered, That the several Accounts mentioned in the said Paragraphs(being for the late Expedition) be recommitted.The 20th Paragraph (No. 196) on a Certificate in favour of LemuelNesmith for a Slave executed since the first Day of January last, being reada Second time,Ordered, That the said Certificate be returned to the Treasurer to bebrought in next Session.The 21st and 22d Paragraphs being severally read a Second time,Ordered That the Accounts mentioned in the said Paragraphs (beingfor the late Expedition) be recommitted.And the 23d and 24th Paragraphs on Certificates for Slaves executed,since the first Day of January last,Ordered, That the said Certificates be returned to the Treasurer to bebrought in next Session.Mr. Pringle reported to the House that the Great-Seal was affixed to theingrossed Bill and Ordinance; and that the Lieutenant Governor havingbeen waited upon humbly to know when he would be attended by the House,had been pleased to say that he is now ready to receive the House in theCouncil-Chamber.And, accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to attend theLieutenant Governor, in the Council Chamber.And being returned, Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attendedthe Lieutenant Governor in the Council Chamber, where his Honour hadpleased to give his Assent to,“An Act to enforce a due subordination and observance of Military Disciplineamong the Forces employed in the Service of this Province,” And,“An Ordinance to appoint James Reid Esqr. Powder-Receiver of thisProvince.”Mr. Speaker presented to the House from the Committee of Correspondencetwo Letters which the Committee had received from the Agent inGreat-Britain, one dated London 5th January 1760, and,The other dated, London 13th February 1760, purporting that South-Carolina’s Proportion of the £50,000 granted by Parliament, is settled at£9941:19:10 Sterling; and that the Warrant to the Exchequer for issuing thisMoney will be to pay it to such Person or Persons who is or shall be duly authorizedand impowered for and in behalf of the said Province to receive thesame.Resolved, That this House will, next Tuesday Morning, take the saidLetters into Consideration.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Afternoon, Five of theClock.

MAY 19, 1760567Saturday the 17th Day of May 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the Meeting of the House till Monday MorningTen of the Clock.Monday the 19th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Friday’s Proceedings.Resolved, That this House will grant to His Majesty a Sum sufficient todefray the Charges of the Government of this Province from the First Dayof January to the Thirty First Day of December One thousand Seven hundredand Fifty Nine, both Days inclusive.Ordered That a Bill be brought in upon the said Resolution and thatMr. Lamboll, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Wragg do prepare and bring in the same.Mr. Mazyck presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forraising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of ______ to defray the Expenceof the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians and other Charges, sinceincurred, by prosecuting the War against the said Indians, and protecting theBack-Settlements of this Province. And appointing Commissioners for stampingand signing Public Orders for the more easy and expeditious issuing ofthe said Sum. And providing a Fund sinking the said Public Orders in FiveYears, by a General Tax and Assessment on the Estates real and personal, ofthe Inhabitants and Others interested in this Province”; and the same wasreceived, and read, the First time.Resolved That the Bill be read a Second time.Mr. Gadsden reported from the Committee to whom the several PublicAccounts were referred; That the Committee had examined several otherof the said Accounts, which they had directed him to report to the House;and he read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at theClerk’s Table: Where the Same was read and is as follows, vizt.The following Accounts and Certificates for Sundries impress’d by ColonelPawley’s Battalion come before the Committee properly certifyd and attested,and therefore the Committee are of Opinion they should be allowed.No. 1. Peter Porcher for Rice, £16:2.2. Thomas Potts for Sundries, £16:10.3. John McDowell for a Cart, £18.4. William Thompson for a Cart, £17:10.5. Alexander Davidson for a Weather Sheep, £3.6. Archibald Johnston for 4149 Wt. Flour at 6/10, £269:13:7.7. Thomas Potts for 8 1 /2 Bushels of Corn, £4:5.8. Aquila Miles for a Horse, £30.9. Elisha Scriven for 2 Horses, £95.

568 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 176010. Samuel Lorimer for 2 Horses, £65.11. William Cooper for a Horse, £67:15.12. Henry Futhey for 3 Old Bridles, £1.13. Charles Woodmason & Company for Sundries, £68:18:6.14. James Hamilton for 1 Steer & 9 Bushels of Corn, £16:15.15. Daniel Dupree for 2 Horses and Bells, £83:17:6.16. John Baxter for a Waggon & Horses, £295:10.17. Thomas Lorimer for a Horse, £50.18. Hugh Hall for Deer Skins at 16/ per lb., £21:12.19. Joseph Scriven for Horses, £155. And for Susanna Scriven, £55.20. William Dargon for 6 Bushels of Corn & Fodder, £4.21. Forgis McDowall for Repairs to Carts, £9.22. Conrad Holman for 9 Bushels of Corn & Straw, £9:10.23. Samuel Thomas for 6 1 /2 Bushels of Corn at 10/, £3:5.24. Christopher McDowall for Repairs to Carts, £9.25. Joshua Scriven for a Steer and 1 Hide, £14.26. Ditto for 200 lb. Rice at 50/, £5.27. Ditto for Traces and Sole Leather, £8:10.28. Anthony Martin White for a Horse and Mare, £60.29. Anthony White for Sundries impressed, £380:12.30. John White for Boards & Pasturage, £87:6:9.31. Joseph White for a Weather Sheep, £3:5.32. Ditto for a Horse Cart, £23.33. Joseph Scriven for a Horse, £60.34. John Gregg for a Cart and Sundries, £41.The following to be paid upon the several Persons making Oath thatthe several Articles have not been returned.35. Henry Futhey for a Cart and Horses, £161.36. Peter Lessesne for a Horse and Cart, £46.37. Hannah Scriven for a Cart and Geer, £25.The two following to be allowed upon getting a proper Certificate fromthe Officers.38. John McKree for 2 Horses, £72.39. Joseph McKree for a Mare & Horse, £72.40. Othniel Beale, Son & Company for Sundries allowed, £147.The following Accounts and Certificates for Colonel George GabrielPowell’s Battalion come before the Committee properly certified and attestedand therefore they are of Opinion should be allowed.41. Richard Wright for Cooper’s Ware, £4:7:6.42. John Guading for 2 Hogs, £5.43. Charles Ash for the Carriage of Sundries, £10.

MAY 19, 176056944. Joseph Parsons for guiding Colonel Powell and his Battalion fromSaludy to Broad River, £1:11.45. Ambrose Adams for Supper &ca., £9:10.46. Peter Crim for Supper and Lodging, £4:4.47. David Anderson for 16 Head of fat Cattle, £116.48. John Crawford for sundry Articles supplied the Men in ColonelPowell’s Battalion and deducted out of their Pay, £283:11:9.49. Abram Lundy for Beef, £7.50. John Jenkins for 2 Beeves and 10 Bushels of Potatoes, £12.51. John Cooper for 3 Steers, £23.52. Robert Weaver for Provisions, £10.53. Sarah Jones for Bread, £19:12:6.54. Edward Teel for twenty Six Bushels of Corn at 7/6, £9:15.55. Robert Weaver for Horses and Carts imprest, £123.56. Ditto for Provisions, £6:12:6.57. Sarah Knights for Potatoes, £6.58. Joseph Holland for a Cow, £8.59. Robert Weaver for the Balance of his Account, £385:9:0 1 /2.60. David Anderson for Beef for the use of 14 Men appointed to guardthe Stores and Ammunition of Christopher Gadsden and John CrawfordEsqrs., £20. As this Beef was supplied a Guard over private Property the Committeesubmit it to the House whether it should be allowed.61. Christopher Gadsden for sundries deducted from the Men’s Pay,allowed, £963:1.The following Accounts and Certificates for Sundries impressed byColonel John Chevillette’s Battalion come before the Committee properlycertified and attested and therefore they are of Opinion shou’d be allowed.62. William Turner for purchasing and driving Cattle &c., £79:10.63. George Hooper for Flour, £78:3.64. Peter Whiteing for Provisions, £13.65. Samuel Scott for Sundries, £600:16:3.66. Leonard Rough for 640 Wt. Flour at £4 per Ct., £25:17:6.67. William Laurence for 1 p. Osnabrigs, £48.68. William Turner for 19 head of Cattle, £202.69. Michael Snyder for 1045 Wt. Flour at £4 per Ct., £41:17:6.70. James Jenkins for 3 head of Cattle, £34.71. Susanna Burnett for 35 Bushels of Corn at 15s per Bushel, deduct 5sper Bushel, Balance £17:10 allowed.72. John Stuart for 1855 Wt. of Flour, £74.73. Elizabeth Mercier for 8 Bushels of English Pease at 30/, £12.74. Ditto, for 20 Bushels of Corn, deduct 5/ per Bushel, £10.

570 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The following for Colonel Richardson’s Battalion to be allowed.75. Colonel Richard Richardson for 10 head of Steers, £130.76. Joseph Kershaw for Sundries, £779:7:4.77. Christopher Easton for a Steer, £13.78. David Davis for 5 Steers, £65.79. Thomas Bosher for a Horse, £25.80. Colonel Richard Richardson for a Horse, £40.The following for the Battalion under Colonel Singleton to be allowed.81. Thomas Anderson for 23 Bushels of Corn at 15/, £17:5.82. Michael Lightner for the hire of a Mare, £17:5.83. Peter Witten for Corn, Potatoes and Forage, £9.84. Benjamin Waring for a Drum, £14.85. Frederick Hooff for 20 head Steers at £12, £240.86. Conrad Kenslar for 13 head of Cattle, £127.87. John Grossman for Cart and 2 Horses 2 Days, £5.88. Michael Taylor for 102 Bushels Corn at 10/, £51.89. Magdalen Linder for 450 Wt. flour at £5, £22:10.90. John Mountsey for Flour and Salt, £121:2:9.The following for Colonel Heyward’s Battalion, to be allow’d.91. The Estate of John Izard for 8 Bushels of Rice & a Cow, £132.92. Hans Amaker for 2 Steers at £12:10, £25.93. Maurice Harvey for a Cart, £16.94. John Grayson for 1373 Wt. of Flour at £6:10, £89.95. Ditto for a Horse, £30.96. Estate of John Platt for a Steer, £12.97. Elijah Postell for a Horse, £25.98. Francis Stuart for Sundries, £73:11:10.99. Benjamin Waring and Ralph Izard for a Horse, £10.100. John McQueen for a Horse, £65.The following to be paid, upon Oath being made that they never werereturned.101. Estate of John Hutchison for a Cart and two Horses, £65.102. Thomas Bowman for a Cart Horse, £40. This Man has since madeOath the Horse was not returned.103. John Chapman for a Cart, £32.104. John Mulrine for a Horse & Cart, £63.105. Colonel Daniel Heyward for a Horse pressed £25, return’d, £15.106. Joshua Winser for 2 Months Service in the Expedition and a Horseand Saddle lost; the 2 Month’s Pay are provided for in One of the Muster-Rolls; and as for the Horse and Saddle the Committee think it should notbe allowed as he was a Foot-Soldier.

MAY 19, 1760571107. James Sharp £2:18:9 part thereof for Rum, Thread and Laces forIndians, ought not to be allowed, the remainder £1:17:6 for a Hand Saw andChizell for the above Battalion, to be allowed.108. John Postell for 2 Horses £75 to be allowed.The following for the Detachment of Colonel Hyrne, allowed.109. Philip Isamar for a Hog, £4:10.110. Philip Jacob for Corn Blades & Hog & Potatoes, £6:17:6.111. Ralph Sandyford for a Horse, £48.112. George Johnson for Victuals, £35.113. Reverend John Giessandaner for a Horse 7 Days, £7.114. Joseph Ainger for a Horse, £40.115. Abram Churchner for a Horse Cart & Man 3 Days, £6.116. Estate of Richard Waring for 2 Stall fed Steers, £50.117. Melchor Hoffman for Corn and Blades, £1.118. John Mather for a Cart, £10.119. William Young for Victuals, £5.120. William Hart for 7 Steers and driving, £72.121. Christopher Minnick for 11 head of Cattle at £9:10, £104:10.122. Henry Richenbacker for Flour, Pease & Hog, £21:16:3.123. John Single for hire of a Horse 2 Days, £2.124. Nicholas Shooler for a Steer, £8.125. John James Soulagre for Ferriage, as it was in time of Alarm theCommittee think it ought not to be allowed.126. Edward Keiting, part of this Account is allowed in one of the Muster-Rolls,the remainder for a Horse lost ought not to be allowed, he beinga Foot Soldier.127. Samuel Tuther for the Hire of 2 Horses 7 Days at 40/ per Day, £14to be allowed.128. Nicholas Zorne for a Mare and damage done his Cart, £29:10 allowed.129. Nicholas Noey for the Hire of a Horse £3, for a Hog, Salt &ca. £6:5,for Bushel of Corn 10/ and a Horse for an Express 11 Days, £8:5 in all, £18 allowed.130. Samuel Elliott for a Drummer and Negro Man, £51:12:6. Mr. Elliotthas charged 10/ per Day for the Drummer, the Committee have deducted2/6 per Day, which leaves a Balance of £44:5 to be allowed.131. John Guerard Esqr. for Salt &c. supplied for the Expedition amountingto £78:10, to be allowed.132. Joanna Monk, Certificate in her Favour from the Deputy Commissaryfor 30 Bushels of Potatoes, appraised at 5/, Allowed, £7:10.133. John Page for Flour, Certificate from the Comissary, allowed, £56:7.

572 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760134. Benjamin Newton his Estate, for a Cow appraised, certify’d by theDeputy Commissary, allowed, £9.135. Anthony Stack, Certificate from Henry Gallman for Flour impressedand appraised, allowed, £26:9:10.136. Anthony Stack, another Certificate from the same Person for CornBlades, allowed, £14:5.137. Jacob Gallman junr., Certificate from Henry Gallman for a Steer,allowed, £9:10.138. John Gallman junr., Certificate from the same Person for a Steervalued and appraised, allowed, £9.139. Philip Phull, Certificate from same Person for Flour valued andappraised, allowed, £188:14:4.140. John Cole for collecting and driving Steers, certified by CommissaryNutt, allowed, £176.141. William Berry for the hire of a Horse 9 Days, no Sum mentioned,the Committee allow 15/ per diem, making £6:15.142. Uldrick Bookman for Flour, certified by Henry Gallman and appraised,allowed, £48:8.143. Anthony Bookman for 2 Cattle, certified by Henry Gallman andappraised, allowed, £21.144. Godfrey Drayer for Flour certified by Commissary Nutt, allowed,£501.145. Godfrey Drayer for 1836 Wt. of Flour at £5 amounting to £91:16; bya Memorandum on the Foot of this Certificate it appears that 1000 Wt. of thisFlour was conveyed by another Carriage and a Certificate given for it to bededucted out of the above Quantity, which reduces it to 836 Wt. which comesto at £5, and to be allowed, £41:16.146. Godfrey Drayer for Flour, Certificate from Commissary Nutt, allowed,£395:6.147. Godfrey Drayer for Flour, Certified by Do., allowed, £1395.148. William Lloyd for Shot, Kettles &c., allowed, £270:11:3.149. Henry Shol for Flour, Henry Gallman’s Certificate, allow’d, £44:15.150. Alexander Tate for supplying provisions and pasturage, allow’d,£12:17:6.151. Carne and Wilson, Medicine supplied Doctor Milligen for the Expeditionagreable to Resolution of the House, allowed, £200.152. Andrew Bargainer, Certificate from Henry Gallman for Horsepressed 23 Days at 15/, allowed, £17:5.153. Samuel Liver for two Horses pressed, certified by Henry Gallman,appraised at £75, the said Horses being returned, the Committee allow onehalf of the appraised value for hire amounting to £37:10.

MAY 19, 1760573154. Conrad Hollman for Entertainment of the Governor and his party,certified and appraised, allowed, £55.155. William Banbury for 10 Barrels of Bread delivered Captain Elliott,allowed, £79:16.156. William Seawright, several Certificates in his Favour for entertainmentof Troopers & Volunteers, and provisions and 2 Cows & Potatoes, numberedby the Committee 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, allowed in the whole, £161:18:9.157. Jethro Manning for Flour impressed by Henry Gallman at £4:15,allowed, £94:8:9.158. Charles Stevenson for an Order in favour of John Plowman, certifiedby Henry Gallman, 1300 Wt. at £3:15, allowed, £48:15.159. Mary Peronneau for entertaining Indians, omitted giving in lastYear, And for entertaining Troopers on the Expedition, £69:10.160. Mary Peronneau, Order in her favour drawn by Captn. Waring forvictualling part of St. George’s Company, allowed, £5:15.161. Frederic Toover for a Horse impressed by Henry Gallman appraisedat £30, the Horse being returned the Committee think half that Sum sufficientfor hire, allowed, £15.162. Thomas Wright for several Articles in his Account for the Expedition(the Remainder being already reported on among other Accounts) forOrdinary Expences, allowed, £198:2:8.163. Conrad Folk for Flour impressed and appraised at £4:15, certifyedby Henry Gallman March 1760 for the use of the distressed at his Fort in thepresent Indian War. Altho’ this Charge accrues after the 1st January Yet asthe House have resolved to emit Money for the Expences hereafter to accrueon Account of the War with the Cherokees we think it should be allowed,£77:13:6.164. Simon Theus for entertaining Indians, Expresses and for the Troopof Horse on that Expedition, allowed, £104:18:9.165. Michael Christopher Rowe for the Expedition for Horses, Waggons&c. impressed and lost, the whole amounting to £322:15:6 including severalCertificates. As several of the Articles are not properly certified or sworn to,the Committee disallow them to the Amount £292:2:6 and the Balanceamounting to £30:13 recommend to be allowed, £30:13.166. George Tickle for Sundries had by the Troop under Major Walter,November 1st, and certified by him, viz. 33 Dinners for the Troopers and 38for the Boys, allowed, £8:12:6.167. John Kesson for Sundries supplied the Troop at Ferguson’s Swampamounting to £116:15, allowed.168. John Kesson for hire and damage of a Horse impressed for Mr. Maine16 Days charged at 30/, the Committee allow 15/ per diem which makes £12.

574 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760169. Gasper Foust, Certificate from Colonel Singleton for 26 head offat Cattle, allowed, £296:10.170. Thomas Elliott for 62 Head of Cattle impressed by Order of CommissaryNutt and appraised: And for hire of Negroes (and for a mare neverreturned which the Committee recommend he may make Oath of, as othersare to do) amounting in the whole to be allowed, £802:10.Mr. Lamboll presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forraising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of ______ to defray the Chargesof this Government from the First Day of January to the Thirty First Day ofDecember, One thousand, Seven hundred and fifty nine, both Days inclusive:And for other Services therein mentioned”; and the Same was receivedand read the First time.Resolved That the Bill be read a Second time.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 20th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Ordered, That the Order of the Day for considering the LieutenantGovernor’s Message relating to providing a Salary for a Storekeeper of theWarlike Stores and relating to providing for Carriages be now read.And the said Order being read accordingly.The said Message was read a Second time.Then the 44th and 45th Paragraphs of “an Act for the better regulatingthe Militia of this Province” were severally read.Resolved, That this House will provide a Sum not exceeding Threethousand and five Hundred Pounds to enable the Commissioners for theFortifications to purchase Timber and such other Materials as may be wantingto make Carriages for the Guns and Beds for the Cohorn Mortars, mentionedin the said Message; and likewise for securing such part of the newWorks lately erected in Charles Town as are most in danger of falling down.Ordered, That an Answer be prepared to the Lieutenant Governor’ssaid Message.And the other Order of the Day for considering the Agent’s Letter ofthe 13th of February last, relating to the Sum of £9941:19:10, the proportionof this Province of the £50,000 Sterling granted by Parliament, being read.The Letter was read a Second time.Ordered, That an Ordinance be brought in for appointing Commissionersto impower some proper Person or Persons to receive the said Money inbehalf of this Province: And that Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Wragg and Mr. Rattraydo prepare and bring in the same.

MAY 21, 1760575Ordered, That an Address be prepared to be presented to the LieutenantGovernor, humbly to desire that His Honour will be pleas’d to order tobe laid before this House such Accounts as may have been transmitted to thisProvince by the Agent, of the laying out the Sum of Two thousand PoundsSterling, which was put into the Hands of the said Agent to purchase Cloathsfor the Carolina Regiment.And then the House adjourned till tomorrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 21st Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Addresses were drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,After having maturely considered the Message, wherein You werepleas’d to recommend to this House to make provision for a Salary to theStore-keeper appointed to take care of the Stores, which His Majesty wasgraciously pleas’d to order to be sent for the better defence and security ofthis Province; as likewise to make provision for defraying the Expence ofmaking Carriages for the Guns & Mortars lately brought hither by HisMajesty’s Command.It is with real Concern, we acquaint Your Honour, that we cannot makeprovision for a Salary to that Officer; Which we are inclined to be of opinionis rather the less needful to be done, at such a Time as this when theProvince is labouring under the weight of heavy Debts, that are daily increasing,and cannot in many Years be discharged; because we find that Provisionis made by our Militia-Law for putting the Warlike-Stores under the Care ofOfficers to be appointed by the Commander in Chief of this Province, forthe time being, and an Annual Salary appointed by the said Law to be paid,by the Public, to such Officers for that service.But we have resolved to provide a Sum not exceeding Three Thousandfive hundred Pounds to enable the Commissioners for the Fortifications topurchase Timber, with such other Materials as may be wanting, and to payfor making Carriages for the Guns and Beds for the Cohorn Mortars, mentionedin Your Honour’s Message. And likewise for securing such part of thenew Works lately erected in Charles-Town as may be most in danger of fallingdown.May it please your Honour,His Excellency Governor Lyttelton having been pleas’d to order TwoThousand Pounds Sterling of the Money provided for the raising of a Regimentin this Province, to be placed in the Hands of James Wright Esqr., our

576 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Agent in Great-Britain, for the purchasing of Cloaths and other Articles forthe Use of the said Regiment; We humbly desire, that Your Honour will bepleased to order such Accounts (if any such there be) as Mr. Wright hathtransmitted to this Province, relative to the Expending of the said Two thousandPounds, to be laid before this House.Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Pinckney and Doctor Carne.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee towhom the Public Accounts were referred, into consideration.And the first Paragraph of the Report on the Muster-Roll of ColonelRichardson being read a Second time, was, upon the Question being putthereupon, disagreed with by the House.Ordered That the further consideration of the Report be adjourned tillto-morrow Morning.Resolved (upon the Question) That every Member of this House nowin Town, who shall not attend the Service of the House, to-morrow Morningat Ten of the Clock shall pay a Fine of Forty Shillings.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Thursday the 22d Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceeding’s.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Lieutenant Colonel Howorth, Commander of Fort Johnson, havingrepresented to me, that the House in that Fort built for the Accommodationof the Commander thereof, is, at present in some need of repair; I orderedthat a Workman should view what Repairs were necessary, and report to mean Estimate of the Expence thereof, which hath accordingly been done, andwill amount to about One hundred & Sixty Pounds Currency.It is also necessary that there should be a convenient large Canoo readyat all times at that Fort, for the transporting Provisions and military Stores,as well as the relieving and reli[e]ved Detachments of Soldiers doing garrisonduty there; as the hiring Boats for such purposes is much more expensive;and as it may so happen that the Service may require a Communicationwith this Town on some emergent Occasion arising at that Fort.There is one Matter more, relative to that Fort, which I shall at presentlay before you, in order to give some Relief not only to the Garrison but tothe adjacent Plantations, and that is the want of Firewood for the Soldiers

MAY 22, 1760577on duty there. For I am informed by Colonel Howorth that the Soldiershaving no Wood on the Public Ground formerly allotted for that use, go almostdaily out of the Fort, which is inconvenient to their Duty and may endangerthe safety of the Place, in order to furnish themselves with Woodwhere they can, which, indeed, we know they cannot do, but by trespassingon the Owners of the adjacent Plantations; under pretext of which necessity,they are too often tempted to run into further Irregularities, to the greatnusance & damage of their Neighbours. I must, on this occasion, observe,that Fort Johnson is in the same situation in regard to Firewood as the Barracksin Charles-Town except that it can be supplied at less expence, as thereis no Cartage.I therefore recommend these several Matters to Your Consideration anddesire you will make a suitable provision for the same.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And the first paragraph of the Message being read a second time.Resolved, That this House will provide the Sum of One hundred andSixty Pounds for repairing the Commander’s House in Fort Johnson.The second Paragraph being read a second time.Resolved, That this House will provide a Sum not exceeding One hundredand fifty Pounds for purchasing a convenient large Canoo for the Usesmentioned in the said Paragraph.The last Paragraph of the Message being read a Second time.Resolved, That this House will make provision for defraying theExpence of a Cord of Firewood a week for the use of the Soldiers upon dutyat Fort Johnson.Ordered, That an Address be prepared to be presented to The LieutenantGovernor in answer to the said Message.A Muster-Roll of the Detachment ordered out of Charles-Town Troopof Horse to attend His Excellency Governor Lyttelton on the Expeditionagainst the Cherokees amounting to the Sum of £272:19, with a Certificateconcerning two Horses that were impressed and lost on the said Expeditionbelonging to Samuel Perkins were presented to the House and read.Ordered That the said Muster Roll and Certificate be referred to theCommittee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts; and that theydo examine the said Muster-Roll and Certificate and report their Opinionthereupon to the House.Then the House resumed the adjourned consideration of the Reportfrom the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts were referred.

578 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And the Question being put, that a Provision be made for paying thesupernum[er]ary Officers contained in the Muster Roll of the Detachmentcommanded by Colonel Richardson on the late Expedition against theCherokees.It passed in the Negative.Ordered That the 1st, 2d, & 3d Paragraphs of the Report on the Muster-Rollsbe recommitted.Ordered That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,According to your desire I herewith send you the Account of the £2000Sterling placed in the hands of James Wright Esqr., our Agent in London,by his Excellency Governor Lyttelton for purchasing Cloaths and other Articlesfor the use of the Regiment in the Pay of this Province, bearing datethe 14th Day of February 1758, which is the last and only Account relativethereto which Mr. Wright hath transmitted to this Province, as far as I know.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read the Account of the said Mr. Wright; Balance in his Hands being£589:2:11.Resolved, That every Member of this House now in Town, who shall notattend the Service of the House to-morrow Morning at Ten of the Clock,shall pay a Fine of Forty Shillings.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 23d Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn.May it please Your Honour,Pursuant to the Message You were pleas’d to send this House Yesterday,we have resolved to provide the Sum of One hundred and Sixty Pounds forrepairing the House built for the accommodation of the Commanding Officerof Fort Johnson. And a further Sum, not exceeding One hundred andFifty Pounds, to purchase a large Canoo for the uses mentioned in YourHonour’s Message. And we have also resolved to provide for defraying theExpence of a Cord of Firewood a Week for the use of such of the Soldiersas shall do garrison duty at that Fort.

MAY 23, 1760579Ordered That the said Address be presented to His Honour by Mr.Pringle.The following Papers were presented to the House and read, vizt.An Account of John Lide amounting to £10:5 for the use of the Expedition.Certificate of a Horse and Cart impressed for the said Expedition belongingto Luke Stoutenburgh Esqr.Two Accounts of Christopher Gadsden Esqr. for the like use, oneamounting to £10 and the other to £30:7:6.Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts; and that theydo examine the Same and report their Opinion severally thereupon to theHouse.Then the House resumed the adjourned consideration of the Residueof the Report from the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts werereferred.And the several Articles of the said Report from No. 1 to No. 70 beingseverally read a second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 71st Article on an Account of Susanna Burnett, being read a secondtime, was disagreed with by the House.Resolved that £26:5 be allowed on the said Account.The 72d, 73d & 74th Articles being severally read a Second time, wereseverally agreed to by the House.The 75th Article on an Account of Elizabeth Mercier, being read a Secondtime, was disagreed with by the House.Resolved That £15 be allowed on the said Account.And the several other Articles of the said Report as far as No. 170, beingseverally read a Second time were severally agreed to by the House.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee to whom the several Accountsof the Public Debt were referred, that the Committee had examinedseveral other of the said Accounts, and had directed him to report the sameto the House: And he read the Report in his Place and afterward deliveredit in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read and is as follows, vizt.No. 171. Hans Uldrick Burkhast for Flour, certified by Henry Gallman,allowed, £43:19:9.172. Robert McCuhen for Corn Blades, allowed, £20.173. George Spigner for Flour, certified by Gallman, allowed, £22:15:9.174. Jacob Hyley for 1128 Wt. of Flour, certified by Do., allowed, £53:10:6.175. Jacob Hyley for 498 Wt. of Flour, certified by Do., allowed, £23:4:1 1 /2.176. Robert Carter for driving Cattle 178 Head at 25/, certified by CommissaryNutt, £222:10.

580 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760177. Mary Sneether for 1380 Wt. of Flour, certified by Henry Gallmanat £4:15 per Ct., allowed, £65:10.178. Elias Taige for 189 Wt. of Flour at £4:15, certified by the same, allowed,£8:19:5.179. Mary Sneether for 3 Horses and Harness impressed, certified byHenry Gallman and appraised in the whole at £168, the Goods being returnedthe Committee think half that Sum sufficient to be allowed, £84.180. Nicholas Smith for 205 Wt. of Flour at £4:15 per Ct., certified byHenry Gallman, allowed, £9:14:7.181. William Fullwood for a Horse impressed and valued at £30. Andupon his return appraised at £5 only, the Balance to be allowed, £25.182. Henry Gallman for 5 Certificates, Vizt., No. 1, Three Barrels of Flourat £4:15, £32:7:8; No. 2, For 4 Barrels of Flour at £5:5, £55:2:6; No. 3, For 4 Barrelsof Flour at £5:5, £48:0:9; No. 4, For Corn & Forage, £27:16:3; No. 5, Forone Cow, £8; [Amounting in the whole to] £171:7:2.The above certified by the said Gallman, except the Article for Foragewhich is certified by Colonel Hyrne, and to be allowed.183. Henry Gallman, Account for Corn at different times and Pasturageof Horses &c., we deduct the Pasturage which reduces the Account tothe Sum of £28:15, Allowed.184. Nicholas Mighlar for Blacksmith’s Work amounting to £5:6:6, whenattested to be paid.185. Nicholas Mighlar for work for a Waggon certified, allowed, £15.186. Christopher Herman Detring and Conrod Geiger for Pasturage ofSteers for the Army certified by Henry Gallman, allowed, £10.187. David Anderson for 13 head of Steers at £13, certified by Order ofCommissary Nutt, Allowed, £169.188. John Wood, an Affidavit of his, importing that a Horse of his whichhad tir’d with him on a Journey and was left at Le Nues Ferry, was as he isinformed, impress’d in the Public Service by Major Rothmahler, but no Certificateappearing to that purpose, and the Affidavit not being positive as tothe Fact, the Committee disallow the Account being for £40.189. John Anderson for Indian Corn appraised at 15/ certified by JohnMarley, 123 Bushels, allowed, £92:5.190. Jacob Hackabook for a Cow valued and certified by HenryGallman, allowed, £11.191. Jacob Hackabook for a Steer certified by the same, allowed, £11.192. Jacob Hackabook for hunting Cattle certified by Commissary Nutt,allowed, £3.193. Jacob Hackabook for Cattle valued at £30 certified by HenryGallman, allowed, £30.

MAY 23, 1760581194. Richard Owen for Corn & Forage certified by Captain BenjaminElliott, allowed, £2:2:6.195. Richard Owen for Corn and Forage certified by John Marley,Waggon Master, allowed, £34.196. Samuel Little for 20 Bushels of Corn certified by Marley at 15s perBushel, allowed, £15.197. Samuel Liddle for Beef and Potatoes certified by Piggott, DeputyCommissary, allowed, £28:1:8.198. Richard Owen for a Horse impressed, certified by one GeorgeYoung who makes his Mark, who being a person not known to your Committee,they disallow it, no Sum mentioned.199. Joseph Russell, a Certificate of Captain Postell’s in his favour for28 Bushels of Corn at 10/, allowed, £14.200. Andrew Haker for 60 Bushels of Corn and 5 Nights pasturage of50 Horses certified by John Marley, the Committee disallow the pasturage andprovide for the Corn at 10/, indorsed to Paul Townsend, £30.201. John Canet for Flour impressed at £5 per Ct. not being certifiedby the Officer who is said to have impress’d it, and no Quantity mentioned,the Committee cannot report concerning it.202. John Kennet for 3006 Wt. of Flour certified by Joseph Levy, DeputyCommissary, indorsed to Paul Townsend, allowed, £150:6.203. Michael Huck for one Steer certified by Henry Gallman, indorsedto Paul Townsend, allowed, £10.204. Thomas Anderson for 17 Bushels of Corn certified by John Marleyat 15/ per Bushel, allowed, £12:15.205. Michael Hettley for Corn Blades 800 Wt. at 30/ certified by Marleyand indorsed to John Ward, the Committee think 15/ per Hundred full sufficientpay and therefore allow £12.206. Felix Gross for 1046 Wt. Flour certified by Jo: Levy, allowed, £52:6.207. Nathaniel Broughton for 21 Bushels of Corn, certified by JohnMarley, allowed, £15:15.The several Articles in the said Report being severally read a Secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.Resolved, That the Public Treasurer do not pay any part of the Moneyto be provided for defraying the Expence of the late Expedition, to any Personwhosoever, unless such Person shall make Oath at the Time when suchMoney is demanded, that no Horse, or other Article whatever, impressed forthe Service of the said Expedition, had been returned, or come to the hands,possession or knowledge of such person at any Time since the same was impressed:And in Case any Horse or other Article, impressed for the sameService, shall at any Time after the payment of such Money, come to the

582 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760hands, possession or knowledge of such Person, that he will as soon as convenientlyhe can, either account for the value thereof with the Treasurer oracquaint him therewith, to the intent that the same may be restored to thePublic.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I think proper now to lay before you, for your perusal, several Letterswhich I have lately received concerning the temper and disposition of theCreek Indians, which will require all the Skill & Address of this Governmentto manage to our advantage. I am therefore desirous to avail myself of yourAdvice and Assistance on this important and delicate Conjuncture; And wishyou would appoint a Committee of your House to confer with me and aCommittee of His Majesty’s Council in the Council Chamber on the generalState of our Affairs in regard to the Creek Indians, to-morrow Afternoon atfour o’Clock.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read a Letter from George Galphin to the Lieutenant Governor datedAugusta the 15th Instant.Read also Letter from Lachlan McGillivray to the Lieutenant Governordated Augusta 15th Instant.Resolved, That a Committee be appointed for the purpose mentionedin the said Message, of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Taylor,Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Wragg, Mr. McQueen, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Guerard.And the following Answer was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,For Answer to your Message just now received, we have appointed Mr.Lamboll, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Wragg, Mr. McQueen, Mr. Rattray andMr. Guerard to be a Committee for the purpose mentioned in Your Honour’sMessage; who are ordered to attend Your Honour and the Committee of HisMajesty’s Council at the Time and Place appointed.Ordered That the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Wragg and Mr. Rattray.Resolved, That every Member of this House, now in Town, who shallnot attend the Service of this House next Tuesday Morning Ten of the Clock,shall pay a Fine of Forty Shillings.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.

MAY 27, 1760583Saturday the 24th Day of May 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday Morning,Ten of the Clock.Monday the 26th Day of May 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House, till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 27th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Friday’s Proceedings.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee to whom the several PublicAccounts were referred, that they had examined several other of the saidAccounts which they had directed him to report to the House, and he readthe Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read and is as follows, vizt.1. John Milner, his Account for cleaning the Public Arms £514:2:3. Shortcast to his prejudice £7. The Committee allow £521:2:3.2. Colo. Richard Richardson, for entertaining Indians, £63:7:6, allowed.3. William Pinckney, Commissary, his Account of Disbursments for thePublic Service £3025:3 to be allowed.4. Peter Crim, two Certificates in his favour, from Lachlan McIntosh,for driving ten Steers to Fort Prince George; the Sum for this Service is notmentioned; & the Committee do not know from what Place the Steers weredriven, for which reason they cannot report with any degree of certaintyupon the above Certificates.5. Henry Hartley, for a Horse impressed, by Michael Coldiron, in theYear 1757; not allowed, because the Committee know of no right Mr. Coldironhas to press Horses.6. Public Treasurer, two Accounts of his amounting to £40,418:13:5; whichthe Committee have examined, & find the several Charges usual & reasonable,& according to the Resolutions of this House. There is an article forthe Treasurer’s trouble in advancing & paying £42,950; which the Committeerecommend may be filled up at the rate of 10/ for every £100; whichmakes the Sum to be allowed £40,633:8:5. Of which £31,406:5 is for the lateExpedition.7. Petition of several Inhabitants of Charles-Town, with regard to theAcadians. The Committee taking into consideration the distressed situationof these People, who have been long a Burthen to the Inhabitants of Charlestown;& that the Public must have been burthened with them if they had

584 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760been in any other Parish, are of Opinion that the Sum of £2613:17:4 be allowed.8. An Account for repairs of the Church of St. James Goose Creek,£374:13:4, allowed.The several Articles in the said Report, being severally read a secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to prepare and bring in aSchedule of the Charges of this Government, from the First Day of January,to the Thirty First Day of December 1759; of the following Gentlemen, viz.,Mr. Manigault, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Lowndes.A Message from the Council, by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill for preventing (as much as may be)the Continuance of the Small-Pox in Charles-town; and the further spreadingof that Distemper in this Province.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Mr. Mazyck reported from the Committee who were appointed to conferwith his Honour the Lieutenant Governor, & a Committee of the Council,on the present State of Affairs with the Creek Indians,That they attended the Lieutenant-Governor, in the Council-Chamber,upon the subject matter of his Message to the House; where they were metby two of His Majesty’s Council. That the several Papers which had beencommunicated to this House were read, & the present critical Situation ofthis Province, with regard to the Creeks, was taken into Consideration: Butnothing positive or certain appearing to lay a Foundation for asserting whatthe real disposition of that Nation is, at this time, (tho’ their Conduct administersbut too just Cause to suspect their Behaviour toward us) the Lieutenant-Governor,your Committee & the Council, concurred in Opinion, thatit was advisable to postpone the further deliberation of that Affair till thereturn of the Traders from thence to Augusta, or till a more compleat &precise information shall be received, that may more clearly manifest whattheir true Designs are.The following Papers, for the service of the late Expedition, were read; viz.An Account of William Williamson, for a Horse impressed.Certificate of a Waggon & Horses impressed belonging to GeorgeAbernash.Certificate of Beef impressed from John Pamor; and,Certificate of a Cart & Harness impressed belonging to Thomas Monk.Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts; & that theydo examine the same, & report their Opinion thereupon to the House.

MAY 28, 1760585Read, a Third time, “a Bill for preventing (as much as may be) the continuanceof the Small-Pox in Charles-Town; & the Further spreading of thatDistemper in this Province.”An Amendment was proposed to the Bill, viz. Fol. 8, Line 5th, after“shall” add “be sued for within the term of three Months after the Offence shall be committed,and at no time after: and shall.”And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed unto by the House.And several other Amendments were made, by the House, to the Bill.Resolved, That the Bill do pass; & that the Title be, “an Act for preventing(as much as may be) the Continuance of the Small-Pox in Charles-town:And the further spreading of that Distemper in this Province.”Ordered, That Mr. Laurens do carry the Bill to the Council; & desiretheir Concurrence.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 28th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Laurens reported from the Committee to whom the Public Accountswere referred, that they had examined several other of the said Accounts;which they had directed him to report to the House; & he read theReport in his Place, & afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Wherethe same was read, & is as follows.208. Felix Grosse, for 63 Days Service, as Wheel-wright, £67:5, allowed.209. John Lide, indorsed to Christopher Gadsden, for Rye & Corn £10:5,allowed.210. Luke Stoutenburgh, Esq., for a Horse & Cart pressed, £65, allowed.211. Christopher Gadsden, for Beef for the use of the Craven CountyRegiment, £30:7:6, allowed.212. The same, for the same, £10, allowed.213. Archibald Campbell, for the Troop, Waggon-Horses, & Captn.Pawley’s Company, £93:5, allowed.214. Charles-town Troop, their Muster-Roll, £272:19; as the House didnot resolve to make any provision for this Service, the Committee cannotallow any thing upon this Muster Roll.215. Samuel Perkins, for two Horses, £40, allowed.216. John-George Smithpetre, for Provisions for the Waggon-Horses,£108:15, allowed.217. Anthony Cutler, for a Horse pressed, £40, to be allowed when properlyattested & certified.

586 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760218. Hugh Winter, for the hire of a Horse 9 Days, for an Express, £9,allowed.219. Conrad Hollman, for Provisions & Forage for the Troop, £19, allowed.220. George Austin, Esqr., for Horses pressed; neither certified nor attested,to be allowed when properly certified & attested. Allow for GeorgeAustin £35; for Jacob Miller £50.221. Henry Ravenell, the same as the last, £90, the Committee allow£67:10.222. Wadboo Estate, for Provisions £56:4:2, allowed. The same, for 20Bushels of Corn £15, allowed.223. William Hansworth, for Fodder & Oats £30, allowed.224. Philip Pledger, for 2 Horses pressed £65, indorsed to ThomasGodfrey, allowed.225. Colo. George-Gabriel Powell, for a Cart & Harness £20, allowed.226. Durham Hills, for drawing out Certificates for the Pay of ColonelPowell’s Battallion £15, indorsed to Christopher Gadsden; submitted to theconsideration of the House.227. John Scott deceased, his Estate, for 4 Horses impressed £140, allowed.228. The same, for 4 Steers £52, allowed.229. Stephen Eleazer, for one Steer £10, allowed.230. Mary Langley, for 2 Geldings, Saddles &c. £75, allowed.231. Terence Reily, for 80 Wt. Butter £10, supplied 7 April 1760, for Raul’sFort. The Committee think that these Charges for private Forts ought notto be allowed.232. Abraham Carradine, the same as the last.233. Jacob Boughter, for 3 Steers £34, allowed.234. Boughter alias Bachman, 637 Neat Wt. Flour £31:17 allowed.235. The same, for 1090 Wt. Flour, £54:10 allowed.236. Christian Theus, for Flour; the Committee beg leave to refer thisCertificate to the Consideration of the House.237. Samuel Irwin, for 1340 Wt. Flour at £4:15 per Ct. £63:13, allowed.238. Bernard Heiler, for Provisions for Raul’s Fort £42, not allowed.239. Mary Langley, for a Horse pressed £15, allowed.240. John Rowell, for Subsistence for Powell’s Battallion £26:17:6, allowed.241. The same, for the like Service £47:2, allowed.242. John Mickle, for a Steer, for Powell’s Battallion, £10, allowed.243. Theophilus Norwood, for Dinner for the same, £3, allowed.244. Charles Faucheraud, Esq.; for a Horse pressed, valued by the said

MAY 28, 1760587Mr. Faucheraud at £120; tho’ this Horse was not appraised, nor certified accordingto the directions of the Militia-Law, yet as the Committee have allthe Evidence that the nature of the Case will admit of, they are for allowingthis Account.245. George Austin, for a Pair of Cartwheels for Rothmahler’s Detachment£12:10, allowed.246. Thomas Burton, for a Horse impressed for Colonel Powell’sBattallion, £20, allowed.247. Henry Lucas, for sundry Goods which were going to the CherokeeNation, & impressed by Colo. Chevillette, by Governor Lyttelton’s Order,£903:7:5, short Cast £1, Total £904:7:5 to be allowed.248. Captain Hazzard, for a working Ox £15, allowed.249. Raul’s Fort, three Certificates for that & Pennington’s, £142:13, notallowed.250. Samuel Nelson, for 3 Head of Steers, certified by Commissary Nutt,£39, allowed.251. Peter Mallet, for 2 Steers impressed & appraised £26, allowed.252. Robert Carter, for 1 Cow impressed by Commissary Gallman, &certified £11, allowed.253. James McKelvey, his Account amounting to £181:5:6, (including severalCertificates) from which the Committee deduct the Sum of £20:8 beingthe amount of five Articles which are not properly certified or appraised; theBalance £160:17:6 the Committee recommend may be allowed.254. Hans Sigrist, for 3 Head of Cattle £27, allowed.255. John Parker & Company, for Sundries, £87:9 allowed.256. George Keith, for Flour & a Waggon £48:10 allowed.257. Jacob Tyler, for the use of a Waggon, £28, allowed.258. Jacob Murf, for the use of a Waggon, £28, allowed.259. Elizabeth Mercier, for Provisions, £43, allowed.260. The same, for Pasturage of Cattle £2:18, allowed.261. John Cole, for driving Cattle, £10, allowed.262. Ulric Boukman, for 3 Steers, £30, allowed.263. Michael Lightner, for the use of a Waggon £28, allowed.264. Jacob Hagabuch, for 11 Head of Cattle £120, allowed.265. Andrew Williamson, for 253 Head of Steers at £18, £4552, allowed.266. Terence Reily, for Flour, £96:10, allowed.267. Godfrey Dreyer, for Flour, £177, allowed.268. Adam Summers, for Flour, £80:15, allowed.269. John Sheely, for Flour, £95:3, allowed.270. John-George Smithpetre, for the use of a Waggon £40, allowed.271. Henry Hartley, for Cattle, £136, allowed.

588 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760272. The same, for Flour £91:18, allowed.273. Conrad Shire, for Flour £60:15, allowed.274. Jesse Godwin, for seven Head of Cattle £77, allowed.275. Smith & Nutt, for Salt & Flour, £209, allowed.276. The same, for Flour, £2579:5:6, allowed.277. Frederic O’Neile, for seven Head of Cattle, £80, allowed.278. William Baker, for Flour £194:3, allowed.279. Harman Christopher Detering, for Flour £65, allowed.280. William Seawright, for Cattle, £112, allowed.281. Smith and Nutt, for Flour &c., &c., &c., £3552:17:9, allowed.A Message from the Council, by Mr. Bassnett;Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill, intitled, “an Act for preventing (asmuch as may be) the continuance of the Small-Pox in Charles-town; & thefurther spreading of that Distemper in this Province”; without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed.Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed to agree with aPrinter for printing the Acts of the General Assembly lately passed in thisProvince, do cause the said Bill to be printed in one of the Gazettes.Mr. Lamboll presented to the House (according to Order) “an Ordinanceimpowering the Persons therein named to appoint an Attorney orAttornies, in the behalf of the Province of South-Carolina, to receive in Great-Britain, and transmit to the said Province, certain Monies therein mentioned”:And the same was received, and read the first time.Resolved, That the Ordinance be read a second time, to-morrow Morning.Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do write Letters to Mr. Wright,Mr. Drayton & Mr. Elliott, to require their Attendance (all Excuses laid aside)immediately upon the service of the House.Resolved, That such Letters be sent to the said Gentlemen, by a specialMessenger, at their own Expence.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 29th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The “Ordinance impowering the Persons therein named, to appoint anAttorny or Attornies, in the behalf of the Province of South-Carolina, to receive,in Great-Britain, & transmit to this Province, certain Monies therein

MAY 30, 1760589mentioned”; was (according to Order) read a Second time, with Blanks,which were filled up.Resolved, That the Ordinance be committed.Resolved, That the Ordinance be committed to a Committee of thewhole House.Resolved, That this House will now resolve itself into a Committee ofthe whole House upon the said Ordinance.And, accordingly, the House resolved itself into the said Committee.Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Lamboll took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Lamboll reported from the Committee, that they had gone throughthe Ordinance, & made several Amendments thereunto; which they had directedhim to report to the House: And he read the Report in his Place, andafterward delivered the Ordinance, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’sTable: Where the Amendments were once read throughout; and then, asecond time, One by One: And the said Amendments were severally agreedto by the House.And the Title was made, “A Bill impowering the Persons therein named,to receive in Great-Britain, on behalf of the Province of South-Carolina, theSum of Money therein mentioned.”Ordered, That Mr. Roper do carry the Bill to the Council.The Bill, intitled, “an Act for preventing (as much as may be) the continuanceof the Small-Pox in Charles-Town; and the further spreading of thatDistemper in this Province,” being ingrossed (according to Order) was laidupon the Table.Ordered, That Mr. Guerard and Mr. Laurens do examine the saidingrossed Bill, by the original Bill, with such Members of the Council as shallbe appointed for that purpose; and procure the Great-Seal to be affixedthereto: And that they do afterward wait upon the Lieutenant-Governor, andhumbly know his pleasure, when his Honour will be attended by the House,to present the Bill for his Assent.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to audit the Accounts of thelate Powder-Receivers, of the following Gentlemen; viz., Mr. Pringle, DoctorCarne, Mr. Stoutenburgh, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Faucheraud.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 30th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.

590 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Mr. Guerard reported to the House, that the Great-Seal had been affixedto the ingrossed Bill, intitled, “an Act for preventing (as much as maybe) the continuance of the Small-Pox in Charles-Town; and the furtherspreading of that Distemper in this Province.” And that the Lieutenant-Governor,having been waited upon, humbly to know his pleasure, when hisHonour would be attended by the House, had been pleased to appoint thisMorning, at Eleven of the Clock, in the Council-Chamber.Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had received a Letter fromMr. Wright, and that the Clerk of the House had received One from him also:Which Letters were read severally, purporting that he was too much indisposedto attend the Service of the House; & desiring that his Absence maybe dispensed with.Ordered (upon the Question) That the Clerk of this House do writeanother Letter to acquaint Mr. Wright that the House will not admit of hisExcuse; and to require his Attendance (all Excuses being laid aside) immediately,upon the Service of the House.Resolved, That such Letter be sent to Mr. Wright, by a special Messenger,at his own Expence.A Motion being made; and the Question being put, That the Clerk ofthis House do write a Letter to Mr. Elliott, to acquaint him, that his Attendanceis required immediately upon the Service of this House, upon Painof being committed to the Custody of one of the Messengers of the House.It passed in the Negative.Then, it being Eleven of the Clock, Mr. Speaker, with the House, wentup to attend The Lieutenant-Governor, in the Council-Chamber; and beingreturned,Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had attended The Lieutenant-Governor, in the Council-Chamber: Where His Honour was pleased to givehis Assent to,“An Act for preventing (as much as may be) the Continuance of theSmall-Pox in Charles-Town; and the Further spreading of that Distemper inthis Province.”Then the House proceeded to take the last Report from the Committeeto whom the Public Accounts were referred, into Consideration.And the first 18 Articles of the Report (from No. 208 to No. 225) beingseverally read, a second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The Article (No. 226) on a Certificate in favour of Durham Hills, formaking Certificates of the Pay due to the Men belonging to the Battallioncommanded by Colonel George-Gabriel Powell; which the Committee submitto the Consideration of the House, being read a second time.Resolved, That no provision be made for the said Certificate.

MAY 30, 1760591And seven other Articles of the said Report, as far as No. 233, on anAccount of Jacob Boughter, being severally read, a second time, were severallyagreed to by the House.Ordered, That the farther Consideration of the Report be adjourned.A Message from The Lieutenant-Governor, by Mr. Simpson;Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Upon considering the distressed Circumstances of the Settlers in theback parts of the Province, occasioned by the present War levied and carriedon by the Cherokee Indians against His Majesty’s Subjects of this and theneighbouring Provinces: And upon considering also the Information I havelately received of the Traders in the Upper Creek Nation being murderedby the Creek Indians, a War with that Nation also seems unavoidable,whereby the Back-Settlers will be intirely disabled from planting Provisions,and of course their dependance must be upon the interior Settlements fortheir Subsistence; therefore to prevent the many Evils which must happenfrom a Scarcity of Provisions; I do recommend this Matter to your Consideration,and desire a Bill may be prepared to prevent the exportation ofGrain and Provisions for such Time as shall be thought necessary.The 30th Day of May 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And the Message being read a Second time.Ordered (upon the Question) that leave be given to bring in a Bill forpreventing the Exportation of Grain and other Provisions from the Provinceof South-Carolina for the Term therein mentioned: And that Mr. Wragg, Mr.Lamboll and Mr. Taylor do prepare and bring in the same.Ordered (upon the Question) that an Address be prepared to be presentedto The Lieutenant Governor, to acquaint him therewith, and humblyto desire that His Honour will please to communicate to this House, suchInformation as he had received in regard to the Murders committed by theCreek Indians.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson;Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have received certain Information that the Creek Indians of the UpperNation have lately murdered upwards of Twenty of the English Tradersamong them, a few only are supposed to have made their Escape to theAlbama Fort, and Pensecola, and some of them have reach’d Augusta; From

592 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760whence, and places adjacent, the Inhabitants are retiring and coming intothe interior parts of this Province for their Protection against the Incursionsof the Creek Indians, with whom a War seems unavoidable; And as there isreason to apprehend, that they now are, and will be aided by the French,from their Settlements on the Missisippi, The War with them will soon becomeas general and more formidable, than it now is with the Cherokees; Itis therefore necessary that all possible Measures should be concerted andprosecuted for preventing as much as may be the fatal and dangerous Consequenceswhich such a War is likely to produce. For that end I think it incumbenton me to acquaint his Excellency Major General Amherst,Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Forces in North America, with theparticulars of this Matter and to desire his Assistance therein: And in regardI have been credibly informed that the French Magazines upon the Missisippihave for some time past been plentifully supplied, with Provisions, Strouds,and other Indian Trading Goods from Rhode Island and other Places of HisMajestys Provinces to the Northward in Vessels pretended to be Flags ofTruce; In order to put an End to such a pernicious Trade, I think it properto acquaint the Commander in Chief for the time being of His Majesty’s Fleetin the West Indies therewith, and to desire his Assistance not only for puttinga Stop to such a pernicious Trade, but also for preventing as much asmay be, any further Succours of Men, Goods or Provisions being thrown intoOrleans or Moville, thereby disabling the French from supplying the Indianswith the necessaries of War. I must therefore desire Your House to makeProvision for defraying the Expence of the hire of two small Vessels I proposeto send my Dispatches by to His Excellency General Amherst and theCommander of His Majesty’s Fleet at Jamaica.The 30th Day of May 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Resolved, That the Message be considered in the Afternoon.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Lieutenant Governor hath sent to this House several Papers relativeto the Murders committed by the Creek Indians.And then the Messenger withdrew.

MAY 30, 1760593And the said Papers were severally read, and are as follows, vizt.Letter from Lieutenant Lachlan Shaw, Commanding at Fort Augusta,to the Lieutenant Governor dated Fort Augusta, 23 May 1760.Deposition of Robert French, Pack-horseman lately arrived at Fort-Augustafrom the Upper Creek Nation, taken on Oath the 23 May 1760.Certificate of several Persons concerning the State of Fort-Moore.Letter from Lachlan McGillivray to The Lieutenant Governor datedAugusta 24th May 1760.Letter from George Galphin to The Lieutenant Governor, dated Silver-Bluff the 24th Day of May 1760.Letter from Lieutenant Lachlan Shaw to The Lieutenant Governordated Fort Augusta the 27th May 1760.Letter from George Galphin to The Lieutenant Governor, dated Silver-Bluff the 26th May 1760.Letter from Lachlan McGillivray to The Lieutenant Governor datedAugusta the 26th May 1760.Then the House (according to Order) proceeded to take the LieutenantGovernor’s Message in relation to providing for defraying the Expenceof the hire of two small Vessels, into consideration.And the Message being twice read.Resolved, That this House will provide for defraying the Expence ofsuch Measures as the Lieutenant Governor shall take for sending Dispatchesto General Amherst & to the Commander of His Majesty’s Fleet at Jamaica.Ordered, That an Address be prepared to be sent to the LieutenantGovernor in Answer to the said Message.And accordingly the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,Agreable to your Message of this Morning, we have ordered a Bill to bebrought in for preventing the exportation of Grain and Provisions for a Termtherein to be mentioned.And have resolved to provide for defraying the Expence that shall beincurred by Your Honour’s sending Dispatches to His Excellency Major GeneralAmherst and to the Commander of His Majesty’s Fleet at Jamaica.Ordered That the said Address be presented to His Honour by Mr.Drayton and Mr. McQueen.The following Papers were presented to the House and read,Three Certificates in favour of Andrew Williamson for 451 head of Hogsand 13 Head of Cattle amounting to £3608.Ordered That the said Certificates be referred to the Consideration ofthe Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts; and thatthey do examine the same and report their Opinion thereupon to the House.

594 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Saturday the 31st Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Wragg presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill to preventthe Exportation of Grain and other Provisions from the Province ofSouth-Carolina for the Term therein mentioned”; and the same was receivedand read the first time.Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.Resolved, That this House will, next Monday Morning, read the said Billa second time.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts were referred.And the Articles of the Report No. 234 & 235 being severally read a secondTime were severally agreed to by the House.The Article No. 236 on a Certificate in favour of Christian Theus, whichthe Committee submit to the Consideration of the House, being read a Secondtime,Resolved, That £23:7 be provided to pay the said Christian Theus.The Articles No. 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, & 243 being severally read asecond time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 244th Article on an Account of Charles Faucheraud Esqr. beingread a Second time, was, upon the Question being put thereupon, agreedto by the House.The 245th & 246th Articles being severally read a Second time, were severallyagreed to by the House.The 247th on an Account of Henry Lucas, being read a Second time,was disagreed with by the House.The Articles No. 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260,261, 262, 263, 264, being severally read a second time were severally agreed toby the House.The Article No. 265 on a Certificate in favour of Andrew Williamson forthe Sum of £4552 being read a Second time.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the Conductof Mr. Joseph Nutt during the Time he acted as Commissary on the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr.Taylor, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Rattray.Ordered, That the Certificate in favour of the said Andrew Williamsonbe referred to the consideration of the said Committee.

MAY 31, 1760595The Articles No. 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273 & 274, being severallyread, a second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The Articles No. 275 & 276, on two Accounts of Smith & Nutt, beingseverally read, a Second time;Ordered, That the said two Accounts be referred to the Considerationof the Committee to whom the Certificate in favour of Andrew Williamsonis referred.The Articles No. 277, 278, 279, 280, being severally read, a Second time,were severally agreed to by the House.The last Article, No. 281, on a third Account of the said Smith & Nutt,being read a Second time;Ordered, That the said Account be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the other Accounts of the said Smith & Nutt are referred.Read an Account of John Waties Esqr. for two Horses impressed for theService of the late Expedition.Ordered, That the said Account be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee appointed to audit the Public Accounts.Mr. Manigault reported from the said Committee that they had examinedseveral other of the Accounts which were referred to their Consideration,and had directed him to report the same to the House, and he readthe Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read and is as follows (that is to say)282. Colonel Colleton for 2256 Wt. of Beef at 10d certify’d by the DeputyCommissary, allowed, £94.283. Catharine Hughes for 1 Steer, allowed, £13.284. David Davis for 3 Steers, allowed, £39.285. Conrad Holman for 2 Steers, allowed, £16.286. Sampson Ball for 3 Steers, allowed, £39.287. John Ward for 1 Cow, allowed, £13.288. Thomas Nightingale his Account amounting in the whole to £994:1,from which the Committee deduct on the Article of Waggon-hire chargedat £6 per diem 20/ which makes £82, the Balance being £912:1 to be allowed,£578:11 on Account of the Expedition and £333:10 for the ordinary Services.289. Moses Thompson for a Steer, allowed, £9.290. Peter Crim for 95 Head of Cattle at £11, allowed, £1045.291. Henry Sestrunk, endorsed to Conrad Kinsle for 5 head of Cattlecertified by Colonel Singleton, allowed, £40.292. Thomas Drayton Esqr. for 30 Head of Cattle, vizt. 22 at £14, £308,and 8 at £10, £80, allowed, £388.293. Elizabeth Mercier, Certificate from Colonel Hyrne for Corn &Fodder £750 and for Damages sustained in her Corn Field and Fencing £300.

596 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The Committee disallow the latter and recommend the former sum to beallowed, £750.294. Elizabeth Mercier for Sundries supplied Colonel Powell’s Battalionper his Certificate, allowed, £45.295. Elizabeth Mercier for 50 Bushels of Corn certified by Marley, £37:10.296. Elizabeth Mercier for 11 Bushels of Corn from Thomas Hodge,indorsed to her, certified by Marley, allowed, £5:10.297. Elizabeth Mercier for Tobacco 18 lb. certified by Aaron Price forthe Indians, allowed, £4:10.298. Elizabeth Mercier for Subsistence of 23 Officers and Servants 13Days at 3/6 per diem each, certified by Mr. Nutt, £52:0:6.299. Elizabeth Mercier for Osnabrigs and Negro Cloth, impress’d byColonel Powell and appraised, £788:7:6.300. Mrs. Mercier, a Receipt from John N. O’neill, Surgeon’s Mate, forProvisions for himself to the amount of 30/ the 15th January, the Expeditionbeing compleated and at an End before that time the Committee think thisCharge ought not to be allowed.301. Mrs. Mercier, Two Receipts from Perl. Pawley for 48 1 /4 and 8 Bushelsof Corn 10th January & 7th Decr., allowed, £42:3:9.302. Alexander McIntosh for a Cart £15 and for a Horse £70 certifiedby Colonel Powell to be paid when Oath is made agreable to the Resolutionof the House, £85.303. Philip Pledger for 25 Bushels of Wheat at 20/, certified by ColonelPowell, indorsed to Thomas Godfrey, allowed, £25.304. Thomas Kennerly for 6 Steers certified by Henry Gallman, allowed,£57.305. John Brossee, Certificate from Henry Gallman for Cart and 3Horses appraised at £150 employed 11 Days, we allow £3 per diem, £33.306. Nicholas Fetherhoff for Bacon and Flour certified by ColonelChivellette indorsed to Paul Townsend & Co., allowed, £44:4.307. Peter Roatt for Flour and Hogs certified by Saml. Elliott, allowed,£74:13:1.308. William White for Meat supplied Wm. Scott’s Company, allowed,£6:8.309. Michael Taylor for a Hog killed and valued at . . . allowed, £3.310. Andrew Williamson for 4 Blankets at £4:10 impressed by JohnGrinnan. The Committee submit this to the Consideration of [the] House.311. Da Costa and Farr for Brass Kettles, allowed, £426:2:6.312. Ward and Leger for Powder, Bullets, Lead & Carriage, allowed,£380.313. Daniel Coakley for Flour certified by Levy at 96, allowed, £13.

MAY 31, 1760597314. James Smith for hunting and driving Cattle 36 Days, certified byCommissary Nutt: Amount[ing] at 15/ per day to £27. The Committee think7/ additional pay for this Service sufficient which they allow, £12:12.315. Ernest Hans Hoff for work done to Carriages, allowed, £23:11:6.316. John Ward for 3 Steers certified by Colonel Richardson, allowed,£39.317. George Power for 2854 Wt. of Flour certified by Levy, allowed,£142:14.318. Richard Hill for Provisions for Captns. Lesslie and Pearson’s Company,certified by the latter, allowed, £6:10.319. Anthony Coulter, an Affidavit importing that two Barrels of Flourbelonging to him, Wt. 505 lb., was delivered at the Congrees for the use ofthe Army by George Kitts, sworn before Moses Thomson, allowed, £23:15.320. Daniel Mickler & William Rigtnover, their Account certified byJohn Marley and sworn to for Blacksmith’s Work done and Sundries suppliedthe Waggons, allowed, £35:7:6.321. Daniel Mickler indorsed to William Ritnover, Certificate from ColonelChevillette for the use of his Shop, Tools and Coals amounting to £15,being agreable to the Militia Act the Committee think ought to be provided,though at the same time they remark that it is pretty extraordinary to chargefor Services done by himself in the way of his Business, and also for use ofhis Shop.322. Daniel Mickler and William Ritnover, Account for Blacksmith’sWork, certified by Marley and sworn to, allowed, £66:13.323. Tunes Tebout for the Hire of a Horse 55 days at 15/ amounting [to]£33:15, as it appears by the appraisement, and the said Horse was valued butat £40, they are of Opinion half his Worth being £20 is sufficient for his hireand therefore allow £20.324. Thomas Anderson for Marley’s Certificate for Indian Corn, allowed,£72.325. Thomas Anderson for John Marley’s Certificate for Indian Corn,allowed, £30:15.326. James Anderson for John Marley’s Certificate for 210 Bushels ofIndian Corn at 15/, allowed, £157:10.327. James Anderson for John Seymers Certificate for Indian Corn suppliedthe Troop at 15s for 65 Bushels and Forage, £63:15.328. James Anderson for 40 Bushels of Corn and for Provisions, certifiedby John Nealan and appraised, allowed, £32.329. Thomas White for Marley’s Certificate for 60 Bushels of Oats & 30of Corn, allowed £67:10, Colonel Singleton’s Certificate for 17 1 /2 of Corn and3 of Salt, £13:3:9 allowed, £80:13:9.

598 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And then the House adjourned till Monday Morning, Ten of the Clock.Monday the 2d Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Saturday’s Proceedings.The following Papers relative to the late Expedition were presented tothe House and read, vizt.Certificate in favour of John Smith for driving Cattle.Two Certificates in favour of Captain Robert McCrary for sundry Articlesimpressed.Certificate in favour of Peter Couterier, and,Certificate in favour of Henry Gilder for Horses impressed.Certificate in favour of Robert Murray, and,Certificate in favour of John Greer for Waggons impressed.Certificate in favour of William Dickson for Cattle impressed.Ordered That the said Papers be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts and that theydo examine the same and report their Opinion thereupon to the House.The Order of the Day for reading the “Bill to prevent the Exportationof Grain and other Provisions from the Province of South-Carolina for theTerm therein mentioned,” a second time, being read.The said Bill was read a Second time.And the Question being put that the Blank for Continuance of the Billbe filled up with six Months.It passed in the Negative.And the Question being put that the said Blank be filled up with Eight Months.It was resolved in the Affirmative.And the Blanks in the Bill were filled up. And several Amendmentswere made by the House, to the Bill.And the Title was made “a Bill to prevent the exportation of Grain, &other Provisions, and Arms, Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils and Plains fromthe Province of South-Carolina for the Term therein mentioned.”Ordered That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to the Council.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett;Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill impowering the Persons thereinnamed to receive in Great-Britain on behalf of the Province of South Carolinathe Sum of Money therein mentioned”; And also,The Council have twice read “a Bill for finishing, enlarging, repairing,cleansing and keeping clean and in repair the Common Drain or Sewer inElliott Street in Charles Town.”

JUNE 3, 1760599And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered That Mr. Wright be added to the Committee who were appointedto inquire into the Conduct of Mr. Joseph Nutt, during the Timehe acted as Commissary on the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 3d Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Read a third time “a Bill for finishing, enlarging, repairing, cleansingand keeping clean and in repair the common Drain or Sewer in Elliott Streetin Charles-Town.”Resolved, that the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Act for finishing,enlarging, repairing, cleansing, and keeping clean and in repair thecommon Drain or Sewer in Elliott Street in Charles Town.”Ordered That Mr. Gadsden do carry the Bill to the Council, and desiretheir Concurrence.Read an Account of John Purvis amounting to £7:10.Read also an Order in favour of William Killingsworth for £28:15, beingfor the Service of the late Expedition.Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts, and that theydo examine the same, and report their Opinion thereupon to the House.Mr. Roper presented to the House an Account of Doctor JamesTompson amounting to £78:15 for his service as Surgeon of the Garrison atFort Lyttelton; which Account was ordered to be returned to DoctorTompson to be explained: And Mr. Roper acquainted the House, that therehad been but one Surgeon to the three Provincial Companies paid by theMuster-Rolls of those Companies.Resolved, That the said Account be provided for.Mr. Rattray reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of ThomasMellichamp was referred, that they had examined the Matter of the saidPetition, and had directed him to report the same, as it appeared to them,to the House; and he read the Report in his Place, and afterward deliveredit in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read, and is as follows, vizt.That some of the Committee, in Summer last, in pursuance of the Orderof this House, did, at the request of Mr. Mellichamp, accompany him tothe Plantation of Mr. Benjamin Elliott in St. Andrew’s Parish, and there sawhim the said Mellichamp exhibit his new invented Method of manufacturingFlora Indico: Which method they found to be the same with that contained

600 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760in certain printed Directions by him lately published for the use of someprivate Persons. 52That the Committee willing to be informed whether any Persons withinthis Province had received, on trial and experiment, any benefit or advantagefrom the said Method of making Flora Indico; they desired Mr.Mellichamp to collect from such Persons proper Certificates under theirHands of the truth thereof and transmit the same to the Committee, Andthe Committee report that the annexed Certificates were accordingly transmittedto them.That the Committee have reason to believe that the way and mannerin which Flora Indico is now made in this Province is really the effect of thesaid Mellichamp’s Observation and Invention: And beg leave to submit itto the consideration of the House, whether he merits any, and what rewardfrom the Public.Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table to be perused bythe Members of the House.Then the House proceeded to take the last Report from the Committeeto whom the several Public Accounts were referred, into consideration.And the several Articles of the said Report from No. 282 to No. 298 beingseverally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The Article No. 299 on an Account of Elizabeth Mercier for Osnabrigsand Negro Cloth impressed for Tents for the use of the Militia amountingto £788:7:6 being read a Second time, was, upon the Question being putthereupon, agreed unto by the House.The several Articles No. 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, and 309,being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The Article No. 310 on a Certificate in favour of Andrew Williamsonwhich the Committee submit to the consideration of the House, being reada Second time.Resolved, That this House will not provide for the said Certificate.Ordered, That the further consideration of the Report be adjourned.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read twice “a Bill to prevent the exportation of Grainand other Provisions and Arms, Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils and Plainsfrom the Province of South Carolina for the Term therein mentioned.”And then the Messenger withdrew.52For Mellichamp’s method of making indigo, see the South Carolina Gazette, August 23, 1760, andJohn Tobler’s South-Carolina and Georgia Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1776 (Charleston, 1775).

JUNE 4, 1760601Resolved, That the Bill be read a Third time to-morrow Morning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 4th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The Order of the Day, for reading the “Bill to prevent the Exportationof Grain and other Provisions, and Arms, Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils andPlains from the Province of South-Carolina, for the Term therein mentioned,”a Third time, being read,Ordered, That the Third reading of the said Bill be pos[t]poned.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee who were appointed tobring in [a] Schedule to be annexed to the Tax-Bill, that the Committee hadprepared a Schedule accordingly, which they had directed him to report tothe House; and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered itin at the Clerks Table: Where the same was read.Ordered, that the Consideration of the said Report be postponed.Mr. Guerard reported from the Committee who were appointed to auditthe Accounts of the Public Treasurer, that the Committee had examinedthe Treasurer’s Books and Vouchers, and had directed him to report theState of the said Accounts as it appears to them, to the House, and he readthe Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read and is as follows, vizt.That they have examined the Public Treasurer’s Books, and find thatthe Duty arising on Deer Skins Exported from the 29th September 1758 tothe 29th September 1759, Stands thus.Account Duty on Deer Skins exported.Debits.1759, 25th March. To GeneralAccount Duty £ 1721:19: 31759, 29th Septr. To Ditto 1257:12: 6£ 2979:11: 9Credits.1759, 25 March. By Cash receivedfrom 29th September last £ 1721:19: 31759, 29th Septr. By Do. from 25th ofMarch last 1257:12: 6£ 2979:11: 9

602 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760That the Duty arising on Sole Leather exported from the 29th September1758 to the 29th September 1759, Stands thus.Account Duty on Tanned & Sole Leather exported.Debits.1759, 25 March. To General AccountDuty £ 325: 3: 81759, 29 Septr. To Ditto 242: 2: 4£ 567: 6: 0Credits.1759, 25 March. By Cash receivedfrom 29th September last £ 325: 3: 81759, 29th Septr. By Do. for Duty,from 25th March last 242: 2: 4£ 567: 6: 0That the Income of the General Duty Fund from the 29th September1758 to the 29th September 1759, Stands thus.General Account of Duty on Merchandize imported.Debits.1759, 25th March. To Cash paidDebentures £ 1185: 8: 9To Do. paid the Clergy & others 9970:10: 3To Fund for Fortifications 2500: 0: 0To Do. for building St. MichaelsChurch 750: 0: 0To Do. for building a Parsonagein St. Michaels Parish 100: 0: 0To Fund for building a StateHouse 1250: 0: 0To Commission on £14651:19:2receiv’d at 2 1 /2 per Ct.,£366:6; and on £11155:19paid at 2 1 /2, £278:17:11;on £4600 transfer’d at2 1 /2 per Ct., £115 760: 3:11£ 16516: 2:11

JUNE 4, 1760603Credits.1759, 25th March. By Cash Dutyon Sundry Goods importedfrom 29th September last £ 12264:10: 8By Ditto on Deer Skins exportedto 29th Septr. last 1721:19: 3By Do. on Tanned Leather to Do. 325: 3: 8By 1 /2 Neat proceeds of Rumseized and Sold 340: 5: 7By New Account for Balance 1864: 3: 9£ 16516: 2:11Debits.1759, 29th Septr. To old Accountfor Balance £ 1864: 3: 9To Cash paid Debentures 743:11: 2To Do. paid Clergy & others 5260: 3: 4To fund for Fortifications 2500: 0: 0To Do. for St. Michael’s Church 750: 0: 0To Do. for building a ParsonageHouse 100: 0: 0To Do. for building State House 1250: 0: 0To Commission receiving £11333:2:6at 2 1 /2, £283:6:7; Do. on paying£6003:14:6 at 2 1 /2 per Ct., £150:1:11 548: 8: 6£ 13016: 6: 9Credits.1759, 29th Septr. By Cash forduty on Sundry Goods importedfrom 25th March last £ 9723: 7: 8By Account duty on Deer Skinsexported from same time 1257:12: 6By Account Duty on Tanned Leatherexported, from same time 242: 2: 4By Cash received for half neatproceeds of Hides seizedand sold 110: 0: 0£ 11333: 2: 6Balance 1683: 4: 3£ 13016: 6: 9

604 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760By the above State of the General duty Fund it appears that there is OneThousand Six Hundred and Eighty three pounds four Shillings and threepence in favour of the Treasurer.That the Tax on Goods imported by transient Persons appropriatedtowards supporting the Watch in Charles Town, stands thus.Tax on Goods imported by transient Persons.Debits.1759, 25th March. To Commission onreceiving £210:7:1 at 5 per Ct. £ 10:10: 4To Tavern Licences for Balance 199:16: 9£ 210: 7: 1Credits.1759, 25th March. By Cash receivedfor Taxes from 29th Septemberlast £ 210: 7: 1Debits.1759, 29 Septr. To Commissionon £151:4:11 at 5 per Ct. £ 7:11: 3To Tavern Licences for Balance 143:13: 8£ 151: 4:11Credits.1759, 29th September. By Cashas above from 25th March last £ 151: 4:11That the Account of Licences for Retailing Strong Liquors, stands as follows.Account of Licences for retailing Strong Liquors.Debits.1759, 25th March. To Balancelast Year’s Account £ 416:12: 6To Cash paid the Governor oneYear’s Allowance 120: 0: 0To Balance 2445: 7:11£ 2982: 0: 5

JUNE 4, 1760605Credits.1759, 25 March. By Tax on transientPersons from 29th Septr. last £ 199:16: 91759, 29th Septr. By Do. from25th March last 143:13: 8By Amount of Licences fromEaster Monday 1759 to EasterMonday 1760 2638:10: 0£ 2982: 0: 5By the above Account it appears that there is a Balance of Two Thousand,Four hundred and Forty five Pounds, Seven Shillings and Eleven Pencein the Treasury. This Fund was applied towards the Additional Pay of theIndependent Companies till Lord Loudoun’s Proposal to this Governmentto be at the charge of transporting the Provisions for the use of the Garrisonsin the Back parts in lieu thereof was agreed to, consequently is nowunappropriated.That the Income of the Tax on the first Purchasers of Negroes importedfrom 29th September 1758 to 29th September 1759, Stands thus.Tax on first Purchasers of Negroes imported.Debits.1759, 25 March. To Cash paidDebentures £ 1916: 5: 0To Commission on receiving£12947:10 at 2 1 /2 perCt. and paying £1916:5at 2 1 /2 per Ct. 371:11:10To Fund for New Settlers for4/5 of £10659:13:2 8527:14: 6To Fund for Pest House andBeacons for 1 /5 of£10659:13:2 2131:18: 8£ 12947:10:00Credits.1759, 25th March. By Cashreceived on Do. from 29thSeptember last £ 12947:10:00

606 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Debits.1759, 29 Septr. To Cash paidsundry Debentures £ 596: 5: 0To Commission on receiving£11390 and paying £596:5at 2 1 /2 per Ct. 299:13: 1To Fund for New Settlers 4 /5 of£10494:1:11 8395: 5: 7To Fund for Pest House andBeacons 1 /5 [of] £10494:1:11 2098:16: 4£ 11390: 0: 0Credits.1759, 29th September. By Cashon Do. from 25th March last £ 11330: 0: 0By Do. of Joseph Brown for Taxon one Negro at Winyaw 60: 0: 0£ 11390: 0: 0From whence it appears this Fund is balanced.That the Fund for building and repairing the Fortifications of Charles-Town from 29th September 1758 to 29th September 1759, Stands thus.Fund appropriated for building and repairing Fortifications.Debits.1759, 25 March. To Cash paidsundry Orders £ 13351:16:11To Do. for £10 Order burnt bythe Committee 10: 0: 0To Do. paid sundry Ordersamounting to 4413:16: 3£ 17775:13: 2Credits.1759. By Balance of lastYear’s Account £ 4250: 3: 41759, 25th March. By General dutyfor half Year’s Allowance 2550: 0: 01759, 29th Septr. By Do. for 1 /2 Do. 2500: 0: 0£ 9250: 3: 4

JUNE 4, 1760607Balance 8525: 9:10£ 17775:13: 2By this Account it appears the Treasurer is in advance the Sum of£8525:9:10.That of a Fund for building a Parsonage House in St. Michael’s Parishfrom 29th Septr. 1758 to 29th September 1759 there is a Balance of £158:6:8 inthe Treasury.That the Income of the additional Duty on sundry Goods imported,vizt., Wine, Rum, Bread and Flour for sinking the Sum of £44300 in PublicOrders issued for the use of the Fortifications from the 29th Septr. 1758 tothe 29th September 1759, Stands as follows.Additional Duty on Sundry Goods for Fortifications.Debits.To Commission on receiving£5848:18:8 at 2 1 /2 per Ct. &paying £14500 burnt lastYear at 2 1 /2 per Ct. £ 508:11: 3To new Account for Balance 5407:12: 2£ 5916: 3: 5Credits.1759. By Balance remaininglast Year £ 73: 4: 91759, 25th March. By Cashreceived from 29th Septemberlast 5842:18: 8£ 5916: 3: 5Debits.To Commission on receiving£5250:19:2 at 2 1 /2 per Ct. £ 131: 5: 5Balance 10527: 5:11£ 10658:11: 4Credits.1759. By old Account for Balance £ 5407:12: 21759, 29 Septr. By Cash from25th March last

608 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760By Do. received of Joseph Brownof George Town 147: 6: 6£ 10658:11: 4By the above State there was a Balance of £10527:5:11 in the Treasurers Handswhich the Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt to Ashes.That of the Fund for finishing St. Michael’s Church to the 29th September1759 there is a Balance in the Hands of the Treasurer of £1748:13:5. TheCommittee observe that by the Act of Assembly for continuing part of an Actintitled “An Act for the erecting and supporting of a Beacon near the Bar& Harbour of Charles Town and for placing Buoys on or near the said Barfor the use of Ships &c. and for other purposes therein mentioned” passedthe 21st May 1757, that over and above the Sum of £3500 heretofore paid bythe Treasurer he is further ordered to pay out of the Monies appropriatedfor building a Pest House and Beacon the Sum of £4979:1:8 unto the Commissionersof the said Church for finishing and compleating the said ParishChurch, Steeple and Spire, and also a further Sum of £8177:14:2 out of theMonies arising by the 1 /5 part of the Tax on Negroes that was appropriatedto the Fund for building a Pest House, and erecting a Beacon, to be applyedby the said Commissioners for compleating the said Church and Steeple, allwhich he has complyed with and there still remains the above overplus whichby the said Law the Treasurer is directed to retain carefully in his hands untilappropriated by the General Assembly.That of the Fund for building the State House to the 29th September1759 there is a Balance of £23770:16:8 in favour of the Treasurer, which he isto be reimbursed by the General Duty Fund and provision made in the Actof Assembly passed 21st May 1757.That the Fund appropriated for New Settlers from 29th September 1758to 29th September 1759, Stands as follows.Fund appropriated for the Use of New Settlers.Debits.1759, 25 March. To Cash paidthe Commissary General £ 2000: 0: 0Commission of 2000 at 2 1 /2 per Ct. 50: 0: 0New Account for Balance 33692:16: 4£ 35742:16: 4Credits.1759. By Balance as per last Report £ 27215: 1:10

JUNE 4, 17606091759, 25th March. By Tax onfirst purchasers of Negroesimported from 29th Septr.last 4 /5 thereof 8527:14: 6£ 35742:16: 4Debits.1759, Sept. 29. To Cash paidthe Commissary General £ 4000: 0: 0To Commission on £4000 at2 1 /2 per Ct. 100: 0: 0To new Account for Balance 37988: 1:11£ 42088: 1:11Credits.1759. By Balance of former Account £ 33692:16: 41759, 25 March. By Tax on firstPurchasers of Negroes from 25thMarch last 4 /5 thereof 8395: 5: 7£ 42088: 1:11From whence there appears to be a Balance of £37988:1:11 in the handsof the Treasurer.That the Income of Tax on Goods sold at Public Vendue stands thus.Account of Tax on Goods sold at Public Auction in Charles Town.Debits.To Commission on Contra Sumat 5 per Ct. £ 47:12: 3To Balance 904:12: 9£ 952: 5: 0Credits.1759. By Robert Boyd from 23Novr. 1758 to 11th April 1759 £ 246:13: 6By Warham & Prioleau from 2dJanuary 1759 to 5th April 1759 462: 3: 6By Robert Wells from 1st November1758 to 7th April 1759 243: 8: 0£ 952: 5: 0

610 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760By which it appears there is a Balance in the Treasurer’s hands of£904:12:9.That there is in the hands of the Treasurer arising from Fines & Forfeitures£805:15.That the Account of the Money granted for the Magazine at Dorchesterstands thus.Fund provided in the Schedule annexed to the Tax-Law for the Year 1756appropriated for building a Magazine at Dorchester &c.Debits.To Cash paid sundry Orders by theCommissioners for Fortifications £ 4726: 4: 9Balance 273:15: 3£ 5000: 0: 0Credits.By Cash received in Tax £ 5000: 0: 0On which there is £273:15:3 due by the Treasurer.That the Account of the Money granted for Fort Johnson, stands thus.Fund provided in the Schedule annexed to the Tax Law for the Year1756 and appropriated for repairing and strengthening Fort Johnson.Debits.To Cash paid sundry Orders by theCommissioners for Fortifications £ 12999: 9:11 1 /2Balance 10: 0 1 /2£ 13000: 0: 0Credits.By Cash received by virtue of anAct passed the 6th July 1757 forgranting to His Majesty £160,000and £44300 £ 7000: 0: 0By Do. by virtue of the TaxLaw passed 31st May 1757 6000: 0: 0£ 13000: 0: 0On which there remains a Balance of 10:0 1 /2 in the Treasury.

JUNE 4, 1760611That the Account of the Money granted for fortifying Port Royal standsthus.Fund provided in the Schedule annexed to the Tax Law for the Year1756 and appropriated for building Works for the Defence of Port Royal.Debits.To Cash paid sundry Orders by theCommissioners of Fortifications £ 10000: 0: 0Credits.By Cash received in Tax £ 10000: 0: 0From whence it appears the above Fund is balanced.That the Account of the Money granted for the use of the South CarolinaRegiment stands thus.The Fund granted and appropriated for levying, paying, cloathing, andsubsisting the South Carolina Regiment to consist of 700 Men.Debits.To Amount of sundry Sums paid forlevying, cloathing and subsisting,as well as the Pay of Officers &Men of this Regiment £ 123057: 1: 0To £18173:16:9 paid out of £20000part of £140000, resolved by theAssembly for the use of Indians togo on an Expedition with Col. Bird 18173:16: 9To Commissions paying £139067:17:9exclusive of £2163 The Governororder’d the Treasurer to retainin his hands for 721 Duffil Blanketsagreable to a Message from the Housethe 19th July 1759 at 2 1 /2 per Ct. 695: 6:10£ 141926: 4: 7Credits.By Cash received for this purposeby Virtue of the Act of Assemblypassed 6th July 1757 £ 140000: 0: 0

612 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760By Cash for 650 Duffil Blanketssold by Robert Wells at Auctionclear of Commissions 992:11: 0£ 140992:11: 0Balance 933:13: 7£ 141926: 4: 7By the Account of the last mentioned Fund there is £993:13:7 in favourof the Treasurer but when that is deducted out of £2163 for the Blankets aforementionedwhich he was ordered by the late Governor to retain in his handsin consequence of a Message from the House dated the 19th July 1759 thenhe will be accountable only for a Balance of £1229:6:5.That the Account of the Money granted for the Fort in the Cherokees&c. Stands thus.The Fund provided for finishing the Fort in the Upper Cherokee Nationand to discharge the Arrears due to the Provincials garrison’d at FortLoudoun and to pay six Months Provisions for the said Provincials.Debits.To sundries paid for the aboveuse amounting to £ 27865:12: 8Credits.By Cash provided in the Estimatefor the Year 1756 £ 7000: 0: 0By Cash by Virtue of an Act ofthe General Assembly pass’d6th July 1757 20000: 0: 0£ 27000: 0: 0Balance 865:12: 8£ 27865:12: 8By the above Account the Treasurer is in advance £865:12:8.That on settling the Tax for the charges of Government for the Yearending the 25th March 1757 by Virtue of the Tax Law passed the 21st May 1757the Committee find a Surplus of £9283:1:1 in the Treasurer’s hands.The Committee have not settled the Tax for the Charges of Governmentfor the Year ending the 24th March 1758. As the Treasurer informed themthat several of the Collectors in the Country had not finally settled with andpaid him their several Collections.

JUNE 4, 1760613The Committee find that the Number of Certificates issued in 1759 forthe payment of the Estimate annexed to the Tax Law for the Year ending 25thMarch 1758 were 1550, amounting to £74167, of which the Treasurer produced115 amounting to £5508, which the Committee with a Committee of the Councilhave burnt to Ashes so that there remains 1435 of those Certificatesamounting to £68,659, to be brought into the Treasury to be exchanged andSunk.The Committee find that the Number of Tax Certificates issued in 1758for payment of the Estimate for charges of Government ending the 25thMarch 1757 were 2700, amounting to £129,381; of which the Treasurer hathproduced 1574, amounting to £75,258; which the Committee, with a Committeeof the Council, have burnt to Ashes; so that there remains 1126 of thoseCertificates, amounting to £54,123, to be brought into the Treasury to be exchangedand sunk.By the Report of the last Committee on the Treasurer’s Accounts, therewas outstanding 1207 of the Tax Certificates, amounting to £58,581, issued in1757, of which the Treasurer has produced 838, amounting to £40,492, whichthe Committee, with a Committee of the Council, have burnt; so that thereis still outstanding of those Certificates 919, amounting to £18,089, to bebrought into the Treasury to be exchanged and sunk.By the Report of the said last Committee, there was outstanding 472 TaxCertificates, amounting to £19,799, issued in 1756; of which the Treasurer produced317, amounting to £13767, which the Committee, with a Committee ofthe Council, have burnt; so that there remains 155 of those Certificates, amountingto £6032, to be brought into the Treasury to be exchanged and sunk.The Committee also find by the said last Report that there were 110 TaxCertificates, amounting to £5837, issued in 1755, still outstanding; of which theTreasurer produced 81 amounting to £3854 which the Committee and a Committeeof the Council burnt so that there remains 29 amounting to £1983 tobe brought into the Treasury to be exchanged and sunk.The Committee also find by the said Report that there were outstanding7 of Tax Certificates amounting to £226 that were issued in 1754 of whichthe Treasurer produced 7 amounting to £226, which, the Committee and aCommittee of the Council have burnt.The Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt £2500 ofthe Orders issued for building St. Michael’s Church.The Committee and a Committee of the Council have burnt £2500 ofthe Orders issued for building the State House.The Committee find by the said last Report that there was a Balance of£472:10 to be brought into the Treasury to be exchanged of the £63000 Ordersissued in the Year 1742 of which the Treasurer produced two Orders of

614 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760£10 and three of £5, making together £35, which the Committee and a Committeeof the Council have burnt, so that there is a Balance of £437:10 remainsyet to be brought in to be exchanged and Burnt.That there appears by said Report that there was outstanding £117:10 ofthe Fortification Orders issued in 1745, of which the Treasurer produced oneof £10 which, the Committee and a Committee of the Council, have burnt,so that there is still outstanding £107:10 of those Orders: That it appears alsoby said Report that there was a Balance of £259:17:6 then outstanding of oldlawful Currency issued in 1731, of which the Treasurer has produced £15:6,which, the Committee and a Committee of the Council have burnt so thatthere is still a Balance of £244:11:6 to be brought in to be exchanged and sunk.That the Treasurer produced also one appropriation Order of £5 whichwas issued in 1731, which, was burnt by the Committee and a Committee ofthe Council, which is to be reimbursed the Treasurer as there is no Fund forthat purpose provided.The Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt the Sumof £2304:7:6 of torn and obliterated Currency which together with the Sumof £9990:5 burnt by former Committees amounts to £12294:12:6, which beingdeducted out of the £20000 provided for exchanging the aforesaid Currencyleaves a Balance of £7705:7:6 in the Treasury for the aforesaid purpose. TheCommittee with a Committee of the Council have burnt £8400 of the Ordersissued in 1755 for the defending His Majesty’s Rights and Dominions in NorthAmerica.The Committee with a Committee of the Council have also burnt £5000of the Orders issued in 1756 for Fortifications.That the Account of charges for transporting Provisions to the Garrisonsin the Back Parts from 7th March 1759 as per Vouchers producedamounts to £8519:15:9.That since drawing the preceding Report the Treasurer produced anAccount to the Committee settled with him by Mr. Benjamin Stead wherebythe said Stead accounted with him for Flour, Pork, live Cattle and Salt remainingin Fort Loudoun the 2d Day of February 1758, amounting to £549:18, alsofor Carriage of Provisions to Keowee for the Indians going with Colonel Birdamounting to £513:6:10.Resolved, that the Report be considered to-morrow Morning.The House resumed the adjourned consideration of the Residue of thelast Report from the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts werereferred.And the Articles of the said Report No. 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318,319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328 and 329 being severally read a Secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.

JUNE 5, 1760615Read two Accounts of John Crawford, one amounting to £52:13 and theother to £63:16:3 for the late Expedition.Ordered, That the said Accounts be referred to the Committee appointedto audit the Public Accounts, and that they do examine the sameand report their Opinion thereupon to the House.Resolved, That this House will not receive any Account for the saidExpedition after the End of this Week.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Thursday the 5th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Read a Third time, “A Bill to prevent the exportation of Grain and otherProvisions, and Arms, Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils and Plains from theProvince of South Carolina for the Term therein mentioned.”An Amendment was proposed, vizt., Page 1, Line 15, leave out “duringthe Term of Eight Months,” and insert, “till the First Day of November next.”And several Amendments were made by the House, to the Bill.Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Act to preventthe Exportation of Grain and other Provisions; and Arms, Ammunition,Strouds, Duffils and Plains from the Province of South-Carolina, for the Termtherein mentioned.”Ordered, That Mr. Middleton do carry the Bill to the Council, and desiretheir Concurrence.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act for finishing, enlarging,repairing, cleansing and keeping clean and in repair the commonDrain or Sewer in Elliott Street in Charles Town” without any Amendment;and also,The Council have read a Petition of John Lloyd, addressed to the LieutenantGovernor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.Notice being taken that the Council had made an Amendment to thesaid Bill since the same was read a Third time, and passed by this House.Ordered, That a Message be prepared to be sent to the Council withthe Bill.And accordingly the following Message was drawn; vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,Upon inspecting a Bill, intitled, “an Act for finishing, enlarging, repair-

616 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760ing, cleansing, and keeping clean and in repair the Common Drain or Sewerin Elliott Street in Charles Town”; which Your Honours just now sent to thisHouse; we observe an Amendment made to Clause A (which Clause youadded to the Bill on the second reading) in these words, “or any Person underthem,” which were not in the Bill when it was passed by this House; ofwhich the Master in Chancery made no mention, when he delivered the Billto us. This is an irregular Proceeding, and contrary to the Method hithertoobserved in the passing of Bills in this Province; and if permitted to take effect,may be introductive of many bad consequences too obvious to needbeing mentioned: We therefore return the Bill to Your Honours.Ordered, That Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Pinckney do carry the Message &Bill to the Council.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act to prevent the exportationof Grain and other Provisions, and Arms, Ammunition, Strouds,Duffils and Plains from the Province of South-Carolina for the Term thereinmentioned,” without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the said Bill be ingrossed.A Motion being made and the Question being put, that a Message besent to the Lieutenant Governor and Council for a new Writ for the electingof a Member to serve in this present General Assembly for the Parish ofSt. Philip Charles Town in the room of Daniel Crawford Esq. deceased.It passed in the Negative.The Order of the Day being read;Resolved That this House will, to-morrow Morning, take the Reportfrom the Committee who were appointed to audit the Accounts of the PublicTreasurer, into Consideration.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 6th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The Bill intitled “an Act to prevent the exportation of Grain and otherProvisions, and Arms, Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils, and Plains from theProvince of South-Carolina for the Term therein mentioned”; beingingross’d according to Order, was laid upon the Table.Ordered, That Mr. Guerard do examine the said ingrossed Bill withsuch Member of the Council, as shall be appointed for that purpose; and that

JUNE 6, 1760617he do procure the Great-Seal to be affixed thereto, and afterward wait uponthe Lieutenant Governor and humbly know His Honour’s pleasure when hewill be attended by the House.Mr. Gadsden reported from the Committee to whom the several PublicAccounts were referred; that they had examined several of the Papersreferred to them, which, they had directed him to report to the House, andhe read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable: Where the same was read, and is as follows, vizt.1. Colonel Richard Richardson his Muster-Roll amounting to, as per payList made out and reexamined by the Committee, £18711:13, of which £3884:2has been already paid and must be deducted, the Balance £14827:11 to be allowedwhen the Colonel has sworn to the Truth of the whole Muster-Roll,or the several Captains have sworn to the Truth of their seperate MusterRolls: And the Committee recommend that great care be taken to deductthe above Sum of £3884:2 (of which only a general Account has been deliveredin by Colonel Richardson) as it shall appear when a particular Chargethereof is received from the Colonel who is to be applied to for it: And theCommittee further recommend that the Treasurer be ordered to stop thePay of all Deserters that may appear to have been such when the Colonel orCaptains have sworn to their Muster Rolls as above recommended, notwithstandingtheir Names may be upon the above-mentioned Pay List.2. Colonel Richardson’s List of Men that served as Butchers, Horsehuntersand Wood-Cutters for the Indians amounting to (at 7/ Currency perDiem) £108:3, which the Committee recommend to be allowed.3. The Pay List for the Detachments from Granville, Colleton andBerkley Counties amounting to £9410:11:4 to be allowed as follows, vizt. ToCaptains Benjamin and Samuel Elliott, Captain North, and CaptainMcPherson £93 Each. To Lieutenants Sanders, Bedon & Dun £77:10 Each.To Ensigns Vanderhost, Porcher, Wilkinson and Burquin £62 Each. ToSerjeants Vernon, Casley, White, Hamlin, Slade, Wilson, Salters, Manrow,Vinsant, Villard and Gilzer £31 Each. To Corporals Consall, Vanzant, Parkerand Martin £26:17:4 Each. To William Benie, a private Man discharged 14thDecember, £14:16. The Balance amounting to £8084:16 to be paid to 326 Privatesthat are left on the Lists by the Committee (all Deserters being by themscratched out of the said Lists.), Vizt. £24:16 to each. And the Committeefurther recommend that the following Eight private Men may be allowedtheir Pay from the 8th November inclusive to the Time of their several Dischargeswhen the Times thereof shall appear by a Certificate from their Captains,Vizt., Joseph Roberson, William Smith, John Bradford, MicajahPlummer, John Lessie and Richard Bland set down as sick upon the Lists,Samuel Ohair lamed and had leave to return and Jacob Roof hurted with a

618 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Waggon. The Committee further recommend that the Colonel or Captainsbe obliged to swear to the Truth of their Muster-Rolls before they or the Menbe intitled to their Pay, and that the Treasurer be ordered to stop the Pay ofall Deserters as shall appear such by such Oath, notwithstanding it may beincluded in this Sum now recommended to be allowed.4. Colonel John Chevillette, His Muster Roll of the Batallion under hisCommand on the late Expedition to the Cherokees amounting to £13109:12:8which the Committee recommend to be allowed in the following manner,Vizt. To Colonel Chevillette £686 for his Pay, Disbursements and the hire ofa Waggon. To Lieutenant Colonel Moses Thompson £194. To Major WilliamThompson £169:15. To Adjutant Samuel Awbrey £111:15. To QuarterMaster, John Fouquet £120:5. For five Captains, vizt., Golsan £147, Morrison£145:10, Francis £91:7:6, Musgrove £129:7:6 and Shaw £52:15. For Eight Lieutenants,Vizt., Herrisperger £37:5, Clayton £76:12:8, Killingsworth £24:14:4,McIntire £82:8:6, Anderson £94:16:6, Pennington £103:6, Howard £88:2:6 andGallman £60:5. For five Ensigns, Vizt., Geiger £93, Scott £94, Foster £80:17:6,Gordon £89 and Bender £76. For 21 Serjeants, Vizt., McDonald £29:7:2, Ulmer£41:4:11, Johnson £40:15:3, Young £25:14:5, McKensie £28:17:9, Mitchell £38:1:10,Davis £40:15:3, Strother £22:6:6, Turner £30:18:9, Sansom £30:18:9, McCluir£10:1:5, Smith £34:18:9, Gordon £27:13:3, Fullerton £27:13:3, Anderson £36:17:7,Foster £18:16:1, Sommerlin £30:11:5, Wood £30:11:5, Bare £30:11:5, Jacobs £30:11:5and Miller £25:4:8. The Balance being £9767:8:5 to be paid to the severalCorporals, Drummers and Private Men (excluding Deserters) in such proportionsas are settled by the Committee on the Muster-Rolls No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,& 6 to which the Committee beg leave to refer. The Committee are likewiseof Opinion that the Colonel or Captains of the several Companies, shouldmake Oath to the Truth of their several Muster-Rolls, before they, their SubalternOfficers or Men be intitled to receive the above Pay, and that the Treasurerbe ordered to stop every Man’s Pay that may appear by such Oath tohave deserted, notwithstanding such Pay may be included in the Sum hereinrecommended to be allowed.5. Colonel George Gabriel Powell’s Muster Roll of the Men & Officerswho served in his Batallion in the late Expedition, amounting to £13280:3:11as appears by the annexed List made out by the Committee agreable to theDirections of this House. From which £2937:10:6 is to be deducted for Cash,Musquets and other Articles supplied the Officers and Men. The Balance£10342:13:5 the Committee recommend to be paid in such proportions as aresettled in the annexed List, and under such Restrictions as are mentionedin the Report on Colonel Richardson’s Muster-Roll. The Committee observethat the Sum of £1859 was paid by Mr. Commissary Nutt for the use of thisBatallion as appears by the Major’s Receipt, and that only £1761:10 is deducted

JUNE 6, 1760619for Payments to Officers and Men in the annexed List, which leaves a Balanceof £97:10 to be yet accounted for or deducted from Colonel Powell’s pay.Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee who were appointed to auditthe late Powder Receiver’s Accounts that they had examined the saidAccounts accordingly, and had directed him to report the State of the Same,as it appears to them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place, andafterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read, andis as follows; vizt.That having examined the said Accounts they find the Balance of GunPowder at present in the Magazine belonging to the Public to be 4228 lb. Andwhich agrees with the Quantity which has been delivered into the Custodyof James Reid, the present Powder Receiver, as appears by his Receipt for thesame.Besides which there are Nineteen Barrels of Gun Powder, containing1900 lb. Weight put into the Magazine by John Hume being sent here byGeneral Amherst for the use of the Ordnance.Also a Balance of the Account for Beacons and Buoys in the hands ofJacob Motte junr., late Powder Receiver, being £190:4:5.Ordered That Mr. Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians, do lay before this House an Account of theIssues of the Sum of One Thousand Pounds Sterling, which was resolved bythis House to be applied to the use of the Militia Men employed on the saidExpedition in Part of their Pay: And also an Account of the Sale or in whatmanner the twenty Chests of Firelocks were disposed of that were sent to theCongrees to be sold by the Commissary, upon Credit, to such of the Militiaas should be desirous of purchasing the said Firelocks.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the presentState of the Acadians in Charles Town; and to consider and report to theHouse such Measures as they shall be of Opinion will most effectually preventany Mischief being done by the said Acadians in this Time of PublicDanger; of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Manigault, Mr. Rattray, Mr.Middleton, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Taylor.The House (according to Order) took the Report from the Committeewho were appointed to audit the Accounts of the Public Treasurer, intoConsideration.And the said Report being read a second time throughout.Resolved, That this House will provide the Sum of £1683:4:3 due to thePublic Treasurer on account of the general Duty Fund.Resolved, That the Sum of £2445:7:11 being the Balance in the Fund arisingby Licences for retailing of Spirituous Liquors, be applied in aid of Taxto be raised for defraying the Charges of the last Year.

620 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Resolved, That the Sum of £1748:13:5, Balance in the Fund appropriatedfor finishing St. Michael’s Church be applied in Aid of the said Tax.Resolved That the Sum of £904:12:9 in the Treasury arising by the Taximposed on Goods sold at Public Auction be applied in aid of the said Tax.Resolved That the Sum of £805:15 being Fines and Forfeitures be appliedin Aid of the said Tax.Resolved, That the Sum of £1229:6:5 in the Treasury being Balance inthe Fund appropriated for raising the South-Carolina Regiment be appliedin aid of the said Tax.Resolved, That this House will provide the Sum of £865:12:8 due to theTreasurer from the Fund provided for finishing the Fort in the Upper CherokeeNation.Resolved, That the Sum of £9283:1:1 being Surplus of the Taxes raisedfor defraying the Charges of this Government for the Year ending the 25thMarch 1757 be applied in Aid of the Tax to be raised for defraying the Chargesof the last Year.Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the said Committee, that they doexamine what Sums of Money have been paid into the Treasury by the severalCollectors of the Tax for the Year ending the 25th Day of March 1758 andreport the Same, as it appears to them, to the House.Resolved That this House will provide the Sum of £5 due to the Treasurerfor an Appropriation Order issued in 1731, which was cancell’d by the Committee.Resolved That the Sum of £549:18, being so much paid to the Treasurerby the Agent to the Contractors for victualling The King’s Forces in NorthAmerica, for Provisions belonging to the Public that were remaining at Fort-Loudoun when the said Agent undertook to supply the Garrison at that Fort:And the Sum of £513:16:10 which had been paid out of the Treasury for theCarriage of Provisions to Kewohee for the use of such of the Cherokee Indiansas went to the Assistance of the Northern Colonies with Colonel Bird& which was repaid to the Treasurer by the said Agent, be applied in aid ofthe said Tax.Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for establishing and regulatingthe Artillery Company which was formed out of the Militia in Charles-Town: And that Captain Gadsden, Mr. Rattray and Mr. Laurens, do prepareand bring in the same.Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed to examine theAccounts of the Gentlemen who imported two thousand Musquets, fixedwith Bayonets and Slings, and Moulds for the said Musquets, at the PublicExpence, to be disposed of for the better arming the Militia of this Province,be revived: And that the said Committee do, as soon as may be, report theState of the said Accounts to the House.

JUNE 10, 1760621Read an Account of George Hooper amounting to £190, for four Horsesthat were impressed for the Service of the late Expedition.Read also an Account of Jacob Free amounting to £50 for a Horse impressedfor the same service.Ordered, That the said Accounts be referred to the Consideration ofthe Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts, and thatthey do examine the same, and report their Opinion thereupon to theHouse.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 7th Day of June 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday Morning,Ten of the Clock.Monday the 9th Day of June 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 10th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Friday’s Proceedings.Mr. Guerard reported to the House, that the ingrossed Bill intitled “anAct to prevent the exportation of Grain and other Provisions and Arms,Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils and Plains from the Province of South-Carolinafor the Term therein mentioned”; had been examined by a Member ofthe Council appointed for that purpose; and that the Great Seal was affixedthereto: And that the Lieutenant Governor having been waited upon humblyto know his pleasure when the House should attend his Honour; hadbeen pleased to appoint this Day at Twelve of the Clock, in the CouncilChamber.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Last Evening I had the pleasure of receiving, by an Express from ColonelGrant dated from Colonel Montgomery’s Camp, near Fort Prince-George, the agreable Information of the Success of His Majesty’s Troops, intheir first Operations in the Cherokee Nation; the Particulars of which, astransmitted to me, I have herewith sent you; and embrace this earliest Opportunityof congratulating you upon this important Event; which, by the

622 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Blessing of God, if properly improved may be a Mean of restoring and establishingPeace with the Indians, upon a sure and lasting Foundation.The 10th Day of June 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read also Colonel Grant’s Letter to the Lieutenant Governor, datedCamp near Fort Prince George 4th June 1760. 53And the following Address was drawn in answer to the said Message, vizt.May it please Your Honour,We return Your Honour our most sincere and hearty Thanks for so earlycommunicating to us the agreable Information which you had received ofthe Success of His Majesty’s Troops in their first Operation in the CherokeeNation: And give us leave, Sir, to congratulate You also upon this importantEvent, which, with Your Honour we hope, by the Blessing of God, if properlyimproved may be a mean of restoring and establishing Peace with theIndians upon a firm and lasting Foundation.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Wragg and Mr. Guerard.Three Certificates for the Service of the late Expedition, which weredelivered last Saturday to be presented to the House were read; vizt.One in favour of John Templeton for a Waggon and Horses impressed.Another in favour of Captain John Skene for two Horses lost.And the third in favour of Samuel Boone for a Horse impressed.Ordered, That the said Certificates be referred to the Consideration ofthe Committee who were appointed to audit the Public Accounts: And thatthey do examine the said Certificates and report their Opinion thereuponto the House.The following Papers were according to Order presented to the Houseand read, vizt.His Excellency Governor Lyttelton’s Warrant, dated Camp at SaludeeOld Town 19th November 1759, for issuing £6:10 to each Serjeant, Corporaland private Man, belonging to the respective Batallions of ColonelsChevillette, Powell and Richardson, in part of their Pay.Account of Seven thousand Pounds received by Joseph Nutt of Jacob53Grant to Bull, June 4, 1760, Council Journal, June 10, 1760. Printed texts appear in the SouthCarolina Gazette, June 10, 1760, and in Christopher Gadsden, Observations on Two Campaigns Against theCherokee Indians . . . by Philopatrios (Charleston, 1762), pp. 77–80, microfiche reprint in Clifford K. Shipton,ed., Early American Imprints (Worcester, MA, 1956–83), nos. 9242–43.

JUNE 11, 1760623Motte Esqr. by Order of His Excellency Governor Lyttelton, on which therewas a Balance of £58 in Mr. Nutt’s hands.Receipt from Lieutenant Colonel Moses Thompson of ColonelChevillette’s Batallion to Joseph Nutt for the Sum of £2574 Part of the said£7000.Receipt from Major Abraham Buckhells of Colonel Powell’s Batallionto the said Joseph Nutt for £1859 part of the said £7000.Receipt from Colonel Richard Richardson to the said Joseph Nutt forthe Sum of £2509 part of the said £7000.Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to inquire into the Conduct of Mr. JosephNutt during the Time he acted as Commissary on the late Expedition againstthe Cherokees.Then (it being Twelve of the Clock) Mr. Speaker, with the House, wentup to attend the Lieutenant Governor in the Council Chamber.And being returned,Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had attended the LieutenantGovernor in the Council Chamber where his Honour had been pleased togive his Assent to,“An Act to prevent the exportation of Grain and other Provisions, andArms, Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils and Plains from the Province of SouthCarolina for the Term therein mentioned.”And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Wednesday the 11th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Ordered, That the “Act to prevent the exportation of Grain and otherProvisions, and Arms, Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils and Plains from theProvince of South-Carolina for the Term therein mentioned,” be printed inthe Gazette.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,The Words which you allude to in your Message of the 5th Instant justnow received, were, in the hurry of other Business, added to the Bill; butwithout any design to interrupt the accustomed practice of sending a Messageto your House, when any Addition is proposed upon the reading of aBill; and therefore we have removed the Cause which gave rise to your Enquiry;We shall at all times endeavour on our parts to preserve our own

624 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Rights, without infringing upon yours, or introducing irregular Proceedings,as the best and most effectual means in our power to preserve that Harmonywhich is the Life of Public Business.In the Upper House of Assembly the 10th Day of June 1760.Edward Fenwicke, President.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the Message being read,Ordered That the Bill, intitled “an Act for finishing, enlarging, repairing,cleansing and keeping clean and in repair the common Drain or Sewerin Elliott Street in Charles-Town” be ingrossed.Mr. Guerard reported from the Committee who were appointed to auditthe Public Treasurer’s Accounts, that the Committee had (pursuant tothe Order of the House) examined the Account of Money paid into the Treasuryby the several Collectors of the Tax for the Year ending the 25th March1758, and that the Committee find, that some of the Persons appointed Collectorsof the said Tax had not made a return of their Collections to the Treasurer;But that there had been paid on Account of the said Tax into theTreasury the Sum of £168,906:3:8. That the Sum to be raised for that Year’sCharges exclusive of what was applied in aid of the Same, £166,438:14:7. Sothat of that Tax there is now in the Treasury a Surplus of £2467:9:1.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay the Rewards for all suchIndian Scalps as shall be brought to Charles-Town, agreable to the Resolutionsformerly enter’d into by the House for that purpose.Resolved, That this House will provide for reimbursing the Treasurerall such Sum or Sums of Money as he shall advance for that Service.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Treasurer beordered to attend the House to be examined with respect to the Reason whyhe has not received the Tax for the Year ending the 25th Day of March 1758from the several Collectors who were appointed to collect the same.The House divided.The Yeas went forth.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Laurens—11.Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Pinckney—11.And Mr. Speaker voted with the Yeas.So it was resolved in the Affirmative.Ordered That the Treasurer do attend this House immediately.Then the House proceeded to take the last Report from the Committeeto whom the several Public Accounts were referred, into Consideration.And the first Paragraph of the Report on the Muster Roll of ColonelRichard Richardson’s Battallion,

JUNE 11, 1760625The 2d Paragraph, on a List of Men, belonging to the same Battallion,who served as Butchers, Horse-Hunters and Wood-Cutters,The 3d Paragraph on the Pay List of the Detachment from GranvilleCounty,The 4th Paragraph on the Muster-Roll of Colonel John Chevillette’sBattallion,And the last Paragraph, on the Muster-Roll of Colonel George GabrielPowell’s Battallion, being severally read a Second time, were severally agreedto by the House.Resolved That this House will make a provision for Pay to LieutenantColonel Benjamin Singellton who commanded the Detachment fromGranville County, during the Time he served upon the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokees.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,This Morning I received, by Express, Letters from the Governors ofVirginia and North-Carolina, informing me of the Measures that had beentaken by them in pursuance of my Letters for Assistance in this War againstthe Cherokees. I communicate these Letters to You that you may be informedof the different Success they met with in their respective Provinces.The 11th Day of June 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read a Letter from the Honorable Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governorof Virginia, to his Honour Lieutenant Governor Bull, datedWilliamsburgh the 24th of May 1760. 54Read also a Letter from his Excellency Arthur Dobbs Esqr., Governorof North Carolina, to his Honour Lieutenant Governor Bull, datedBrunswick the 5th June 1760.Ordered That an Answer be prepared to His Honour’s said Message.The House being informed that the Public Treasurer attended at theDoor, he was called in, and Mr. Speaker asked him, what had been the Occasionof his not having received the Taxes from the several Inquirers andCollectors who were appointed to collect the Same for the Year ending the25th Day of March 1758.To which he answered, That he had wrote several Letters to such of the54Fauquier to Bull, May 24, 1760, in Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, 1: 365–66.

626 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Inquirers and Collectors as had made no Returns of their Collections to him;who had sent Excuses to him, some from Sickness; others through fear oftaking the Small-Pox in Charles-Town; and others that they had not been ableto dispose of their Crops: But that they would endeavour to make their Returnsas soon as possible.And then he was ordered to withdraw.Ordered, (upon the Question) That the Public Treasurer do forthwithwrite Letters to such of the Inquirers and Collectors appointed for collectingthe Taxes for the Year ending the 25th Day of March 1758, as have notmade their Returns to him of their respective Collections, and require themto make their Returns and pay him all such Sum & Sums of Money as havebeen by them respectively collected immediately; and also that they do returnto the said Treasurer a List of the Names of the Defaulters (if any suchthere are) in their respective Districts. And in case all the Accounts of thesaid Tax shall not be finally settled by the said Inquirers and Collectors, in areasonable Time, that the said Treasurer do put the Act in execution againstall Defaulters.And the Public Treasurer was again called in, and Mr. Speaker acquaintedhim with the said Order.And then he withdrew.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee to whom the several PublicAccounts were referred that they had examined the Residue of the Paperswhich were referred to their Consideration; and had directed him to reportthe same, as they appeared to them to the House; and he read the Reportin his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerks Table: Where thesame was read and is as follows, vizt.331. John Raul, an Account for Waggon hire certified by CommissaryPinckney and John Marley from 8th October 1759 to 8th January 1760, 93 Daysat £5 per day amounting to £465, of which £82 to be paid Felix Long, Innkeeper,the Commissary having engaged to pay the same by the Governor’sOrder, the Waggon being detained by said Long for a Debt due to him, allowed£373 to Raul & £82 to Long.332. Adam Ebting, an Account for Waggon hire 93 Days at £5 per day,as the last above £465, of which £120 to be paid to Adam Shickle, the remainderto be paid by indorsment to Paul Townsend & Company, allowed.333. Felix Long, an Account for a Horse lost on the late Expedition,sworn to and certified by the Commissary, allowed £50.

JUNE 11, 1760627334. Peter Aker, for 94 Days hire of a Waggon certified by CommissaryPinckney at £5 per day, amounting to £470, of which £68 to be paid to JohnMeek, allowed £402 to Aker, £68 to Meek.335. Lawrence Keyser for 93 Days hire of a Waggon certified as above at£5 per day, amounting to £465, of which £76:10 to be paid to John Meeck, allowed,£388:10 to Keyser, £76:10 to Meek.336. Christian Simmerman, an Account for Waggon hire and Horseslost, & the Waggon left at Kewohee £676:10. The Committee recommendthat the Common hire for Waggons being very large should be allowed andno more, Vizt. 86 Days hire at £5, of which £68 to be paid to John Meek. £362to Simmerman, £68 to Meek.337. Terence Reily, an Account for 97 Days Waggon hire for which theCommittee recommend £5 per day to be allowed, of which £50 to be paid toEbenezer Way. £435 to Reily, £50 to Way.338. William McKennie, an Account for hire of a Waggon and Horses97 Days at £5 per day, £485, out of which £65 to be paid to Robert Reid and£35 to James Beamer per Orders, allowed.339. John Ploughman, an account for the like Service 88 days at £5 perday £440, indorsed to Paul Townsend & Company, allowed: And an Accountfor Pasturage and Corn, £28:15, not allowed.340. John Stouts, an Account for the like Service 61 Days at £5 per day,£305, of which £10:10 to be paid Sarah Nightingale, allowed.341. Conrad Shirer, an Account for the like Service 90 Days at £5 perday (indorsed to Paul Townsend & Company) £450, allowed, £71:6:3 due toEberrard Eney for which the Public is engaged, to be first deducted; and also£5 for a Waggon Wheel to be paid to Godfrey Dreyer.342. Dennis Hagen, Certificates for the like Service 96 Days at £5 perday indorsed payable to William Savage, £480, allowed.343. Peter Crim, a Certificate for the like Service 93 Days at £5 per day,£465, allowed, £76:10 to be paid to Felix Long.344. Conrad Hollman, Certificate for the hire of a Cart and threeHorses 82 Days at £3 per Day, £246, allowed.345. Andrew Koghler, Certificate for the hire of a Cart and three Horses99 Days at £3 per Day, £297, £59:10 of which to be paid Eberrard Eney, allowed.346. John Steward, Certificate for the hire of a Waggon and five Horses77 Days at £5 per day, £385, of which £20 to be paid to Paul Smizer, allowed.347. Conrad Folk, Certificate for the like Service 101 Days at £5 per day,£505, of which £67:10 to be paid to Paul Smizer, allowed.348. Andrew Hicker, Certificate for hire of a Cart and three Horses 100Days at £3 per day, £300 of which, £49:7:6, to be paid to Eberrard Eney, allowed.

628 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760349. William Hayes, Certificate for hire of a Waggon and five Horses95 Days at £5 per day, £475, of which £85 due to Felix Long, allowed.350. John Simmons, Certificate for like Service 93 days at £5 per day,£465, of which £67:10 to be paid to Paul Smizer, allowed.351. Joseph Irwin, Certificate for the like Service 41 days at £5 per day,£205, of which Sum £94:10 to be paid to Robert Reid, allowed.352. Henry Crome, an attested Account for 77 days hire of a Waggonand four Horses, 12 Bushels of Corn and for 3 Horses lost and Damage doneto his Waggon, Balance £589, from which the Committee deduct £204charged for the loss of Horses, damage to the Waggon and 12 Bushels ofCorn; and add £5 for 1 days hire short charged, leaves the Balance £390, ofwhich £56:7:6 to be paid to Eberrard Eney, allowed. The Committee by aCalculation they have made find that £5 per day for the hire of this Waggonand Horses amounts to the full value of both and leaves a Sum sufficient topay the said Henry Crome Ensign’s Pay.353. Thomas Bell, an Account for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses, 41 Daysat £5 per day, £205, of which £94:10 to be paid to Robert Reid to be paid whenhe swears to the Account, allowed.354. John Wildermuth, an Account for the like Service 68 days at £5 perday, £340, allowed. On the same Account is a Charge for the Waggon left atSaludee, the Sum left Blank: And also £170 for 4 Horses lost. The Committeethink they ought not to allow for the Horses, but beg leave to submit theCharge for the Waggon to the Consideration of the House.355. John Bickell, an Account for Waggon hire and Corn for his Horses£452:10, from which the Committee deduct £27:10 for Corn, the Balance £425 allowedwhen the Account is properly attested; of which £62:12:6 to be paid to EberrardEney. The Committee find a Charge for a Horse lost, which they cannot allow.356. Thomas Anderson, a Certificate for like Service from the 18th October1759 when the Commissary certified that his Waggon was taken into theService at £5 per Day, £______, when proof by Certificate or Oath is madeof the service and discharge; of which £35:5 to be paid to Michael Kelteison.357. Henry Gallman, a Certificate for the like Service from 5th October1759 to 10th January 1760, 98 Days at £5 per day, £490, allowed.358. Zachariah Izobell, a Certificate for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses from25th November 1759 to 11th January 1760, 48 days at £5 per day, £240, allowed. TheCommittee beg leave to remark to the House that the abovementioned Waggon& Horses were at the time when taken into the service appraised by three Freeholdersat £225, and therefore think they ought not to allow any part of £70charged by the said Izobell for two Horses lost.359. Anthony Ernest for hire of a Cart and 3 Horses 80 Days at £3 perday, £240, allowed.

JUNE 11, 1760629360. Thomas Kennerly, a Certificate for hire of a Waggon and 4 Horsesappraised at £335, 48 Days at £5 per day, £240, allowed.361. Jacob Neartz, a Certificate for the hire of a Cart and two Horsesappraised and valued at £135, 52 Days, for which the Committee recommend50/ per day to be allowed, £130.362. Michael Lightner, an Account certified, for hire of a Waggon and5 Horses 78 Days at £5 per day, £390, allowed. Also an Account for 48 Bushelsof Corn, not allowed.363. Jacob Buchman, a certified Account for hire of a Cart and threeHorses 52 Days at £3 per day, £156, allowed. The said Buchmans Cart andHorse were appraised and valued at £135, therefore the Committee do notthink they ought to allow any thing for one of the Horses lost and chargedto the Public, £50.364. Leonard Rufus, for hire of a Cart and three Horses 37 days at £3per day, £111, allowed. The said Rufus remarks on his Account that the Cartwas not returned, and the Committee think the Public are not answerablefor it, therefore allow nothing.365. Jacob Scop, a Certificate for hire of a Cart and 3 Horses 79 Days at£3 per day, £237, allowed.366. George Usman, a Certificate for 49 Days hire of a Cart and 2 Horsesfor which 50/ per day is allowed, £122:10.367. Leonard Sammat for hire of a Cart and 3 Horses 234 Days at £3 perday, £234 allowed.368. John Frimouth, an Account for hire of three Horses and Harness, Cornand Pasturage for Horses and for one Horse lost, £179:7:6, from which £30 isdeducted being the Price of the Horse lost, and £149:7:6 the Balance is allowed.369. Jacob Friday, Certificate of hire of a Waggon and 4 Horses, 62 Daysat £5 per day, £310, allowed.370. Gasper Foose for 78 Days hire of a Waggon & 5 Horses certified at£5 per day, £390, allowed, but do not allow his Account for 21 Bushels of Corn.371. John Rep, Certificate for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses (the wholeappraised £315) 56 Days at £5 per day, £280, allowed. An Account for 46 BushelsCorn not allowed.372. George Hooper, a Certificate per Colonel John Chevillette for hireof a Waggon and Horses 18th October 1759 discharged 6th January 1760, tobe allowed 81 Days at £5 per day when proof is made that there was not lessthan 4 Horses to the Waggon, £405.373. George Infinger for hire of a Cart and 3 Horses from 6th November to 12thDecember 1759, Certified by William Baker, is 37 Days at £3 per day, £111, allowed.374. John Ulric Keiser for the like Service and certified by William Baker66 days at £3 per day, £198, allowed.

630 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760375. George Smithpeter for 84 Days hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses certifiedby John Marley for which is allowed at £5 per day £420.376. Hancy Gallman, an attested Account for Waggon hire, Horses lostand Corn supplied for his own Horses £624:10, from which the Committeededuct £139:10 charged for 3 Horses lost and for Corn; and allow £485, theBalance.377. George Keith, an Account for Waggon hire, Horses lost, and Cornsupplied, £493. The Committee allow £390 for the Waggon hire; but £18 forCorn and £85 Charged for Horses lost, are not allowed.378. Philip Pledger, a Certificate for hire of a Cart and horses 85 Daysat £3 per day £255, allowed.379. John Sheally, a Certificate for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses, 92Days, by which it appears that the said Sheally agreed to accept £4 per dayfor the hire of his Waggon and Horses, but as £5 per day has been allowedfor other Waggons and the Committee allow nothing for the losses of Horses&c. nor for Corn they recommend that £5 per day be also allowed for thisService, £460.380. Jacob Tyler for the like Service 58 Days agreed as the last at £4 perday, but as it appears that two of the Horses were lost the Committee thinkit reasonable to allow at the rate of £5 per day, £290.381. Jacob Murph, an Account certified for hire of a Waggon and 5Horses 76 Days at £5 per day, £380 allowed: N.B. in the Certificate of agreementfor the hire of this Waggon, “at £4 per diem” are obliterated and appearsto have been done after writing the said Agreement. Also an Article for 32Bushels of Corn not allowed.382. Jacob Detering, an attested and certified Account for 92 Days hireof a Waggon and 5 Horses at £5 per day, £460, allowed: 22 Bushels of Cornsupplied him for his own Horses, £11, not allowed.383. John Reece for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses 18th October 1759to 8th January 1760, 83 Days at £5 per day, allowed £415.384. Thomas Gruhlage, hire of a Cart and 3 Horses 68 Days per Certificateby John Marley indorsed to Evererd Eney, allowed at £3 per day, £204.385. Nathaniel McKenny, an Account and Certificate for hire of a Waggonand Horses 79 Days at £5 per day, £395, also for 45 Bushels Corn, not allowed.386. John George Bower, Certificate for hire of a Cart and 3 Horses, 51Days at £3 per day, £153, allowed.387. John Grizzlehard’s Certificate for hire of a Cart and 3 Horses 66Days at £3 per day, £198, allowed.388. John Gartman for hire of a Waggon 88 Days per Certificate, agreedfor by John Fouquet Esq. at £4, but the Committee recommend that £5 perday be allowed, £440.

JUNE 11, 1760631389. John Archibald, Certificates for hire of a Waggon and 4 Horses,46 Days at £5 per day, £230.390. John Messer for hire of a Waggon enter’d 13th November perPatrick Colhoun’s Affidavit and discharged the 6th January per John Marley’sCertificate, is 55 Days, allowed £5 per day, £275.391. Martin Timberman for hire of a Waggon per Certificates 83 Daysat £5 per day, £415, allowed.392. Hugh Hall per Certificates for hire of a Waggon and 4 Horses 46Days at £5 per day, £230, allowed.393. Gilbert Fowler for the like Service 76 Days certified by HenryGallman and John Marley, allowed at £5 per day, £380.394. Elizabeth Mercier, for a Waggon per certified appraisement £125,left (as sworn to) 3 Miles beyond Goudy’s and not returned, allowed. Butthe Committee recommend that Mrs. Mercier should swear that she has notsince received it.395. Michael Schnider for hire of a Cart and 3 Horses appraised at £110certified to be in the Public Service 43 Days at £3 per day, £129, allowed. Thesaid Schnider also charges £110 for his Cart and Horses, alledging that theywere not returned to him, but the Committee are of opinion the Publicshould not be answerable for the Same, and therefore do not allow it.396. John Long for hire of a Waggon and Harness from 4th October1759, to 18th January 1760, is 107 Days at 20/ per day, £107, certified by JohnMarley, allowed.397. Jacob Traft, Account attested for his Waggon and Horses prest the20th October and discharged the 23d December per Certificate from JohnMarley; say 65 Days at £5 per day amounts to £305, allowed. This Man chargesa Horse appraised £30 and lost, which the Comittee do not allow.398. John Roll, Certificate for a (second) Waggon and 5 Horses impressedby Henry Gallman the 14 December appraised by three Freeholdersand discharged as per John Marley’s Certificate 8th January 1760, 26 Days at£5 per day, £130, allowed.399. John Erhord, his Account attested for his Cart and three Horses,impressed the 6th November per Order of Colonel Chevillette anddischarg’d by John Marley the 28th December 1759, 53 Days at £3, £159, allowed.2 Horses lost mentioned to have been appraised at £95, which the Committeedo not allow for separately, thinking the Cart hire sufficient.400. Nicholas Federhoff, Certificate for his Cart and three Horses impressedby William Baker by Order of Colonel Chevillette the 19th Novemberand discharged according to his Oath the 8th January 1760, 51 Days at £3per day, £150, allowed.401. James Spratt, a Certificate for his Waggon and 4 Horses discharged

632 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760the 6th January, which appears to have been impressed the 13th Novemberby John Burns Junior by Virtue of a Warrant from Captain Francis, 55 Daysat £5 per day, £275, allowed.402. William Field, his Account for his Waggon impressed at the sametime and by the same person as the preceeding Waggon, and discharged asper James Skegg’s Oath the 9th January, 58 Days at £5 per day, £290, allowed:One Horse lost valued at £50 which the Committee take no Notice of, also13 Bushels of Corn charged for his Horses and neither certified or attestedwhich they disallow.403. John Wilson, Certificate for his Waggon and Horses impressed atthe same time and by the same person as the above and discharged by JohnMarley 6th January, 55 Days at £5 per day, £275, allowed.404. George Lloyd for hire of a Cart and three Horses per Certificates,impressed by William Baker, discharged by John Marley, 67 Days at £3 perday, £201, allowed.405. Mathias Weeker for like service certified by Peter Crim enter’d 15thNovember 1759, discharged by John Marley 12th January 1760, 59 Days at £3per day, £177, allowed.406. James Otterson, Account for a Waggon and five Horses and 29Bushels of Grain £271:15, sworn to endorsed to Mr. John Mouncey, certifiedto be a Waggon and 4 Horses and taken into Service by Peter Crim 20thNovember 1759, and by John Marley to be discharged 7th January 1760, is 49Days for which the Committee allow £5 per day, £245, but do not allow anything for the Grain.407. Melchor Hoffman, hire of a Cart and three Horses impressed andappraised 8th November 1759, £130, and discharged 30th December per JohnMarley’s Certificate is 53 Days at £3 per day, £159, allowed. Also an Accountfor one Horse lost, £30, and his Cart not returned, £45, [amounting to] £75,not allowed.408. Samuel Erwin for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses appraised at £260,10 November 1759, certified by John Cantey, discharged 16th January 1760,certified by John Marley, is 68 Days at £5 per day indorsed to Dunbar andYoung, allowed £340. This Man represents the loss of two Horses and oneMare, for which the Committee cannot allow any thing.409. Henry Hartle for hire of his Waggon and five Horses from the 16thOctober 1759 to 18th February 1760, the Entry certified by John Fouquet, inwhich Certificate the Committee perceive the agreement for this Waggon tohave been at £4 per day, but the Words relative thereto are now obliterated,the discharge certified by John Marley, the Committee recommend that £5per day be allowed for said hire 95 Days agreable to the said Hartle’s Account,£475.

JUNE 11, 1760633410. Archibald Murphy for hire of a Cart and 3 Horses, Entry and Dischargecertified by John Marley, 74 Days at £3 per day, £222, allowed.411. Andrew Allison, an Account for the hire of a Waggon and 5 Horsesentered and appraised 4th November 1759 at £310, and discharged by JohnMarley 6th January 1760, is 51 Days at £5 per day, £255, allowed: But the Committeedo not allow any thing for an Account of two Horses lost charged byhim at £50 each, £100.412. Michael Aichinger for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses from the 13thNovember 1759 to 8th January 1760, is 57 Days at £5 per day, £285, allowed: AnArticle for Corn and two others for repairing the Waggon, the Sums not filledup, the Committee think these Articles shou’d not be allowed.413. Adam Sommers, an Affidavit and Certificate for the impressing anddischarge of Adam Sommers Waggon, 18th October 1759 to 9th January 1760,84 Days allowed at £5 per day, £420.414. John Kyner, Account for the hire of his Waggon and five Horsesfrom 21st November 1759 to the 9th January 1760, a Certificate of the Dischargeis produced but none of the Entry; 50 Days hire at £5 per day, £250,to be allowed when a proper Certificate of the Entry is produced or the Manhas sworn to it.415. John Greer for hire of his Waggon and 4 Horses enter’d perCommissary’s Certificate 3d October 1759, discharged per John Marley’s Certificate7th January 1760, is 97 days Service for which at £5 per day the Committeeallow £485, from which £94:7:6 must be deducted for an Account thePublic is answerable for to Benjamin Godfrey.416. Robert McRary for hire of his Waggon and 4 Horses from 3d October1759 to 21st November 1759, and then discharged by John Marley’s Certificatebecause the Man’s Horses were lost, being 50 Days at £5 per day, £250,allowed; £98:5 to be paid out of the above Sum to Michael Kelteison.417. Henry Hartle. This is the same Account as No. 409.418. James Anderson, an Account for 63 Days Service of a Waggon and5 Horses accompanied with a Certificate of Discharge the 7th January 1760,per John Marley but no proof of the Entry; to be allowed £5 per day, £315,When full proof is made of the Service by Certificate or Oath.419. Bernard Montz for hire of a Waggon which appears by a Memorandumsigned by Captain Peter Crim to have been employed 16th November1759, and by a Certificate by John Marley to be discharged 11th January1760, including 57 Days for which the Committee allow at £5 per day, £285.420. William Baker for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses 63 Days, havingbeen imprest and the Service properly certified at £5 per day, £315, allowed.421. William Baker for hire of 2 Pack Horses from 12th November 1759to 23d December 1759 is 42 Days, for which the Committee allow 15/ per day

634 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760each, £63, and also recommend that this Man may be paid for one Horsebelonging to him which was delivered to Colonel Walters and not returned;when he makes proof of the Value of said Horse, and that the Horse is notthen returned. The above 3 Horses appear to have been taken into the Service,as well as the delivery of one of them to Colonel Walters by JohnMarley’s Certificate.422. Hugh Wilson, for hire of a Waggon, Furniture and Team whichappears by an obscure Certificate to have been impressed by AlexanderMcAlpin who calls himself Press Master; and to have been discharg’d 6thJanuary 1760 by John Marley’s Certificate: The Committee in this as in manypreceeding cases can only recommend that Hugh Wilson shall be paid £5 perday for this Service when full proof is made of the number of Days.423. John Clark, an Account certified and sworn to for hire of a Waggonand Horses and for one Horse lost, £266:5. The Committee allow for 46 Dayshire of the Waggon and Horses at £5 per day, £230, but cannot allow for theHorse.424. George Abernethy, Certificates to prove the Service of his Waggonand 4 Horses appraised at £310, 76 Days of which the Committee allow at £5per day, £380. But cannot allow any thing for two Horses alledged to havedied in the Service and to be valued at £40 each.425. Conrad Kensler, an Account for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horsesfrom 22d October 1759, neither certified nor other ways proved, but it appearsby John Marley’s Certificate that this Man’s Waggon was discharged the 9thJanuary 1760. Therefore the Committee recommend that £5 per day be allowedfor so many Days service as shall be proved by Certificate or Oath.426. Frederic Rife, an attested Account for hire of a Cart and threeHorses and £20 for one Horse which died at Kewohee: Colonel Chevillettecertifies that George Rife entered the service the 2d Novr. 1759 and JohnMarley certifies that George Rife’s Cart was discharged 9th January 1760. TheCommittee therefore allow for hire of said Cart and Horses 69 Days at £3 perday £207, but nothing for the dead Horse.427. Ulric Booser, an Account for hire of a Cart and three Horses from23d October 1759 to 9th January 1760, per Certificates by Henry Gallman ofthe Entry and of the Discharge by John Marley, being 79 Days Service forwhich the Committee allow £3 per day, £237.428. John Ragnous, an Account for 83 Days hire of his Waggon, five Horsesand two Men; and also for 27 Bushels of Corn at 15/, £20:5. This Account is attestedby said Ragnous but no Certificates of the Entry or Discharge of hisWaggon: The Committee find in a Mess Book kept by John Marley the saidRagnous set down as having five Horses and two Men, and from thence are inclinedto believe they were in Service upon the late Expedition, and therefore

JUNE 11, 1760635recommend that £5 per day be paid to said Ragnous for so many days service ofhis Waggon &c. as he shall make appear by Certificate of entry or discharge togetherwith his Oath, but allow nothing for the Corn.429. David Friday, an Account for 99 Days hire of a Waggon and 5Horses; and also for two Horses lost: The Committee find a Certificate byJohn Marley of the discharge of said Waggon 18th January 1760, but none ofthe Entry; therefore recommend that £5 per day be allowed for this Servicewhen full Proof is made of the time by Certificate or Oath, but allow nothingfor the Horse.430. Henry Whetstone, Account for the hire of his Waggon and 5 Horsesfrom 27 October 1759 to 11th January 1760, attested; 77 Days at £5 per day, £385,allowed. This Man charges £190 for 4 Horses lost which do not appear bythe Account to have been appraised; and if they had been, the Committeethink the Waggon hire here allowed a sufficient satisfaction.431. John Simmons, his attested Account for hire of his Cart and threeHorses from 15th November to 24th December, 40 Days at £3 per day, £120,three Horses lost sworn to have been appraised in this Account at £75, forwhich the Committee make no Allowance; having given already many reasonsupon several Accounts of the same nature mentioned in this Report.This Account is indorsed to Paul Townsend & Company.432. Godfrey Dryer, Account for his Waggon and five Horses and 33Bushels Corn for the Use of his Horses and repairing his Waggon; theWaggon charged from 16 October 1759 and discharged per Marley’s Certificatethe 9th January 1760. The hire thereof amounts to, for 86 Days at £5 perday, £430, allowed when the Entry of his Waggon is attested to or properlycertified. The Corn and Repairs for the Waggon the Committee disallow.433. Lewis Portner, his attested Account for his Waggon and five Horsesfrom the 5th October 1759 to 11th January 1760, 99 Days at £5 per day, £495.Also for 3 Horses prest by Mr. Marley the 13th November 1759, and returnedthe 11th January 1760, 58 Days. Also for another Horse prest by SerjeantWatson the 16th October and returned the 1st December, 47 Days.Also for 62 Bushels of Corn charged at 12/6.The Committee allow £495 for the hire of the Waggon and also half thevalue of the prest Horses when proper Certificates or Attestation to theirvalue is produced. The Corn they allow nothing for.434. John George Shindler, his Account for the hire of a Waggon andfive Horses from 24th October 1759 to the 16th January 1760, 85 Days at £5 perday, £425, allowed. This Man charges for a Horse lost valued at £25, whichthe Committee make no allowance for, judging the Waggon hire sufficient.435. Joseph Poffman, Certificate for hire of his Waggon from 5th October1759 to 9th January 1760, 97 Days at £5 per day, £485, allowed, when attested

636 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760or properly certified that his Waggon and Horses were in the Public Serviceall the abovementioned time.436. A List of Debts due from several of the Waggoners prest by theCommissary to the Inn-keepers in Charles-Town, which Mr. Doyley informsthe Committee he promised by Order from the Governor that they shouldbe paid, the Inn-keepers refusing to permit the Drivers to go till they werepaid, amounting to £2136:16:3.Of which the Committee have deducted from the several Waggoner’sAccounts already delivered in, £1819:16:3.The Balance £317, the Committee recommend to be paid to the followingPersons, and to be deducted out of the hire of the following PersonsWaggons when their Accounts are delivered in, vizt.1. To be allowed Benjamin Godfreyand deducted from Robert Swan £ 89:15: 02. To be allowed the Same anddeducted from James Michell 94: 7: 63. To be allowed Sarah Nightingaleand deducted from AbrahamPennington 23: 0: 04. To be allowed Eberhard Eney anddeducted from Peter Beck 22:17: 65. To be allowed Felix Long anddeducted from Jacob Haulman 76:10: 06. To be allowed John Meeke anddeducted from George Fike 10:10: 0£ 317: 0: 0437. John Colleton Esqr., his Estate, for Provisions supplied 12th & 13thNovember 1759, Vizt., 2 Steers, 3 Sheep, Rice and Fodder, allowed £68.438. Sr. John Colleton for a Horse said to be valued at £60, not appraisednor certified but sworn to, on making the proper Affidavit to be allowed, £60.439. Mr. Darkins for 30 Bushels of Corn at 15/ and Pasturage for 400Horses certified by Marley. The Committee disallow for the latter Article andrecommend the Corn may be allowd, £22:10.440. William Darkins for Potatoes, 10 Bushels certified by Piggot, allowed,£3.441. Frederic Mock for 4 Barrels of Flour 916, certified by Joseph Levy.The Committee put it at £4:10 not allowed, £41:5.442. Thomas Hamilton for 14 Barrels Flour 3608 Wt., certified by RobertBussard and Marley for the Fort at 96, allowed, £162.

JUNE 11, 1760637443. Thomas Howell for 7 Stears and driving, certified by John Pearsonfor Mr. Nutt, allowed, £81.444. Captain Henry Foster, indorsed to Smith & Nutt 2101 Wt. of Flourcertified by Captain Hamilton, allowed, £105.445. James Riddlehoward for 250 Wt. of Flour certified by Marley, notallowed, £11:5.446. Henry Stromer for Corn certified by Captain Samuel Elliott,allow’d, £2:10.447. Daniel Mickler for Corn Blades, certified by Major Thomson,allow’d, £20.448. William Seawright for 42 Bushels Corn and Pasturage 380 Horses,The Committee disallow the Pasturage and for Corn allow £31:10.449. William Seawright for entertaining Indians 43 & 3 White Men 27thOctober 1759 in their Way to Charles-Town, certified by Ambrose Davis, allowed,£17:5.450. William Seawright for like Service 31st October, allowed £17:5.451. William Seawright for a Horse by Joseph Yates, 4 Days, allowed £3.452. James Macklewain 3516 Wt. Flour and Thomas Hamilton 4897 Wt.Flour [amounting to] 8413 at £5, impressed by said Thomas Hamilton, allowed,£420:13.453. George Hooper for 1750 lb. Flour per Receipt from Mr. Nutt, noprice mentioned. Mr. Nutt informs the Committee that it is not within hisKnowledge that this Flour was consumed in the Public Service and that hegave this Receipt on the Application of the Man in Charles-Town upon hisown Information which the Committee conceiving not altogether sufficientEvidence to fix the Charge; submit it to the Consideration of the House.454. Thomas Hamilton for 5 Barrels of Flour 1289 Wt. appraised andvalued and delivered to Nicholas White certified by Robert Bussard at £4:10,amounts to, which we allow, £58:5.455. James Riddlehower or Peter Crims for 6 Barrels of Flour at 96 certifiedby Joseph Levy, no Quantity expressed, which prevents the Committeefrom ascertaining any Sum.456. James Sprott for 63 Bushels of Corn for 96, certified by Levy; notbeing appraised the Committee presume it is included in some other Certificateand therefore make no provision for this.457. Capt. Grimes his Waggon for 6 Barrels Flour, Receipt from Marley,the same as above.458. Captain Peter Crim by Conrad Folk, 6 Barrels of Flour, Receiptfrom Levy, the same as above, No. 456.459. John Wilson for 23 Bushels of Corn, certified by Levy, same asabove, No. 456.

638 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760460. George Fox for 2 Steers for the Cherokees to Charles Town April13th 1759, certified by Axson, allowed, £20.461. Margaret Clark, Widow of Richard Clark, a Certificate from MosesThomson for 24 Bushels Corn, and her husbands Pay in the Expedition whowas killed, the latter being provided for in the Muster-Roll the Committeerecommend the Corn may be allowed, £18.462. Peter Grim by Thomas Shirley for a Steer certified by LieutenantBussey, no Sum mentioned and therefore the Committee allow £10.463. Andrew Williamson for a Horse impressed, certified by Marley from28th November to 8th January, for which we allow 10/ per diem 42 Days, £21.464. Frederic Hoff for 4 days being pressed with his Cattle, not certifiedby any Person, we disallow.465. John Gouny for a Horse impressed into the Public Service valuedat £12 as per Receipt from Charles Hart, but no mention of what number ofDays or whether the said Horse was lost, so that the Committee are at a losswhat to allow.466. Simon Hart for a Horse impressed to Ninety Six 8 days at 10/, certifiedby Charles Hart, allowed, £4.467. Lewis Ketown for a Horse impressed at the Congarees, certifiedby Charles Hart 19 days at 10/, allowed, £9:10.468. George Smith for a Horse impressed at the Congrees 8 Days at 10/,certified by Charles Hart, allowed, £4.469. Captain Charles Hart for supporting the Dutch Company of whichhe was Captain, from home to Rendezvous, sworn before ColonelRichardson, allowed, £30.470. George Dickal, 3 Certificates £2:17:6, £3:7:6 and 10/ for Corn &c.,allowed, £6:15.471. John Abarley for 2 Bushels of Corn and 21 lb. Beef certified by DavidScanlan, allowed, £1:14.472. Hans Adam Aping indorsed to Paul Townsend & Company for 2700Wt. Flour at £5, certified by Henry Gallman, allow’d, £135.473. Hans Adam Aping for 2414 lb. Flour for the use of Rauls Fort at£5:5, being simular to some that were disallowed by the House the Committeedisallow it, 25th March 1760, certified by Captain Brooks.474. George Eiglebanger indorsed to Paul Townsend & Company forFlour certified by Peter Crim for Public Service, allowed, £30.475. Hans Adam Aping, a Paper indorsed to Paul Townsend which the Committeecannot read and therefore can come to no Resolution concerning it.476. Dennis Hays for Entertainment of Indians £17:5, for Tobacco £2:10,the Committee allow the £17:5, and deduct the Tobacco, indorsed to JohnWard.

JUNE 11, 1760639Dennis Hays, a Certificate in his Favour from Colonel Henry Hyrne forCorn on the late Expedition at 12/ per Bushel, £55:10, indorsed to John Ward,allowed.Dennis Hays, a Certificate in his Favour for Beef and Corn from JamesKnight indorsed to John Ward. No Sum nor Price is mentioned and thisCertificate wants Explanation in other particulars, not allowed.Dennis Hays, Two Certificates in his Favour from George Hicks for Beef&c. indorsed to John Ward. These Certificates being much like the last theCommittee do not allow them.Dennis Hays, a Certificate in his Favour from Nathaniel McKennie for 1 Bushelof Corn & two pounds of Beef, indorsed to John Ward. The same as the last.Dennis Hays, a Certificate in his Favour from George Wiles for Beef, forthe Waggoners, indorsed to John Ward. The same as the last.Dennis Hays, a Certificate in his favour from John Neil O’Neil for provisionsfor several Persons on the late Expedition, indorsed to John Ward,at 3/6 per Day, £28:3:6. The Committee beg leave to submit this Certificateto the Consideration of the House.Dennis Hays, a Certificate in his favour from Colonel Moses Thompsonfor Corn and Potatoes, appraised at £10 and indorsed to John Ward, allowed.Dennis Hays, a Certificate in his favour from Colonel Singellton forForage, indorsed to John Ward, £10, allowed.477. Andrew Thomas, a Certificate in his favour from Captain JohnBrooks for Sundries impressed for the Use of Raul’s Forts, indorsed to PaulTownsend, £5:5, not allowed.478. Joseph Deramas, a Certificate in his Favour from John Spidel forhire of a Horse 8 Days. The Committee do not know who this John Spidelis and therefore cannot allow this Certificate.479. John Fairchild for Entertainment of Indians £47:12:6, allowed, tobe inserted in the Estimate.480. John Hannis for driving one of the Field Peices to the Cherokees,£251. This Person charges £3 per day for himself and three Horses. But theCommittee think £2 per day sufficient which, deducting £10 paid him by theCommissary, reduces the Sum to be allowed to £164.481. George Power for 1997 Wt. Flour for the late Expedition, allow’d£99:17.482. Hugh Herring, a Certificate in his Favour as Wheel-wright on thelate Expedition Thirty Eight Days at 15/ per Day. Which being the Sum allowedby Resolution of this House the Committee allow £28:10.483. Hugh Herring, a Receipt from Joseph Levy for 26 Bushels of Corndelivered at Ninety Six. As this is not appraised, the Committee presume ’tisinserted in some other Certificate. See 456.

640 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760484. Ludovic Fleshover, a Certificate in his Favour from John Marley,for 60 Days work as a Blacksmith on the late Expedition, £18, allowed.485. John Waties, his Affidavit that two of his Horses were pressed onthe late Expedition, one valued at £30 and returned; the other at £35, andnot returned. The Committee allow £15 for the Horse which was returned,and the full appraisment for the other, which in the whole amounts to £50.486. John Hannis for a Horse pressed at Eutaw and appraised at £25,stolen from the Waggon. The Committee cannot allow this Account till itis further explained.487. John Cherry for a Horse impressed by James Welch, £15. The Committeecannot allow this Certificate until they are informed who this JamesWelch is, and what right he had to impress Horses.488. Conrad Kungler, for a Horse lost in the Cherokee Expedition neitherappraised, certified nor attested, £45, not allowed.489. Gasper Dickson for 91 Days Service in driving a Field Peice on theCherokee Expedition, £127:16. This Person has charged a Dollar a Day butthe Committee think £2:6 per Day sufficient, which deducting £13:5 advancedby the Commissary General reduces this Account to £43:12:6 to be allowed.490. Francis Crossman for the like Service, allowed at the same Rateas the last, £38.491. Dennis Quinnian, George Anderley, Jacob Riser, Henry Russ, aCertificate in their Favour from John Chevillette, £46:4, for attending theIndians on the late Expedition, allowed.492. William Williamson for a Gelding appraised at £40, to be allowed.493. John Marley, his Account, amount £1929. Of which £589, not for theExpedition, Overcharge £16, Balance £573 allowed for this Service. For the Expedition£1340, Overcharge in Waggon hire £1 per day, £180, Balance £1160 allowedfor this Service. The whole to be allowed on this Account £1733. There isan Article in this Account for Mr. Marley’s Trouble as Waggon Master upon theExpedition, left Blank, which the Committee cannot fill up, because the Houseresolved to give no Pay to such an Officer, But the Committee being well informedthat Marley had a deal of Trouble on this Account, and observing thathe has been very exact and careful in the Certificates he has given, cannot helprecommending it to the House, to make some Provision for his Services.494. John Ward for 100 lb. Wt. Swan Shot and carriage to the Congrees,£13, allowed.495. Abraham Smith for the hire of himself and three Horses to drivean Iron Field Piece to Kewohee at £3 per day; the Committee allow 40/ perDay, which deducting £10 paid by the Commissary, £158, allowed.496. Abraham Smith for attending Captain Steuart to Dorchester at £3per day, £24, allowed.

JUNE 11, 1760641497. Captain John Pamor for 760 lb. Wt. of Beef for the use of ColonelPawley’s Regiment appraised at 10d per lb., £32, Allowed. There is anotherAccount in this Paper, which is so obscure the Committee cannot allow it.498. John Hannis, his Account for being detained at Dorchester whenhe went to the Congrees with Captain Stewarts Detachment. The Commissaryagreed with this Person by the Lump to go to the Congrees and has paidhim. But as he was detained they think he should be allowed 40/ per daywhich amounts to £16.499. Thomas Monk, his Account for a Horse, Cart and Harness appraisedat £17, allowed.500. William Killingsworth, an Order in his favour from George GabrielPowell for Six Steers appraised at £36:5, allowed.501. John Purvis for a Corn and Fodder Stack appraised at £7:10, allowed.502. Captain Robert McCrary for a Mare pressed and lost, £50, not certifiedby any Officer the Committee knows, and they being unacquaintedwith the Appraisers, cannot for the present allow this Account.503. Peter Couturier for a Horse pressed, certified, appraised and attested,£50, allowed.504. Henry Gilder for a Horse 45 Days for Aaron Price, the Man whogenerally goes on Expresses to Kewohee. The Committee allow £22:10.505. Captain Robert McCrary for 53 Yards of Osnabrigs for the use ofthe Army, impressed by one Charles Banks who calls himself a Constable, £26.This Account wants Explanation.506. The Estate of John Crawford Esqr. deceased, for Pork, Flour, Corn,&c. impressed by Colonel Powell and appraised at £63:16:3, allowed.507. The Estate of John Crawford Esqr. deceased, for Flour, Corn, &c.for Powell’s Batallion appraised at £52:13. Overcharge in the 1st Article, £5,Balance £47:13 allowed.508. Henry Gallman for stabling a Horse, Pasturage &c., not appraisednor certified, £18:10. The Committee submit to the Consideration of theHouse.509. William Dickson for nine head of Cattle appraised at £84, allowed.510. John Smith, a Certificate in his Favour from Joseph Nutt for 36 Daysdriving Cattle at 15/ per Day, £27. The Committee have deducted 8/ per daywhich reduces this Charge to £12:12.511. Robert Goudy for two Waggons and ten Horses 76 Days at £5 perday, £760, One Waggon 42 Days, £210, for the hire of a Horse 10 Days at 10/,£5, making in the whole £975 to be allowed. There is a Charge for severalHorses lost, for which the Committee think Mr. Goudy ought not to be paid,as he is so well paid for his Waggons.

642 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Robert Goudy, a Certificate for Blankets and Osnabrigs, £362:17:6, allowed.N.B. The Public have Credit from Mr. Chevillette for all these Blankets,except 4.Robert Goudy for 56 Wt. Lead at 4/ per lb. delivered Colonel Singelton,£11:4, allowed.Robert Goudy for two Hogs certified and appraised, £6, allowed.Robert Goudy for several Articles among which there is a small Quantityof Rum, £255:18:6, allowed. The Committee would not have allowed theRum but that they were informed that it was delivered by the Governor’sexpress Orders, and was absolutely necessary to encourage the Men to buildFort Ninety Six.Robert Goudy for Corn delivered to different parties upon the lateExpedition as appears by Receipts and appraised at £288:11:3, allowed.Aaron Price for taking up and maintaining two Horses belonging toColonel Powells Battallion £9:14, not allowed, indorsed to Robert Goudy.Robert Goudy for one Hog appraised at £4:10, allowed.The following are all indorsed to Mr. Goudy.Daniel Coakly for Flour impressed and certified by Joseph Nutt andappraised at £467:19 at £5 per Ct., allowed.Mary Rierden for 500 Wt. Pork certified by James Francis and apprais’dat £3 per Ct., £15, allowed.James Beamer, a Certificate in his favour from Paul Demere for carriageof Salt, Powder, Ball and Cloaths. The Committee allow at the Rate of £6per Ct., which amounts to £89:2:2.Patrick Ryley for 2838 lb. Flour at £5, impressed and certified by Mr. Nuttand appraised at £141:18, allowed.Joseph Duckworth for the use of a Mare 36 Days at 10/, £18, for the useof the Rangers, certified by Captain Grinnan. As the Rangers are by Resolutionof this House to find themselves in every thing and upon that considerationhave a large Pay, the Committee cannot allow this Account.Patrick Ryley for driving Cattle 36 Days, certified by Mr. Nutt, reducedby the Committee to 7/ per day to £12:12.David McDonald, a Certificate in his Favour for the use of 8 Horsesthirty six Days, £144. As the Committee suspect that these Horses were forthe use of the Rangers, they cannot allow this Certificate for the present.John McDonald for a Horse pressed for the use of the Brigade Major,£30, allowed.Charles Groves for seven Horses impressed. This Certificate wants explanation.Zachariah Chancey for a Horse pressed, wants Explanation.Enoch Anderson, a Lieutenant in Colonel Chevillette’s Batallion, fordriving Cattle £45. Submitted to the consideration of the House.

JUNE 11, 1760643John Noulan for driving and hunting Cattle 36 Days. Allow £12:12 asupon the other Certificates for the like Service.Thomas Gill for three Hogs impressed by Joseph Levy and appraisedat £4 a piece, £12, allowed.Ann Lacy for 31 1 /2 Bushels Corn for the Waggons, certified by ColonelSingellton at 12/6 per Bushel, £19:7:6, allowed.Thomas Anderson for 515 Wt. Flour impressed by Mr. Nutt and appraisedat £5 per Ct., £25:15, allowed.The following were recommitted.512. Conrad Foulk for a Horse pressed, £55. As the Committee suspectthis Horse to have been pressed for the Rangers they cannot allow it.513. Gasper Dickson for driving the Pack Horses to Fort Moore underthe Command of Lieutenant Shaw, £40. The Committee think £20 sufficientfor this Service, deduct £5 paid by the Commissary, £15 to be allowed.514. Thomas Ballantine for a Pack Horse for the above Service whichat 15/ per day makes £13:10 to be allowed.515. Jacob Larry for two Horses for the same Service, allowed £27.516. Colonel Robert Rivers for two Horses for the like Service, £27, allowed.517. Abraham Smith for the Carriage of 1608 lb. Ammunition toOrangeburgh, £45, paid by the Commissary, £10. The Committee [think] £30sufficient for this Service, £20 to be provided.518. Thomas Sanders for the same Service, £45, deduct £15, allowed £30.519. Jacob Vrauw for driving a Pack Horse to Fort Moore, paid by theCommissary £10, allowed £10. See No. 513.520. Joseph Norman for a Stall fed Steer for the Colleton County Scoutappraised by only two Freeholders, £24, allowed.521. John Cole, a Certificate in his favour from John Grinnan for Gun-Powder and Ball for the Rangers, not allowed.522. Eberard Eney for a Horse to carry Ammunition to Fort Moore, allowed£13:10. See No. 514.523. Estate of Richard Waring for a Steer for the Colleton County Scout,£25, deduct for Tallow £2, allowed £23.524. Christopher Herman Detering for his Horses and Cart on theCherokee Expedition 25 Days, allowed £50. The remainder being for severalArticles that do not appear clear to the Committee they cannot allow it.525. An Account of Jacob Free for a Horse lost in the late Expedition,£50. This Account is sworn to, but it does not appear who impressed or whoappraised this Horse, not allowed.526. George Hooper, his Account for four Horses lost on the late Expedition,£190. Sworn to and appraised by three Persons whom the Committee

644 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760know nothing of, nor does it appear by whom these Horses were pressed.The Committee cannot allow till better authenticated.527. Samuel Boon for a Horse appraised at £41, allowed.528. John Skene for two Geldings lost at Kewohee, neither attested norappraised, £90, not allowed.529. John Templeton’s Account for Waggon hire 49 Days, £257:5, overchargedone day, at £5 per day, this Account Amounts to £240 to be allowed.530. William Stewart for a Waggon & five Horses pressed by ColonelSingellton and detained 51 Days which at £5 per Day amounts to £255, to beallowed.531. Gasper Morgandollar for a Cart pressed by Colonel Singellton anddetained from the 10th November to 1st January which is 53 Days. This Cartwas not appraised, but there is an Indorsement on the Certificate, intimatingthat Mr. Morgandollar expected £10 for the use of the Cart, which theCommittee think reasonable to be allowed.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 12th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address to The Lieutenant Governorwas drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,We should be wanting in that regard that is due to Your Honour, if wedid not take this Occasion to acknowledge, with the utmost pleasure, thesatisfaction we received from the early communication of the Advices transmittedto you from Virginia and North Carolina, and from the other frequentInformations, you have, at different times, given us of what most nearly concernsthe Safety and Welfare of our Constituents.The vigorous resolution taken by the Province of Virginia, procuredthro’ Your Honour’s pressing Instances, indicates the strongest mark of YourAttention to the critical and interesting situation of this Province. And weare sorry that Your Representations have not produced an equally good effectin the Province of North-Carolina.We make no doubt but if Colonel Montgomery’s late successful Operationsshall be attended with such Events as may be productive of a speedyand solid Peace, Your Honour will give the Province of Virginia such Intelligenceof it as may prevent as much as possible the Expence they have sochearfully resolved to engage in; and that on the contrary if we should beunhappily disappointed in our expectation by any adverse turn, that your

JUNE 12, 1760645correspondence with it will settle and establish the necessary Plan for bringingMatters to a desirable issue.Ordered That the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Blake and Mr. Moultrie.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,When the Cherokees broke out War with this Province, Captain Demeréof Fort Loudoun thinking it his duty to acquaint the Governor with the approachingDistress to which the Fort and Garrison under his Command waslikely to be reduced, after he had in vain attempted to acquaint the Governorof Virginia, the two Messengers sent by him, for that purpose, beingtaken and one killed, promised to a Negro, named Abram, the property ofMr. Samuel Behn, formerly an Indian Trader, and now a Guide in ColonelMontgomery’s Army, to endeavour to obtain his freedom, as a Reward, if hewould undertake to carry Letters from him to the Governor of this Province.In the execution of which he was to pass through the whole Cherokee Nation.This Service he faithfully did perform. And, after having the Small-Poxin Charles Town, he, with great danger and fidelity, carried Letters from meto Fort Prince George and Fort Loudoun, and returned with Answers lastWeek. Therefore, in order to excite others in his Condition to undertakethe like dangerous and necessary Services, in hopes of the like great Reward;I recommend the Merits of the said Negro Abram to your Consideration, anddesire that you would provide a suitable Satisfaction to his Master for his freedomaccordingly.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to take the said Message intoConsideration of the following Gentlemen, Vizt., Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Guerard,Mr. Laurens, Mr. McQueen, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Wright.Ordered, That the Message be referred to the said Committee, and thatthey do examine the Matter of the said Message and report the same withtheir Opinion thereupon to the House.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House proceeded to take the last Report from the Committee towhom the several Public Accounts were referred, into Consideration.

646 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And the first Paragraph of the Report (No. 330) on an Account ofAncrum, Lance and Loocock (being for Sixty Eight Certificates and Ordersin favour of sundry Persons for Waggon hire, Horses and other Articles impressedfor the service of the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians)being read a Second time.Ordered, That the said Account of Ancrum, Lance & Loocock be recommitted.The 2d Paragraph (No. 331) on an Account of John Raul being read aSecond time.Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Paragraph and of the severalother Paragraphs as far as No. 436, being for Waggon hire, be postponedtill tomorrow Morning.Ordered, That Commissary General do attend the House to-morrowMorning, to be examined with respect to the Accounts mentioned in the saidParagraphs.The 108 Paragraph (No. 437) on a Certificate in favour of the Estate ofJohn Colleton Esqr., being read a Second time, was agreed to by the House.The 109th (No. 438) on an Account of Sr. John Colleton Baronet, beingread a Second time, was, upon the Question being put thereupon, disagreedwith by the House.The 110th (No. 439) and 111th (No. 440) on two Accounts of WilliamDarkins;The 112th (No. 441) on an Account of Frederic Mock;The 113th (No. 442) on an Account of Thomas Hamilton;The 114th (No. 443) on an Account of Thomas Howell;The 115th (No. 444) on an Account of Henry Foster;The 116th (No. 445) on an Account of James Riddlehoward;The 117th (No. 446) on an Account of Henry Stromer;The 118th (No. 447) on an Account of Daniel Mickler;The 119th (No. 448), the 120th (No. 449), the 121st (No. 450), on threeAccounts of William Seawrights, being severally read a Second time, wereseverally agreed to by the House.The 122d (No. 451) on a 4th Account of William Seawright, being reada Second time, was disagreed with by the House.The 123d Paragraph (No. 452) on an Account of James Maclewain &Thomas Hamilton, being read a Second time, was agreed to by the House.The 124th (No. 453) on a Receipt of the Commissary on the late Expedition,for Flour, received of George Hooper, which, the Committee submitto the Consideration of the House, being read a second time, and the Questionbeing put that any Provision be made for the said Flour.It passed in the Negative.

JUNE 13, 1760647Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Friday the 13th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House being informed that Mr. Doyley (from the CommissaryGeneral) attended at the Door (according to Order) he was called in, and,at the Bar examined with respect to the several Articles contained in theReport from the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts were referred,which were Yesterday ordered to be postponed. And also with respectto the Musquets belonging to the Public, which were sent to the Congreesto be disposed of to the Militia who went on the late Expedition against theCherokees.And then he withdrew.And the House resumed the Consideration of the Articles in the Reportfrom the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts were referred;which were Yesterday ordered to be postponed.And the 2d Article of the Report (No. 331) on John Raul’s Account;The 3d Article (No. 332) on Adam Ebtings Account;The 4th (No. 333) on Felix Longs Account;The 5th (No. 334) on Peter Akers Account;The 6th (No. 335) on Lawrence Keyser’s Account;The 7th (No. 336) on Christian Simmerman’s Account;The 8th (No. 337) on Terence Reily’s Account;The 9th (No. 338) on William McKennie’s Account;The 10th (No. 339) on John Ploughman’s Account;The 11th (No. 340) on John Stout’s Account;The 12th (No. 341) on Conrade Shirer’s Account;The 13th (No. 342) on Dennis Hagen’s Account;The 14th (No. 343) on Peter Crim’s Account;The 15th (No. 344) on Conrade Holman’s Account;The 16th (No. 345) on Andrew Koghler’s Account;The 17th (No. 346) on John Steward’s Account;The 18th (No. 347) on Conrade Folk’s Account;The 19th (No. 348) on Andrew Hicker’s Account;The 20th (No. 349) on William Haye’s Account;The 21st (No. 350) on John Simmons’s Account;The 22d (No. 351) on Joseph Irwin’s Account;The 23d (No. 352) on Henry Crome’s Account;

648 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The 24th (No. 353) on Thomas Bell’s Account; being severally read aSecond time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 25th Article (No. 354) on John Wildermuth’s Account, wherein theCommittee submit the Allowance of an Article charged for a Waggon left atSaludy, being read a Second time.Resolved, That no provision be made for the said Waggon.And the other Part of the said Article was agreed to by the House.The 26th Article (No. 355) on John Bicket’s Account;The 27th (No. 356) on Thomas Anderson’s Account;The 28th (No. 357) on Henry Gallman’s Account;The 29th (No. 358) on Zachariah Izobell’s Account;The 30th (No. 359) on Anthony Ernest’s Account;The 31st (No. 360) on Thomas Kennerley’s Account;The 32d (No. 361) on Jacob Neartz Account;The 33d (No. 362) on Michael Lightner’s Account;The 34th (No. 363) on Jacob Buckman’s Account;The 35th (No. 364) on Leonard Rufus’s Account;The 36th (No. 365) on Jacob Scop’s Account;The 37th (No. 366) on George Usman’s Account;The 38th (No. 367) on Leonard Sammat’s Account;The 39th (No. 368) on John Frimouth’s Account;The 40th (No. 369) on Jacob Fridig’s Account;The 41st (No. 370) on Gasper Foose’s Account;The 42d (No. 371) on John Rep’s Account;The 43d (No. 372) on George Hooper’s Account;The 44th (No. 373) on George Infinger’s Account;The 45th (No. 374) on John Ulric Keiser’s Account;The 46th (No. 375) on George Smithpeter’s Account;The 47th (No. 376) on Henry Gallman’s Account;The 48th (No. 377) on George Keith’s Account;The 49th (No. 378) on Philip Pledger’s Account;The 50th (No. 379) on John Sheally’s Account;The 51st (No. 380) on Jacob Tyler’s Account;The 52d (No. 381) on Jacob Murph’s Account;The 53d (No. 382) on Jacob Detering’s Account;The 54th (No. 383) on John Reece’s Account;The 55th (No. 384) on Thomas Gruhlage’s Account;The 56th (No. 385) on Nathaniel McKenny’s Account;The 57th (No. 386) on John George Bower’s Account;The 58th (No. 387) on John Grizzlehard’s Account;The 59th (No. 388) on John Gartman’s Account;

JUNE 13, 1760649The 60th (No. 389) on John Archibald’s Account;The 61st (No. 390) on John Messer’s Account;The 62d (No. 391) on Martin Timberman’s Account;The 63d (No. 392) on Hugh Hall’s Account;The 64th (No. 393) on Gilbert Fowler’s Account;The 65th (No. 394) on Elizabeth Mercier’s Account;The 66th (No. 395) on Michael Scaider’s Account;The 67th (No. 396) on John Long’s Account;The 68th (No. 397) on Jacob Traft’s Account;The 69th (No. 398) on John Raul’s Account;The 70th (No. 399) on John Erhord’s Account;The 71st (No. 400) on Nicholas Tederhoff’s Account;The 72d (No. 401) on James Spratt’s Account;The 73d (No. 402) on William Feild’s Account;The 74th (No. 403) on John Wilson’s Account;The 75th (No. 404) on George Lloyd’s Account;The 76th (No. 405) on Matthias Weeker’s Account;The 77th (No. 406) on James Otterson’s Account;The 78th (No. 407) on Melchor Hoffman’s Account;The 79th (No. 408) on Samuel Irwin’s Account;The 80th (No. 409) on Henry Hartley’s Account;The 81st (No. 410) on Archibald Murphy’s Account;The 82d (No. 411) on Andrew Allison’s Account;The 83d (No. 412) on Michael Aichinger’s Account;The 84th (No. 413) on Adam Somer’s Account;The 85th (No. 414) on John Kyner’s Account;The 86th (No. 415) on John Greer’s Account;The 87th (No. 416) on Robert McRary’s Account;The 88th (No. 417) on Henry Hartell’s Account;The 89th (No. 418) on James Anderson’s Account;The 90th (No. 419) on Barnard Montz’s Account;The 91st (No. 420) [&] The 92d (No. 421) on William Baker’s Accounts;The 93d (No. 422) on Hugh Wilson’s Accounts;The 94th (No. 423) on John Clark’s Account;The 95th (No. 424) on George Abernethy’s [Account];The 96th (No. 425) on Conrade Kenslar’s Account;The 97th (No. 426) on Frederic Rife’s Account;The 98th (No. 427) on Ulric Boozer’s Account;The 99th (No. 428) on John Ragnous’s Account;The 100th (No. 429) on David Fridig’s Account;The 101st (No. 430) on Henry Whetstone’s Account;

650 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The 102d (No. 431) on John Simmon’s Account; and,The 103d (No. 432) on Godfrey Dryer’s Accounts; being severally reada Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 104th (No. 433) on an Account of Lewis Portner, being read a Secondtime.A Member acquainted the House that he had been informed the saidAccount was for the hire of a Waggon, which carried Goods the Property ofsome private Person or Persons on the late Expedition.Ordered That the further Consideration of the said Article be postponedtill the House can be further informed therein.The 105th Article (No. 434) on John George Shindler’s Account;The 106th (No. 435) on Joseph Poffman’s Accounts, and,The 107th (No. 436) on a List of Debts due from several of theWaggoners to the Innkeepers in Charles Town, being severally read a Secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.And then the House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residueof the Report from the said Committee.And the 125th Article of the Report (No. 454) on Thomas Hamilton’s Account;The 126th (No. 455) on James Riddlehower’s Account;The 127th (No. 456) on James Sprott’s Account;The 128th (No. 457) on . . . Grime’s Account;The 129th (No. 458) on Peter Crim’s Account;The 130th (No. 459) on John Wilson’s Account;The 131st (No. 460) on George Fox’s Account;The 132d (No. 461) on Margaret Clark’s Account;The 133d (No. 462) on Peter Crim’s Account;The 134th (No. 463) on Andrew Williamson’s Account;The 135th (No. 464) on Frederic Hoff’s Account;The 136th (No. 465) on John Gouny’s Account;The 137th (No. 466) on Simon Hart’s Account;The 138th (No. 467) on Lewis Ketown’s Account;The 139th (No. 468) on George Smith’s Account;The 140th (No. 469) on Charles Hart’s Account;The 141st (No. 470) on George Dickall’s Account;The 142d (No. 471) on John Abarley’s Account;The 143d (No. 472) [&] The 144th (No. 473) on Hans Adam Aping’sAccount;The 145th (No. 474) on George Eiglebanger’s Account;The 146th (No. 475) on Hans Adam Aping’s Account; and,The 147th (No. 476) on 6 Accounts of Dennis Hay’s; being severally reada Second time were severally agreed to by the House.

JUNE 13, 1760651Resolved that £28:3:6 in a 7th Account of the said Dennis Hay, mentionedin the said Article (No. 476), which the Committee submit to theConsideration of the House, be provided for.The 148th Article (No. 477) on Andrew Thomas’s Account, being reada Second time was agreed to by the House.The 149th (No. 478) on Joseph Derama’s Account, being read a Secondtime was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, that the said Joseph Deramas be allowed £6 for the said Account.The 150th (No. 479) on John Fairchild’s Account, being read a Secondtime, was agreed to by the House.The 151st (No. 480) on John Hannes Account, being read a Second time,was upon the Question being put thereupon disagreed with by the House.Resolved that £207:10 be provided for paying the Balance of the saidAccount.The 152d Article (No. 481) on George Power’s Account;The 153d (No. 482) [&] The 154th (No. 483) on Hugh Herring’s Accounts;The 155th (No. 484) on Ludovic Fleshover’s Account;The 156th (No. 485) on an Affidavit of John Waties Esqr.;The 157th (No. 486) on John Hann’s Account;The 158th (No. 487) on John Cherry’s Account; and,The 159th (No. 488) on Conrade Kungler’s Account; being severally reada Second time were severally agreed to by the House.The 160th (No. 489) on Gasper Dickson’s Account, being read a Secondtime, was disagreed with by the House.Resolved That £77:15 be provided for the said Account.The 161st (No. 490) on Francis Crossman’s Account, being read a Secondtime, was disagreed with by the House.Resolved That £68:15 be provided for the said Account.The 162d Article (No. 491) on a Certificate in favour of Dennis Quinnian& Others, &,The 163d (No. 492) on William Williamson’s Account, being severallyread a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.A Petition of William Pinckney, Commissary General, was presented tothe House, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner hath, and ever willentertain a most grateful Sense of his Obligations to this House, for his appointmentsto the Public Offices he enjoys, and will always endeavour faithfullyand duly to execute the same. That in the Month of September 1757,he was ordered by His Excellency Governor Lyttelton, to undertake and executethe duty of Commissary to His Majesty’s Troops then in this Province

652 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760(to wit) a Battallion of the Royal Americans, one of the Scots Highlanders,and a Detachment of a Regiment from Virginia. That the extraordinary fatigueof this Duty, occasioned and was the Cause, as the Petitioner verily believes,of his long and misfortunate Ailments. That, in October last, whenthe Expedition to the Cherokee Nation was resolved upon, the Petitioner wasordered, by His Excellency Governor Lyttelton, to impress Waggons, hireSchooners, for transporting Provisions &c. to Monck’s Corner, and to provideevery thing necessary for the said Expedition. This Service was attendedwith a considerable Expence to the Petitioner: The Many other Serviceswhich the Petitioner hath, for many Years past, performed for the Public, bythe Governor’s Orders, are well known to the House; and as he humbly conceivesthose Services to be no part of his Duty as Commissary General of thisProvince: Therefore humbly praying the House will be pleased to considerthe Premises and grant such relief therein to the Petitioner as, in their Wisdomshall seem meet.Resolved, That this House will, next Tuesday Morning, take the saidPetition into Consideration.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts were referred.And the 164th Article of the Report (No. 493) on an Account of JohnMarley being read a Second time.The said Account was read;And the said Article was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That this House will not make provision for the Articlescharged in the Account for carting Provisions for the Soldiers amounting to£36.And the Question being put, That the House do agree that £10 per Daybe allowed for the hire of each of the Schooners charged for in the said Account;It passed in the Negative by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.Resolved, (upon the Question) that £8 per day be allowed for the hireof each of the said Schooners.Resolved, that £537 be inserted in the Schedule to the Tax Bill for thesaid John Marley.Resolved, that the said John Marley be allowed £1112 for the several Articlescharged in the said Account for the use of the late Expedition.

JUNE 13, 1760653Resolved, that the said John Marley be allowed the further Sum of £350for the Article recommended by the Committee to the Consideration of theHouse, being for his extraordinary Services on the Expedition.The 165th Article (No. 494) on John Ward’s Account, being read a Secondtime, was agreed to by the House.The 166th (No. 495) on Abraham Smith’s Account, being read a Secondtime, was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That £200 be allowed on the said Account.The 167th (No. 496) on a Second Account of Abraham Smith, beingread a Second time was agreed to by the House.The 168th (No. 497) on Captain John Pamor’s Account, being read aSecond time, was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That £45:13 be allowed on the said Account.The 169th (No. 498) on an Account of John Hanns;The 170th (No. 499) on an Account of Thomas Monk;The 171st (No. 500) on an Account of William Killingsworth;The 172d (No. 501) on an Account of John Purvis;The 173d (No. 502) on an Account of Captain Robert McCrary;The 174th (No. 503) on an Account of Peter Couturier;The 175th (No. 504) on an Account of Henry Gilder;The 176th (No. 505) on a 2d Account of Captain Robert McCrary;The 177th (No. 506) and The 178th (No. 507) on two Accounts of theEstate of John Crawford Esqr., deceased; being severally read a Second time,were severally agreed to by the House.The 179th (No. 508) on Henry Gallman’s Account submitted by theCommittee to the consideration of the House, being read a Second time.Resolved, That no provision be made for the said Account.The 180th (No. 509) on an Account of William Dickson;The 181st (No. 510) on an Account of John Smith;The 182d (No. 511) on 7 Accounts of Robert Goudy; and on the Accountsof the following Persons, which were assigned to the said Goudy, vizt., AaronPrice, Daniel Cokely, Mary Bierden, James Beamer, Patrick Ryley two Accounts,Joseph Duckworth, David McDonald, Charles Groves, ZachariahChancey, John Noulan, Thomas Gill, Ann Lacey, and Thomas Anderson,being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The Article on the Account of John McDonald, was disagreed with bythe House.Resolved, that no provision be made for the said Account.The 183d Article of the Report (No. 512) on Conrade Foulk’s Account;The 184th (No. 513) on Gasper Dickson’s Account;The 185th (No. 514) on Thomas Ballantine’s Account;

654 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The 186th (No. 515) on Jacob Larry’s Account;The 187th (No. 516) on an Account of Colonel Robert Rivers;The 188th (No. 517) on Abraham Smith’s Account;The 189th (No. 518) on Thomas Sander’s Account;The 190th (No. 519) on Jacob Vraw’s Account;The 191st (No. 520) on Joseph Norman’s Account;The 192d (No. 521) on John Cole’s Account;The 193d (No. 522) on Eberrard Eney’s Account;The 194th (No. 523) on the Estate of Richard Waring’s Account;The 195th (No. 524) on Christopher Harman Detering’s Account;The 196th (No. 525) on Jacob Free’s Account;The 197th (No. 526) on George Hooper’s Account;The 198th (No. 527) on Samuel Boon’s Account;The 199th (No. 528) on John Skene’s Account;The 200th (No. 529) on John Templeton’s Account;The 201st (No. 530) on William Stewart’s Account; and,The Last Article of the Report, No. 531, on Gasper Morgandollar’s Account;being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by theHouse.And then the House adjourned till tomorrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Saturday the 14th Day of June 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday Morning,Ten of the Clock.Monday the 16th Day of June 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 17th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Friday’s Proceedings.Mr. Gadsden reported from the Committee to whom the Account ofAncrum, Lance and Loocock (being of several Orders and Certificates forthe Service of the late Expedition assigned to them), was recommitted; thatthe Committee had re-examined the said Accounts, and the several Ordersand Certificates therein comprised and had directed him to report the same,as they appeared to them, to the House; and he read the Report in his Place,

JUNE 17, 1760655and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read,and is as follows, vizt.Ancrum, Lance and Loocock for the following Certificates &ca. includedin their Account, in favour of the following Persons; Vizt.James Bronson for 2 Steers, certified by Robert Carter, allowed £26.Samuel Thomson for Horse impressed 5 Days by Moses Shebly, allowed,£3:15.Samuel Thomson for Flour certified by William Scott, allowed, £4:10.William Allison for hunting and driving Cattle 36 Days at 15/, the Committeeallow 7/ additional Pay for this Service, £12:12.Thomas McFaddon for his Pay on the Expedition, this is allowed on theproper Officer’s Muster Roll, certified by Shelby.Thomas McFaddon, for a Mare impressed 32 [Days] at 10/, certified byMoses Shelby and for a Bell lost 25/, the Committee disallow the Charge forthe Bell and allow £16.Jacob Rumph for a Cart 10 Days certified by Andrew Govan, the Committeerecommend 10/ per diem to be allowed, £5.Tobias Heartshogg for 4 head of Cattle for the use of the GranvilleCounty Detachment, certified by John Hays, allowed £38.Christopher Rowe for 4 head of Cattle, certified by Hays, allowed, £34:10.Jacob Rumph for 2 Bushels of Corn & Bread, by the same, allowed, £2.Jacob Rumph for hunting up a Gang of Cattle, certified by the same,for the use of Granville County Detachment, when attested, allowed, £18:10.Jacob Rumph for 9 head of Cattle for use of the same, certified by thesame Person, allowed, £100.Henry Fielder for 5 head of Cattle, certified by the same person, allowed,£47:10.James McGirt for a Steer certified by Colonel Richardson, allowed, £13.William Cantey for the Same, allowed £13.James Kelly for a Waggon impressed by William Cantey valued at £80and lost as appears by Affidavit, allowed, £80.William Carson for a Horse 30 Days at 10/ certified by Moses Shelby,allowed, £15.William Carson for a Horse 8 Days, certified by the same, allowed £4.James Kelly for Provisions and Dinner for Powell’s Batallion, allowed, £6.Evan Evans for a Waggon and 5 Horses 43 Days, the Committee fill upthe Blank with £5, and allow £215.John Cannon for Flour 2 Certificates £200:10 and £13:15, certified by JosephLevy, allowed, £214:5.John Cannon for a Waggon and 5 Horses impressed on the Expeditionby Thomas Hamilton and discharged 12th January as appears by Marley’s

656 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Certificate, being 90 Days; the Committee fill up this Article with £5 per diemand recommend may be allowed, £450.James Fanning for a Waggon and 4 Horses from 8th October to 24thDecember 1759, as Certified by Mr. Doyley and Mr. Marley for which the Committeeallow £5 per diem, and disallow the Article for Horses lost, the Allowancegiven for the Waggon being we apprehend sufficient to answer for suchcontingencies out of which Sum £76:15 to be paid to Benjamin Godfrey, £390.Captain John Cantey for 5 head of Cattle, Bread, Flour and other Provisionscertified by Colonel Richardson, allowed £109.John Pane for the hire of a Waggon from 19th October to 10th Januarythe appraised value being £40, which the Committee allow, £40.Mary McKennie for hire of a Grey Waggon Horse impressed by CaptainCantey, appraised at £55, one half of which for hire we allow, £27:10.Jasper Sutton for a Waggon and Team 90 Days certified by Colonel RichardRichardson and Marley which at £5 per diem amounts to £450, £38:10of which to be paid Robert Rawlins, the Remainder £411 to his Order, allowed.Samuel Wyly for 2 Horses impressed by Captain Cantey appraised at £65.One half of which Sum for hire we allow, £32:10.Samuel Wyley for Corn &c. for the Catawba Nation of Indians by Orderof His Excellency the late Governor amounting to £450, we recommendthis Account may be attested and then paid.David Dickson for hire of a Waggon and 5 Horses 93 Days, certified byThomas Hamilton and Marley, allowed £465.Curtis Colewell for guiding Colonel Powell’s Batallion, allowed, £3:2.Thomas Abbot for a Steer, certified by Colonel Richardson, allowed, £13.John McKiddy for a Black Horse certified by Thomas Bosher, said to belost, which when sworn to, to be allowed, £25.Samuel Thompson for Flour certified by Moses Shelby, allowed, £7:10.John Marton for a Steer for Colonel Richardson’s Batallion certified byJames McGirt, allowed, £7.Isaac Ross for the same, certified by the said Person, allowed, £12.Richard Middleton for a Steer certified by Robert Carter for Mr. Nutt,allowed, £13.Captain James McGirt for a Steer certified in behalf of Mr. Nutt by thesaid Robert Carter, allowed, £13.Robert Carter for 8 Steers belonging to himself, certified by himself andappraised at £13 in behalf of Mr. Nutt, allowed £104.Captain William Cantey for 8 Steers certified by said Robert Carter forMr. Nutt, allowed, £104.Daniel Mathis, Certificate from Colonel Powell for attending and maintainingfour persons during their Sickness, allowed £13.

JUNE 17, 1760657Daniel Mathis for supplying Colonel Powell’s Batallion with Provisions&c. for their March across the Country, allowed £15:7:6.Thomas Marler for Supplies to the said Batallion on their March home,allowed £4.Luke Gibson for supply of Corn to Draft Horses for said Service, allowed£4:17:6.Joseph Mickle for hunting and collecting Cattle for said Service, allowed,£6.Matthew Huggins for subsisting and guiding said Batallion, allowed, £10.Judith Brown for subsistence of said Batallion, allowed, £5.Oliver Mahaffy for Potatoes for said Batallion, allowed, £7:10.Joseph Kershaw & Company for Bread, Flour, and other Necessaries forthe said Battalion, certified by Colonel Powell, allowed, £196:19:9.Thomas Maples for 2 Steers certified by Colonel Richardson, allowed£26.Josiah Cantey for a Steer supplied King Hagler and his Men on theirreturn from Charles-Town, no Number mentioned, by which the Committeecannot determine whether it comes within the Allowance usual for Indians.Hans Waggoner, for a Cheese certified by Thomas Fletcher, allowed, £19.Hans Waggoner for Provisions for 3 Companies certified by JohnPearson at Sandy River Camp, allowed £38:18.Henry Felder for Duffel Blankets 19 in Number certified by JohnGrinnan, amount £69:5. The Committee know no right this Person had toincur this Charge to the Public and therefore disallow it.William McKnights, Joseph Davis and John McConnell, for hire of aWaggon and Horses 50 Days, which at £5 per day £250 to be allowed.John Price for hire of a Waggon and Horses per Account and Affidavitand certified by Marley 66 Days at £5, allowed £330.Matthew Galespy for the like Service certified by Marley and sworn to,67 Days at £5, comes to £335, which we allow.Matthew Galespy for 4 Barrels and one Cag of Flour certified by HenryGallman, 1058 Wt., allowed £50:5.Joseph Davison for 2 Barrels Flour, Wt. 517, certified by Henry Gallman,allowed £24:11:5.Alexander McKnight, for 2 Barrels & one Cag of Flour, Wt. 648, certifiedby Henry Gallman, allowed £30:15:7.James Kelly for 4 head of Steers certified by Carter for Mr. Nutt at £13,allowed £52.George Parks for 82 1 /2 Yards of Osnabrigs certified by John Grinnan,who was an Officer in the Rangers and the Committee apprehend, obliged

658 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760to furnish themselves with all Necessaries, and therefore disallow the Accountamounting to £33.George Parks for Boots, Jackets, Shoes and Stockings certified by CaptainLeslie. If these Things appear by the particular Account to be deliveredin by Colonel Richardson to have been supplied his Regiment, and deductedout of their Pay, the Committee allow this Account; But if not, they do notallow it.George Parks for 16 Blankets and 200 Yards of Osnabrigs certified byMajor Thompson and appraised, allowed £128.Samuel Wells for 2 fat Cows and 1 Bushel of Salt, certified by CaptainPearson, allowed £120.Martha Hollanger for Flour for Captain Shelby’s Company, allowed £2.Daniel Mathis for entertaining Indians to and from Charles Town, tobe inserted in the Estimate, allowed, £26:5.Henry Thompson, Waggon and Horses employed, per Appraisement& Certificate in the Public Service from 16 November 1759 to 10th January1760, 56 Days at £5, £280, allowed. No Notice taken of a Horse lost belongingto this Waggon.Stephen Elmore for his Waggon and Horses from 20th October 1759 to10th January 1760, 83 Days at £5, £415, out of which deduct £7:10 for Corn hehad from the Public, the Balance £407:10 allowed. Nothing allowed this Manfor the Corn supplied his Horses.James Harris, for his Waggon and 5 Horses from 10th November 1759 to4th January 1760, the Waggon lost. The Committee allow for 56 Days hire at£5 per day, £280, deducting for 2 Blankets he had from the Public, £8, allowed£272. But allow nothing for the Waggon prest by Colonel Singellton.John Robeson for his Waggon and Horses imprest by Peter Crim 15thNovr. 1759 and discharged 23 December, 39 Days at £5 per day, £195, allowed.John Robeson, an Order in his Favour from Peter Crim on Smith andNutt for £33, for the Use of the Forts, which the Committee think the Publichas nothing to do with.William Elmore for his Waggon and Horses from 20th October to 23dNovember, 35 Days at £5 per Day, £175, from which deduct for 2 Duffil Blankets£8 and for 9 1 /2 Bushels of Corn at 12/6, £5:18:9, leaves a Balance of £161:1:3,which the Committee recommend to be allowed.William Braund for his Cart and 3 Horses from 13th November 1759 tothe 1st December following, 19 Days at £3 per Day, £57, allowed.William Cantey for a Horse impressed and lost valued at £60, allowed.John Wright for 2 Horses impressed by Colonel Richardson, one lostvalued at £35, the other returned valued £20, the Committee allow £45 forthese Horses.

JUNE 17, 1760659Israel Gaunt, his Account for Corn received by Joseph Levy, DeputyCommissary, and properly appraised at 15/ per Bushel, say 68 1 /2 Bushels,£51:7:6, allowed.Joseph Kershaw and Company for a Waggon and 5 Horses, 67 Days at£5 per day, £335, Allowed. Three Horses lost which the Committee take noNotice of.Joseph Kershaw and Company for another Waggon and 5 Horses impressedat the Waterees which were in the Service 20 Days, and then theDriver falling sick and four of the Horses being lost at Ninety Six, otherHorses were put to the Waggon, and it was carried to Kewohee but neverreturned, the Waggon and 4 Horses lost were appraised at £330, and the otherHorse returned at £55. Upon the above State of the Case the Committee areof Opinion that the full appraisement of the Waggon and 4 Horses lost andhalf the appraisement of the Horse return’d should be allowed, amountingto £357:10.Peter Laince, an Order in his Favour drawn by Captain John Pearsonfor Provisions for his own and Captain Leslie’s Companies, £10:10 allowed.James Love, Certificate for 5 Head of Cattle impressed by James McGirtfor Colonel Richardson’s Batallion, £60, allowed.James Love, his Waggon and 4 Horses impressed per Certificate fromHenry Gallman 16th November 1759 and discharged per Marley’s Certificatethe 6th January 1760, 52 Days at £5 per day, £260, allowed. No Notice takenof two Horses lost.Matthew Elmore, his Account and Certificate for 1470 Wt. of Flour impressedby Colonel Chevillette and legally appraised, £73:10, allowed.Daniel Mathis for Entertainment of Indians £7:19:6; this is an unusualAccount of the Sort and the Committee submit it to the Consideration ofthe House.Robert Rawlins, Residue of what is due to Jasper Sutton for Waggonhire, £38:10.The Order of the Day, for considering the Petition of William PinckneyEsqr., Commissary General, being read.The Petition was read a Second time.And the Question being put, That the Commissary General be allowedthe Sum of £1000 for his extra Services set forth in the said Petition.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) That the Commissary General be allowed£700 for the said Services.Mr. Laurens presented to the House, (according to Order) “A Bill for establishingand regulating the Artillery Company, which was formed out of theMilitia in Charles Town,” and the same was received and read the First time.

660 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee towhom the Account of Ancrum, Lance & Loocock was recommitted, intoConsideration.And the several Articles of the said Report, being severally read a Secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.Except the Article on a Certificate in favour of George Parks for £57:5,which was upon the Question being put thereupon disagreed with by theHouse.Ordered, that the said Article be farther considered when a particularAccount is rendered by Colonel Richardson of what Articles impressed forthe Public Service were accounted for or charged to the Men of his Batallion.And except also the last Article which was submitted to the Considerationof the House.Resolved That £7:19:6 be allowed for the said Article.A Motion being made, and the Question put, That Mr. Speaker do issuehis Warrant for taking James Stobo Esqr., a Member of this House, intothe Custody of one of the Messengers attending the Service of this House.It passed in the Negative.Ordered, (upon the Question) That the Clerk of this House do write aLetter to the said Mr. Stobo to require his Attendance (all Excuses being laidaside) immediately upon the Service of this House.Ordered, That such Letter be sent, by a Special Messenger to Mr. Stobo,at his own Expence.Resolved, That every Member (absent from the Service of this Houseto-day without leave, and) who shall not attend to-Morrow Morning at theCall of the House shall pay a Fine of 40/ to the Cashier, before he shall besuffered to take his Seat in the House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 18th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to prepare a Schedule of theExpence of the late Expedition against the Cherokees, and other Chargessince incurr’d by prosecuting the War against the said Indians, of the followingGentlemen, vizt. Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Moore, Mr. Moultrie.Ordered That an Address be prepared to be presented to The LieutenantGovernor humbly to desire that His Honour will please to order to belaid before this House, Muster Rolls of the Men belonging to the Regiment,

JUNE 19, 1760661as also to the seven Companies of Rangers, and three Companies ofProvincials which were resolved by this House to be continued in the service& pay of this Province till the 1st Day of August next.The House proceeded to read “a Bill for establishing and regulating theArtillery Company which was formed out of the Militia in Charles-Town,” aSecond time, and having made some Progress therein.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Bill be adjourned.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Lieutenant Governor sends this House two Letters lately receivedfrom England.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Letters were severally read, one being from Samuel MartinEsqr., Secretary to The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasuryto Governor Lyttelton, dated Treasury Chambers 19th March 1760, purportingthat their Lordships had ordered him to acquaint his Excellency, thatthey chose rather to issue the Money (belonging to this Province, Part of£50,000 granted by Parliament) to the Agent of this Province, on his givingSecurity for payment thereof to such Person or Persons as shall beimpowered by the Governor, Council and Assembly, to receive the same forthis Province, than to let it remain useless in the Exchequer; And that theirLordships desire the Governor would use his Endeavours that a proper Personor Persons may be appointed to receive such Monies as Parliament mayhereafter think fit to grant for the Service of this Province that there maybe no delay in the issuing thereof.And the other Letter was from James Wright Esqr., Agent for this Provincein Great Britain, to Governor Lyttelton dated London 5th April 1760,upon the same Subject.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 19th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,As we shall be at a loss to know what Provision to make for paying theRegiment, and Seven Troops of Rangers, voted this Session to be raised forthe Defence of the Province, as likewise the three Provincial Companies, tillwe are informed of the number of Men which these several Corps consist of;we therefore humbly desire that Your Honour will be pleased to order theMuster Rolls of the said respective Corps to be laid before this House.

662 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Ordered, That the said Address be presented to The Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Berresford and Mr. Waties.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the second readingof the Residue of the “Bill for establishing and regulating the ArtilleryCompany which was formed out of the Militia in Charles-Town.”An Amendment was proposed, vizt. Page 2, Line 11, Leave out the Word“Regiment,” and the said Amendment, was, upon the Question being putthereupon, disagreed with by the House.Another Amendment was proposed, vizt. Page [5], Lines, 8, 9, Leave outthe Words, “or whatever other Things he shall want or have need of for the use ofthe said Company.”And the said Amendment was upon the Question being put thereupondisagreed with by the House.And the Bill was read a Second time throughout, with Blanks, whichwere filled up; and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Ordered That Mr. Laurens do carry the Bill to the Council.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 20th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter, which he had receivedfrom James Stobo Esqr. dated the 18th June 1760. And the said Letter beingread.Ordered, That Jonathan Badger, Gentleman, one of the Messengersattending the Service of this House, do forthwith, take into his Custody JamesStobo Esqr., a Member of this House, for a Contempt of the Authority of theHouse. And that Mr. Speaker do sign this Warrant.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I herewith send for your perusal a Letter, which I lately received froma Fort near Enoree River. I have indeed received repeated Representationsof Famine, Nakedness and Sickness, with most pressing applications for Assistance,from several others in the same distressed Situation; I have givenwhat relief was in my power by granting them Ammunition and the loan ofa few Arms, and extending to them those Orders given by Governor Lytteltonfor subsisting such Persons by impressing Provisions where they could be had,as it was thought an unreasonable burthen on those into whose Forts theyfled, to give them Food as well as protection which the hardest Heart couldnot refuse to share with them. And as they must have been provided for as

JUNE 20, 1760663the Poor of some Parish, it being uncertain what Parish they belonged to,they are to be deemed the Poor of the Province in general. In what manneryou will think proper further to relieve the Women and Children I confidein your Humanity to consider and provide; As to the Men in the FrontierForts, I recommend to you, to allow the same pay, that was voted for the newRegiment of one Thousand Men, in such Forts only as are deemed Frontier,which I do not imagine from Fort Moore to the Northward and Westwardabove Congrees would exceed two hundred Men; This I have done alreadyto those that are at Ninety Six, in order to secure the Magazines there, andkeep open the Communication with Fort Prince George and the Congrees;Pay for two Months which need not commence till the first Day of June mightbe some recompence to such as had staid and encourage those who are almosttired out now, to stay a little longer, by which time I hope all these Calamitiesmay be at an End; And I should think this the most effectual Methodof answering some of those salutary Purposes, intended by the voting onethousand Men, of which there is not one hundred raised.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read a Letter from Captain Edward Musgrove to The Lieutenant Governordated Fort William-Henry 10th June 1760, relating to the distressedState of that Fort.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to take the said Message andLetter into Consideration, of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr.Taylor, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Berresford, Mr. Mazyck.Ordered That the Message and Letter be referred to the Committee,and that they do report their Opinion thereupon to the House.Mr. Taylor reported from the Committee who were appointed to inquireinto the Conduct of Mr. Joseph Nutt during the Time he acted as Commissaryon the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians, and to whom thesaid Mr. Nutt’s and Mr. Andrew Williamson’s Accounts were referred; thatthe Committee had made an Inquiry accordingly and had examined the saidAccounts, and had directed him to report the Matter, as it appeared to themto the House, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterward deliveredit in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read and is as follows; vizt.That it is the Opinion of the Committee that Mr. Commissary Nutt hadno right to press Provisions either by his Commission or the Militia Act.That in the Account No. 276 are the two following Articles, vizt. 240Barrels of Flour, Qty. 50096 lb. at £4:15 per Cent, supplied by Messieurs Smith& Nutt, and a Charge to the Public of £200 for carriage of 200 Barrels of Flour

664 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760from Wateree to Congree. The Committee inquired of Mr. Nutt for hisVouchers for the Money he paid for the said Flour, and the Carriage thereof,but he said they were mislaid, and afterwards being again called for, his Answerwas, he was not possessed of them. The Committee being informed that200 Barrels of the said Flour, Qty. 41500 lb., was bought of Messrs. Ancrum,Lance and Loocock, inquired of them the Price they sold it for, which theyacknowledged to be to Mr. Nutt at £4 per Cent. to be delivered at theCongrees clear of any Charge, upon which the Committee observe that thesaid Nutt has charged the Public 15/ per Cent. more than he gave and also£200 for carriage of Flour which he never paid.The Committee observe in Mr. Nutt’s Account of Flour bought for thePublic that he discharges himself of 29870 lb. of Flour by it’s being left at FortPrince George and 22050 lb. Flour left at Ninety Six, but hath produced noReceipts for the same nor doth it appear that any other Persons are madechargeable therewith.The Account No. 275 being for Salt and Flour the Committee have noObjection to.In the Account No. 281 is a Charge of 37300 lb. of Biscuit at £6:10 perCent. The Committee observe that at the time the said Expedition wasformed Ship Bread was to be bought at £5 per Cent. and consequently 30sper Cent. might have been saved to the Public. The Committee further observethat in the same account is a Charge for 60 Barrels of Beef at £8 perBarrel. It was unnecessary to purchase this Beef, as fresh Beef was to be hadwithout difficulty, for no more than 13 Barrels of it hath been used for thePublic Service, and that was delivered to Waggoners, 35 Barrels more left atthe Congrees, and the rest Mr. Nutt took to his own Account.The Account No. 265 is for 253 Steers had of Andrew Williamson at £18per head. The Committee are of Opinion that £16 per head is a full and reasonableAllowance for the said Steers, and are confirmed in their Opinionby observing another Account of the said Williamson’s for 8 Head deliveredat Ninety Six the 3d December last at £15 per head.The Committee having asked Mr. Nutt if he was the Creditor of thePublic, as he had paid for many things provided for the said Expedition, towhich he replied he had no demand on the Public, being already paid, tho’the Committee observe that he hath brought in no Account for his Salary.The Committee observe that it appears to them that allowing largelyfor above 2000 Men for the time of the Expedition above 40000 lb. of Breadkind besides the Quantity left at Fort Prince George and Ninety Six asabovementioned, and also 56950 lb. Beef, besides Hogs and Salt Beef wereexpended more than was necessary exclusive of many Accounts and Certificatesfor Provisions which have been allowed by the House.

JUNE 23, 1760665The Committee observe in Mr. Nutt’s Account near 8000 lb. of Flour,70 head of Steers, 12 Barrels of Beef, and 215 Hogs are to be charged to Mesrs.Smith & Nutt but the Value thereof is not yet ascertained.Wherefore the Committee are of Opinion that the Conduct of Mr. Nuttas Commissary hath been very blameable, it appearing by the Papers laidbefore the Committee relating thereto, that his Engagements have beenprofuse, unnecessarily expensive and detrimental to the Public.And the Question being put that the Report be recommitted.It passed in the Negative.Resolved, That the Report be considered next Wednesday Morning.Ordered (upon the Question) That, in case Mr. Nutt thinks fit to applyfor a Copy of the said Report, the Clerk of this House do give him One.A Message from The Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I received this Morning a Letter from Mr. McGillivray at Augusta, bywhich we have an agreable appearance that the general Defection, apprehendedamong the Creeks, will not take place, but that our Affairs will behappily accommodated. I shall omit nothing that is in my power to promotethat desireable End; as I am desirous you should receive as soon as possiblethe Satisfaction that will arise to you from this good News, I herewith sendMr. McGillivray’s Letter for your Perusal.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read also Letter from Lachlan McGillivray, Indian Trader, to The LieutenantGovernor, dated Augusta 15th June 1760, relating to the present Stateof Affairs in the Creek Nation.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Saturday the 21st Day of June 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the Meeting of the House till Monday Morning,Ten of the Clock.Monday the 23d Day of June 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.

666 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Tuesday the 24th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Friday’s Proceedings.A Petition of James Stobo Esqr. was presented to the House, and read,setting forth, That the Petitioner is in Custody of one of the Messengers ofthis House, on a Warrant issued by Order of the House, for a Contempt ofthe Authority of the House. The Petitioner assures the House that he neverhad it in his Thoughts to contemn its Authority, and is extremely sorry forhaving incurred the Displeasure of the House; begs Pardon for his Offence,and humbly praying that the House will please to order him to be dischargedout of the Custody of the Messenger.Ordered, That Mr. Stobo [be] discharged from the Custody of theMessenger attending the Service of this House upon paying his Fees.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,In answer to Your Message of the 19th Instant I herewith lay before Youa Muster-Roll of the three Companies of Provincials and as by their Returnsthey fall short of their Complement, In order to make what saving I can consistentwith the Service I have not filled up two Commissions that becamevacant since I came into the Administration.With regard to the Provincials voted to be raised for our defence on accountof the Rupture with the Cherokees I can give but a very imperfect State thereof.I have frequently required Muster Rolls; I have received very few and nonecompleat, tho’ the Letters that accompanied them mention expectations, thatthey would soon be so. However that I might be fully informed of their effectiveState I desired Colonel Grant, who acts as Adjutant General to ColonelMontgomery’s Army, when he got to Ninety Six where all our Provincials wereordered to assemble and join the Army to procure and send me the best Accountshe could; By which it appears there were not above Four hundred andsixty One Rangers, Officers included, and about one hundred and nineteenPrivates of the Foot. How the State of Subalterns stands I am entirely unacquainted.I send you the destination of our Troops at that Time which will giveyou the best information I could obtain from Officers who were so distant andso often moving, by their Duty. And indeed their Number was as fluctuating,Perhaps some few may have been enlisted since this Account was sent me.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Then the Titles of the Papers brought down with the said Message wereseverally read, being,

JUNE 24, 1760667A Return of the South-Carolina Regiment of Foot, commanded by LieutenantColonel Probart Howorth.Effective State of the Men of the new Provincial Regiment of Foot underthe Command of Colonel Richard Richardson: And of the seven IndependentTroops of Rangers, on the 27th May 1760, and their Destination.Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to prepare a Schedule of the Expence ofthe late Expedition against the Cherokees, and other Charges since incurredby prosecuting the War against the said Indians.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee to whom the LieutenantGovernor’s Message relating to the distressed State of Fort William-Henry onEnoree River was referred, that the Committee having considered the Matterof the said Message had directed him to report their Opinion thereupon to theHouse, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at theClerk’s Table: Where the same was read and is as follows, vizt.That Governor Lyttelton’s and the Lieutenant Governor’s Orders forsubsisting Women and Children in Forts, by impressing Provisions for them,are not in the Opinion of the Committee agreable to the power given by theMilitia Act.They recommend that a Sum of Money be provided for the Relief ofthe Women and Children and to prevent their suffering by Famine, but asthey are unacquainted with their Number they further recommend that suchSum may be placed in the Lieutenant Governor’s hands to be applied forthat purpose as he shall see occasion.They are of Opinion that such Men as shall be made use of in and forthe Defence of the Frontier Forts (provided they are within this Province)should receive Pay from the 1st of June Instant, upon the Establishment providedfor the Pay of the Regiment of one thousand Men.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill for establishing and regulating theArtillery Company, which was formed out of the Militia in Charles-Town.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Notice being taken that the Sum of £20:11:3 which was resolved last Yearby the House to be provided for Lieutenant White Outerbridge, on debatingthe Article of the Committee’s Report on his Account, had been omittedto be inserted in the Schedule to the Tax Law.Ordered, That the said Sum be inserted in the Schedule to the presentTax Bill.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.

668 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Wednesday the 25th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Memorial of Joseph Nutt, late Commissary to all and singular theForces employed in the Expedition to the Cherokee Nation, was presentedto the House and read; setting forth,That the Memorialist with the leave of this Honourable House hathobtained a Copy of a Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into theConduct of the Memorialist as Commissary on the late Expedition, by whichReport the Memorialist apprehends he may be affected in his Character ifsome Matters relative to the said Report are not cleared up, wherefore theMemorialist relying on the Indulgence, Equity and Justice of the House begsleave for their Satisfaction and his own justification to state the followingFacts; and first as to the first Paragraph in the Report.That his Excellency William Henry Lyttelton Esqr., late Governor of thisProvince, by Commission under his Hand and Seal bearing Date the 20thOctober 1759 without any application to him for that Purpose by the Memorialist,appointed him to be Commissary to all and singular the Forces to beemployed in the then intended Expedition to the Cherokee Nation by whichCommission the Memorialist was ordered and directed to observe and followsuch Orders & Instructions as he should from Time to Time receive fromhis said Excellency or the Commander in Chief for the time being, or anyother the Memorialist’s superior Officers.That the Memorialist with a view to render every Service in his Powerto his Country, accepted of the said Commission and agreable to the firstgeneral Orders which were given at Monck’s Corner for the 26th October1759 directing the Memorialist to provide Provisions for the Forces employedupon the said Service pursuant to the Militia Act, the Memorialist proceededin his Duty as Commissary, believing (as the Colonels and other Officersupon the Expedition did) that upon a proper Construction of the MilitiaLaw, the Governor and Commander in Chief’s Orders and Commission tothe Memorialist armed him with as good a right to press Provisions as a warrantfrom a private Captain of a Company in the Militia under HisExcellency’s Command could do.To the Second. That on the 27 Day of October aforesaid the Memorialistwas ordered by His said Excellency to attend him to the Congrees, which heaccordingly did and arrived there with him on the thirtieth Day of the sameMonth, when and where were Colonels Chevillette’s, Richardson’s and Powell’sBatallions encamped. That upon the Memorialist’s Arrival at the Congrees asaforesaid he was ordered by his Excellency to make a Report of Provisions thenon the Spot impressed by the said Colonels, which the Memorialist accordinglydid, whereby it appeared that the same consisted only of 12 Barrels of Flour and

JUNE 25, 1760669one Hogshead of Pease, not sufficient for the maintenance of the Army two days,upon which his Excellency expressed himself greatly disappointed, saying thathe expected a large Quantity of Flour as he had given Orders for that purposeto all the Colonels and thereupon earnestly requested the Memorialist to interposefor the Subsistence of that Operation in the same manner as if the Forceswere to be victualed under the Contract, declaring that if the Memorialist wouldundertake to appropriate the Provisions that had been collected there by Mr.Smith and the Memorialist as Agents for and at the Expence and risque of theContractors with the Government at home, he His Excellency would hold themharmless from Consequences, whereupon the Memorialist acquainted His Excellency,that, as the Public Service required that Flour, the Memorialist washopeful it would answer the purpose of the Contractors, if he would undertaketo have it replaced by an equal quantity of Flour, to which he answered that hedid not know how or when it could be replaced, that the Event of the Operationwas uncertain and therefore he would have the Memorialist to press it andget it appraised by three indifferent Persons which the Memorialist had doneby Thomas Lynch and John Moultrie Esqrs. and Doctor David Oliphant, theybeing the first three Freeholders the Memorialist met with and who appraised thesame and the Carriage thereof as charged by the Memorialist, for the truth whereofthe Memorialist begs leave to refer to the said last mentioned Gentlemen.That the said 240 Barrels of Flour at the time aforesaid belonged to thesaid Contractors, as appears by an Original Entry in the Books of Mesrs.Smith and Nutt ready to be produced, Vizt. Baker, Kilby and Baker standsDebit to Ancrum, Lance and Loocock for 200 Barrels of Flour bought ofthem the 3d of October 1759 by John Smith in behalf of Smith and Nutt andnot by the Memorialist, for the truth of which the Memorialist begs leave torefer to the said Ancrum, Lance and Loocock.That to replace an equal Quantity of Flour at the Congrees for the Useof the Contractors, the Memorialist and the said Mr. Smith have paid to thesaid Ancrum, Lance and Loocock £4:10 per Cent first Cost of the Flour, and£2:4 per Barrel Carriage, amounting to £251:14 more than charged to thePublic, for the truth of which also the Memorialist begs leave to refer to theAncrum, Lance and Loocock.That the remaining 40 Barrels were Philadelphia Flour which cost £5per Cent and was sent from Charles-Town in August 1759 with a design to haveit lodged at Fort Prince George, but the Disturbances happening about thattime with the Cherokees the Waggoners were deterred from carrying it fartherthan the Congrees.To the third. That the Memorialist upon his being ordered back fromthe Expedition did endeavour to find a Person who on the Part of the Provincewould take in charge the Flour at Fort Prince George and Ninety Six,

670 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760but none such could be met with, but that the first time the Committee uponthe Accounts of the Expedition sent for the Memorialist he told them thathe believed Messrs. Smith and Nutt would be glad to purchase from thePublic the said Flour left at Fort Prince-George and Ninety Six, provided aproper allowance would be made them for what had been consumed of theformer by the Traders, Indians and many of the Militia who were left Sickat the Fort after the Memorialist was ordered from thence, and of the latterfor what had been consumed by the Forces of this Colony, who by Ordershave had constant recourse to the said Flour.To the Fourth. That at the Time the said Expedition was formed theMemorialist could not find in Charles Town a quantity of Ship Bread sufficientfor the purpose, sound, fit for use and worthy of Carriage, whereforethe Memorialist procured, as he thought it was his Duty, good sound Biscuitto be baked, for the use of the Troops, which he avers to have been worththe Price charged and that a Quantity was not then to be had in Charles Townat any Price. That it was in pursuance of positive Orders from the Governorhe procured the 60 Barrels of Beef mentioned in the Report, 13 of whichwas issued to Waggoners, 35 were ordered to be left with the Officers and 40Men who had the care of the Magazines at the Congrees, every one of whichwas found useful and necessary in victualing detach’d Parties with Waggons,Escorts, Cattle Drivers, &c. The Remainder of the 60 Barrels is charged toSmith and Nutt at the same Price charged to the Public.To the Fifth. That true it is the Memorialist gave Andrew Williamsona Certificate for 253 Steers had of him for the Public Services at £18 per Head,the said Steers being first appraised at that rate by three indifferent Personsbeing Freeholders pursuant to the direction of the Militia Act.To the Sixth. That the Memorialist being asked by the Committee ifhe was the Creditor of the Public answered in the Negative as he does notremember he ever as Commissary paid any thing for or received any Sumfrom the Public, and whether he is intitled to any Sum as Salary, submits tothe House.To the Seventh. That the Memorialist had constant Orders from theGovernor always to have a Month’s Provisions beforehand, and never issuedany Provisions but by a particular Return signed by the Commanding Officersof each Corps, and those confirmed by the general Orders of the Day,agreable to the Method used in regular Armies. The Vouchers for what hasbeen expended were delivered into the Public, and if the Officers of theMilitia, or any of them from Time to Time made false Returns of the Numbersof their Men, it was not in the Memorialist[s] power to help it. TheCommittee as the Memorialist apprehends in calculating the Account of Beefexpended, supposed each Beast to weigh 350 lb. Wt. which in fact is more

JUNE 25, 1760671than they weighed when first purchased and consequently a great deal morethan they weighed after 3 Months constant driving and Starving in the WinterSeason by which they fell away to Skin and Bone, many of them not weighingmore than 250 lb. Wt.To the Eig[h]th. That the Reason why the value of 8000 lb. Wt. of Flour,70 Steers, 12 Barrels of Beef and 250 Hogs which the Memorialist and hispartner Mr. Smith agree to be charged for is not ascertained, is, because asthe Memorialist is interested in the Matter, he would not take upon him toascertain the Price, but his Partner and he are willing to pay therefore whatis reasonable.Last. That the Memorialist besides his Attendance, great labour andfatigue in the Public Service as aforesaid without any reward or pay was atupwards of Six hundred Pounds Expence. Wherefore the Premises beingconsidered, the Memorialist hopes this Honorable House will be of Opinionthat his Conduct as Commissary has not been blameable, or his Engagementsunnecessarily expensive or detrimental to the Public.Then the Order of the Day being read.Ordered, That the Consideration of the Report from the Committeewho were appointed to inquire into the Conduct of the said Mr. Nutt, duringthe time he acted as Commissary on the late Expedition against theCherokee Indians, be postponed till tomorrow Morning.A Motion being made and the Question being put that the House donow read the Schedule to be annexed to the Tax Bill, a Second time.It passed in the Negative.Read a third time “a Bill for establishing and regulating the ArtilleryCompany, which was formed out of the Militia in Charles-Town.”And an Amendment was made by the House to the Bill.Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Act for establishingand regulating the Artillery Company which was formed out ofthe Militia in Charles-Town.”Ordered That Mr. Pinckney do carry the Bill to the Council and desiretheir Concurrence.Then the House proceeded to read the Schedule to be annexed to theTax Bill, a Second time.Ordered That the Sum of £200 inserted for James Wright Esqr., Agentfor this Province in Great Britain, and the Sum of £105:16:9 inserted for thesaid Mr. Wright’s Account of Disbursments be left out of the said Schedule.Resolved, That the said two Sums be allowed to Mr. Wright out of theBalance remaining in his Hands of the Sum of Two thousand Pounds Sterlingwhich he received to purchase Cloaths and other Articles for the Useof the South-Carolina Regiment.

672 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760A Motion was made, and the Question being put, that the Articles tothe Commissioners for the Streets in Charles-Town (to be paid by the Inhabitantsof the said Town), £500, be struck out of the Schedule.It passed in the Negative.Ordered That the further Consideration of the Schedule be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Thursday the 26th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House resumed the Adjourned Consideration of the second readingof the Residue of the Schedule to the Tax Bill.And the Schedule being read a second time, throughout.Resolved, That £25 be given as a Reward to a Negro Man namedMaurice, belonging to the Estate of Henry Izard Esqr., deceased, for apprehendinga Criminal who had committed several Murders.Resolved, That a Reward of £10 be given to a Negro Man named Frank,and the like Sum to a Negro Man named Tom, belonging to Miss Ann Blake,for apprehending a Negro Criminal.Ordered, That the said Sums be inserted in the Schedule to the Tax Bill.The Order of the Day for considering the Report from the Committeewho were appointed to inquire into the Conduct of Mr. Joseph Nutt, duringthe time he acted as Commissary on the late Expedition against theCherokee Indians, being read.The Report was read.Then Mr. Nutt’s Memorial was read.And the first Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time, was,upon the Question being put thereupon, agreed unto by the House.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee who were appointed to inquire into the Conductof Mr. Joseph Nutt.And the Second Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time, wasupon the Question being put thereupon disagreed with by the House.The 3d and 4th Paragraphs being severally read a Second time, were,upon the Question being put thereupon, severally agreed to by the House.

JUNE 27, 1760673Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 27th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee who were appointed to inquire into the Conductof Mr. Joseph Nutt, during the Time he acted as Commissary on thelate Expedition against the Cherokee Indians.And the 5th Paragraph of the Report with regard to 37300 lb. Wt. of Biscuitcharged at £6:10 per Hundred, being read a Second time.The Account of Messrs. Smith & Nutt (amounting to £3552:17:9), whereinthe said Biscuit is charged, was read.Then the said Paragraph, was, upon the Question being put thereupon,disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That £5:10 per Hundred Pounds Weight be allowed for thesaid Biscuit.The 6th Paragraph, with regard to 60 Barrels of Beef, charged in thesaid Account at £8 per Barrel, being read a Second time, was upon the Questionbeing put thereupon disagreed with by the House.The 7th Paragraph with regard to 253 Steers had of Andrew Williamson,being read a Second time, was, upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed unto by the House.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I have had frequent application made to me by several of the Acadianson behalf of the remains of those People for relief, representing the greatdistress they are in for want of Subsistence, and that by Sickness, especiallythe Small-Pox, their Number is greatly reduced, and many Children areOrphans, and now destitute of that care which nature teaches the, even, mosthelpless to bestow with some Advantage to their Offspring. That those whoare able are willing to gain a Livelihood by their Labour on the Fortifications,or other Work, as they were formerly employed with a saving to the Publicfor the expence of their Maintenance.They acknowledge with Hearts full of Gratitude the benefit and assistancethey received from the charitable provision made by you for them, andthe Care and Humanity of the Gentlemen instrusted with the Management

674 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760of it, during the general Calamity of the Small Pox; But that the wants theydaily see and feel oblige them to become so importunate with me.Gentlemen, I recommend their pitiable Condition to your Serious Consideration.I desire, and will not doubt but you will find some expedient fortheir Relief; that you will provide for the Employment of those who can work,and for feeding of those whose weakness and destitute Situation rendersthem more particular Objects of the Public Care.27th June 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered, That the Message be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee who were appointed to inquire into the present State of theAcadians in Charles-Town and to consider of and report to the House suchMeasures as they shall be of Opinion will most effectually prevent any Mischiefbeing done by the said Acadians in this Time of Public Danger.And then the House adjourned till four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee who were appointed to inquire into Conductof Mr. Joseph Nutt during the Time he acted as Commissary on the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians.And the 8th, 9th, & 10th Paragraphs of the Report, being severally reada Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.And the last Paragraph being read a Second time, was, upon the Questionbeing put thereupon, agreed to by the House.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to settle the Accounts of Mr.Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians,with the Public, of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Laurens, Mr.Berresford, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Moore, Mr. Blake.Mr. Wright reported from the Committee to whom the Memorial ofCharles Woodmason Esqr. was referred, That they had examined the matterof the said Memorial and had directed him to report the same, as it appearedto them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place andafterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read andis as follows, vizt.That upon considering the said Memorial they do not find any thingprayed for that can any way injure the Inhabitants near Black Mingo, but

JUNE 30, 1760675conceive the building such a Bridge as the Memorialist proposes to do willbe an Advantage to the Settlers about that place where the Bridge is proposedto be built and may have this farther good Consequence, that floatingBridges may be introduced into practice, if ’tis found by Experience such sortof Bridges prove useful.The Committee therefore humbly recommend that the Memorialistmay have leave to bring in a Bill agreable to the Prayer of his Memorial, orthat the substance of his Application may be inserted in a Clause of someother Bill.Ordered, that the Public Treasury do lay before this House the severalTax-Lists, which have been returned to him for the two last Years.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Afternoon, Four of theClock.Saturday the 28th Day of June 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday Afternoon,Five of the Clock.Monday the 30th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Friday’s Proceedings.The House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee to whomthe Lieutenant Governor’s Message in relation to the distressed State of FortWilliam Henry on Enoree River, was referred, into Consideration.And the Message was read a Second time.Read also, a Second time, the Letter from Captain Edward Musgroveto his Honour.Then the first Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time.And the Question being put, that a Sum, not exceeding £7000, begranted for the Relief of such poor and distressed Women and Children, ashave taken Refuge in any of the Forts of this Province.It passed in the Negative.Resolved (upon the Question) that this House will provide a Sum notexceeding £5000 for the Relief of such poor and infirm Men and distressedWomen and Children as have taken Refuge in any of the frontier Forts inthis Province to be distributed in such manner as his Honour the LieutenantGovernor shall be pleased to order and appoint.And the last Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time, was,upon the Question being put thereupon, disagreed with by the House.Ordered That an Answer be prepared to his Honour’s said Message.

676 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Yesterday Morning I received Advices from Colonel Montgomery, thatthe Cherokee Indian Chiefs whom he had set at Liberty, had endeavouredto persuade their Countrymen to make Peace with the English; but had notbeen able to prevail. That the middle Settlements were a little inclined, butafraid to treat; but the over Hills Towns were determined to continue theWar: And therefore he had marched on the 24th of last Month, with hiswhole Force, from his Camp near Fort Prince George, without Tents or Baggage,and only thirty Days Provisions, in Order to proceed against the middleSettlements and in hopes of reducing them to Reason, by the like treatmenthe had given to the lower Towns.From Fort Loudoun I learn, that the Indians had closely blockaded thatPlace, and had lately killed and scalp’d Doctor Anderson, and another Man,within one hundred and fifty Yards from the Walls. That Captain Demeré,seeing all communication not only with the Army, but even with those Indianswho were employed in procuring Corn for the Garrison, with Ribbonsand Paint sent by me for that purpose, cut off by the Threats of our EnemyCherokees, thought it necessary further to reduce the short allowance of theGarrison to one Quart for three Men a day, to enable him to hold out tillRelief arrived.In this distressed Situation of that Place, I thought it my duty to lose noTime in sending an Advice-Boat express, as the most expeditious Conveyanceat this Season, to acquaint Governor Fauquier of Virginia therewith, and topress him, in the most earnest Terms, to hasten the March of the Troopsraised by that Province for the relief of that Fort with the Twelve Month’sProvisions; as, besides the benefit of saving that Fort, nothing could rendermore advantage to His Majesty’s Service in these Parts and under these Circumstances,than the attacking the Cherokees from that Quarter and convincingthem that they in vain rely on the Interposition of their Mountainsfor Security against our Forces, as they can so easily be invaded by our FellowSubjects in Virginia.As our Affairs are in this unsettled and dangerous Situation, and as theTerm for continuing the Pay of the Troops raised for the defence of thisProvince, will expire the First Day of August next, I recommend it to yourConsideration to make som[e] further Provision for the Pay of the threehundred Provincials, for the Rangers, and the few Provincials lately raised;that I may acquaint them in Time therewith, and prevent that Disorder andSelf-disbanding Disposition that often arises among Soldiers, who are notunder Pay; which begins already to appear in some of the Rangers in the

JULY 2, 1760677Settlements and in the Garrison at Fort Prince George to the great detrimentof military Subordination, and the endangering, by their sudden dispersion,the safety of the Province, which they are engaged to defend.The 1st Day of July 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Resolved, That this House will to-morrow Morning take the said Messageinto Consideration.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Upon reading a Third time the “Bill for establishing and regulating theArtillery Company &c.,” we propose the following Amendments; (to wit)after the Words, “private Men” in the second Line from the Bottom of the firstPage, that these Words be added, vizt. “to be classed and distinguished by Bombardiers,Gunners and Matrosses in such Numbers and to serve by Rotation, in suchmanner as the Captain of the said Company shall direct, which said Company.” Inthe 3d Page, seven Lines from the Bottom after the word “Times” we proposethe additional Words “nor less than eight times”: To which Amendments wedesire the Concurrence of Your House.In the Upper House of Assembly, the 1st Day of July 1760.By Order of the House, Edward Fenwicke.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Message was read.Resolved, That the Message be considered to-morrow Morning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 2d Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,For Answer to your Message of the 20th Ultimate, in regard to the distressedsituation of many poor People in the frontier Forts, we humbly begleave to acquaint Your Honour, that we have resolved to provide a Sum, notexceeding Five thousand Pounds for the relief of such poor and infirm Men,and distressed Women and Children as have taken Refuge in any of the said

678 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Forts, to be distributed in such manner as Your Honour shall be pleased toorder and appoint.But with respect to the Men in the frontier Forts to whom you arepleased to recommend that we should allow the same Pay that was voted forthe new Regiment of one Thousand Men; as we conceive those Men, if theyhad been capable of performing military Service, would have inlisted in thatRegiment, to have procured a Subsistence for themselves and Families, ratherthan have fled to the Forts, where they could not be insensible of the greatdistress they must be subjected to by so doing; we cannot agree to allow thempay, and therefore included them in the Resolution above mentioned.Ordered That the said Address be presented to his Honour by Mr.Laurens.The House (according to Order) proceeded to take the LieutenantGovernor’s Message brought down Yesterday, relating to making a furtherprovision for continuing the Pay of the Forces in the Service of this Province,into Consideration.And the said Message being read a Second time.Resolved (upon the Question) That this House will make provision forcontinuing the Pay of the three hundred Provincials, of the Rangers and theProvincials lately raised, until the first Day of December next.Ordered That an Answer be prepared to the said Message.And (according to Order) the House considered the Amendments proposedby the Council to be made to the Bill intitled “An Act for establishingand regulating the Artillery Company which was formed out of the Militiain Charles-Town.”And the said Amendments were once read throughout, and then a Secondtime, one by one.And the said Amendments being read a third time were severally agreedto by the House.Ordered That an Answer be prepared to the Message from the Council.And accordingly the following One was drawn, vizt.Honorable Gentlemen,Upon considering the Amendments which You propose to be made tothe Bill intitled “an Act for establishing and regulating the Artillery Companywhich was formed out of the Militia in Charles-Town,” we acquaint YourHonours that we have agreed to the said Amendments.Ordered That Mr. Elliott do carry the Message to the Council.And the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,We thank your Honour for the Intelligence you were pleased to com-

JULY 3, 1760679municate to us by Your Message of Yesterday; and in particular for that necessaryStep taken by Your Honour in so early dispatching an Advice Boat topress the Governor of Virginia to hasten the March of the Troops raised bythat Province, for the relief of Fort Loudoun, with the twelve Month’s Provisions.And agreable to Your Honour’s recommendation, we have resolved tomake provision for continuing the Pay of the Three hundred Provincials, ofthe Rangers, and, of the Provincials lately raised, until the First Day of Decembernext.Ordered That the said Address be presented to his Honour by Mr.Laurens.Mr. Laurens from the Committee appointed to settle the Accounts ofJoseph Nutt, Commissary on the late Expedition against the Cherokees,moved the House for their directions with respect to 22050 lb. Wt. Flourmentioned in the said Accounts to have been left at Ninety Six.And the Question being put that Mr. Nutt be made chargeable with thewhole Quantity of the said Flour.It passed in the Negative.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Thursday the 3d Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Laurens reported from the Committee who were appointed to settlethe Accounts of Mr. Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the late Expedition againstthe Cherokees, with the Public, that they had settled the said Accounts accordinglyand had directed him to report the State of the Same as it appearsto them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place and afterwarddelivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read, and is as follows,vizt.The Public of South-Carolina to Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the lateExpedition.Debits.For 37300 Wt. Biscuit at £5:10 per Ct. £ 2051:10: 0[For] 600 Yards Ticklinburg forBags at 6/6 182:10: 0[For] making 200 Bags 25: 0: 060 Barrels Salt Beef at £8 480: 0: 0

680 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760182 Bushels of Salt at 12/6 perBushel and Barrels 135: 5: 0The Committee having reference toan Account delivered inby Mr. Commissary Nuttto the Public intitled“an Account of Provisionsupplied the Army by Smithand Nutt which have beenappraised and valued,Certificates sent to Charles-townfor the same, vizt.”observe that he therein chargesa like quantity of Salt and whichthey have reason to think is thesame above mentioned withBarrels and Cooperage only£128:15, the difference being£6:10 is submitted to the House.255 Barrels of Flour, Quantity 53237Nt. Wt. at £4:15 per Cent 2528:15: 1Carriage of 200 Barrels of Flour,part of the above, from Watereeto Congree 200: 0: 024 Barrels of Rice Nt. Wt. 11437 at£3:15 per Ct. and Barrels 440:17: 9253 Head of Steers from AndrewWilliamson, included in theabove Account delivered into theTreasurer at £16 per head 225: 0: 0453 fat Hogs at £8 per head 3624: 0: 0£ 13940:17:10Credits.For 29870 Wt. of Flour at FortPrince-George, and which theCommissary is willing to allowfor.10000 Wt. of Flour part of 22050which was put into Waggonsby Mr. Nutt, and left at the

JULY 3, 1760681Stockade at Ninety Six onhis return from theExpedition in the Month ofJanuary last, being obligedto do so for want ofCarriages and where he couldnot prevail on any Person totake Charge of the said Flour,and give him a proper Receiptfor the same as appears byMr. Nutt’s Affidavit sent tothe Committee and the saidMr. Nutt informed the Committeethat he was willing to account tothe Public for 8000, or10,000 Wt. of said Flour.7963 Wt. of Flour lent to Mesrs.Smith and Nutt for theSubsistence of the Troopsvictualled by the Crown,47833 lb. at £5:5 per Cent £ 2511: 4: 770 Head of Cattle for same purposeas last mentioned Flour at £16 1120: 0: 012 Barrels of Beef for same purposeat £8 96: 0: 0215 Hogs for same Use 1720: 0: 0The Committee have been informed byMr. Marley who acted asWaggon Master on theExpedition that about 50Head of Hogs part of the453 Head charged to thePublic as he heard was soldat Public Outcry at Congreeby Henry Gallman on Accountof Colonel Chevilette for£111 which the Committeehave great reason to thinkwere part of the deficientNumber of Hogs, and that theseat least should be accounted

682 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760for to the Public, but beg leaveto submit to the House todetermine by whom.100 Head of Cattle Sold to AndrewWilliamson at £8:10 850: 0: 011 Head of Cattle being part of 61Head delivered by ColonelPowell to Mr. Nutt, which hehas inserted in his Accountonly 50 head at £10 per head 110: 0: 0The Comittee observe in Mr. Nutt’sgeneral Account of Rations ofProvisions received and issuedthat he discharges himself of1158 Rations delivered tothe Artillery Men, & says theSame was paid for. The Committeetherefore recommend to theHouse that Mr. Nutt mayreturn so much Money as he didreceive on this Account to thePersons who paid it. As theyremark that Provisions wereissued at the Public Expenceto other Volunteers on theExpedition.From the above State (which includesthe several Accounts of AndrewWilliamson for Cattle and Hogs)their appears to be a Balance dueto Mr. Nutt from the Public of £ 7533:13: 3And several Articles in the said Report being read a Second time.Resolved, That £195 be allowed for 600 Yards of Ticklinburgh for which£182:10 is charged in the said Account.Resolved, That for 182 Bushels of Salt charged in the said Account at £135no more than £128:15 be allowed.Resolved, that no more than £2129:9:7 be allowed for the 255 Barrels ofFlour containing 53237 lb. Wt. charged in the said Account at £2528:15:1.Resolved, That this House will not provide for the Carriage of the saidFlour for which £200 is charged in the said Account.

JULY 4, 1760683And the Question being put that the House do agree with the Committee,that Mr. Nutt be made chargeable with 10000 Wt. of Flour, part of 22050Wt. left at Ninety Six.It passed in the Negative by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.Ordered, that the said Article be recommitted.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.Ordered, That Doctor Carne and Mr. Moultrie be added to the saidCommittee.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill, intitled, “an Act for establishingand regulating the Artillery Company which was formed out of the Militiain Charles-Town”; and have inserted the Amendments therein, which wereagreed to by this House.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 4th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Laurens reported from the Committee who were appointed to settlethe Accounts of Mr. Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the late Expedition againstthe Cherokees, and to whom the Article in their former Report, for chargingto Mr. Nutt 10000 lb. Wt. of Flour being part of 22050 lb. Wt. left at NinetySix, was recommitted, that the Committee had examined that Matter, andhad directed him to report the same, as it appears to them to the House; andhe read the Report in his Place and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable: Where the same was read and is as follows, vizt.The Committee have carefully examined several Persons and Accounts,from whence they expected some insight, but have not received the Satisfactionthey hoped for.But from such information as they have received, the Committee humblyrecommend, that the said Commissary stand chargeable to the Public for15000 lb. Wt. of Flour, and that he have liberty to discharge himself of somuch of the said Flour as he shall hereafter make appear to have been usedfor the Service of this Province.The said Report being read a Second time, was, upon the Questionbeing put thereupon, disagreed with by the House.Then a Motion being made, and the Question being put, that Mr. Nutt

684 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760be made chargeable with Eleven Thousand Pounds Weight of the said Twentytwo Thousand and Fifty Pounds Wt. of Flour left at Ninety Six.It passed in the Negative.Resolved, That the said Mr. Nutt be charged with Ten thousand PoundsWeight of the said Flour, and that he be accountable for as much more ashe shall be found to have made use of for the Forces since the Expedition,or that may hereafter appear to be at the Fort at Ninety Six.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Afternoon Six of theClock.Saturday the 5th Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday AfternoonSix of the Clock.Monday the 7th Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Tuesday the 8th Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 9th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of last Friday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Colonel Richardson, by the limitation expressed in your Resolution forproviding Pay for the Militia Officers on the late Expedition, and for theColonel of the Thousand Men in the present Service, not being intitled toany Pay; as you are now providing for Demands made on Account of PublicService; tho’ Colonel Richardson has made none, I recommend him to yourConsideration, as you will agree with me that his Modesty ought not to prejudicehis Claim.He has the Honour to be a Member of Your House, and well known andesteem’d among You, I have therefore the less Occasion to speak of him,except relative to his zeal and prudence in his Military Capacity, which he

JULY 9, 1760685has exerted with great diligence, as a Militia Officer from the beginning oflast October and from the beginning of last February as the Colonel of theThousand Men voted by You for the defence of this Province. But as thoseLevies for various Causes went on slowly, notwithstanding his indefatigablediligence, an Expedition was planned for making a sudden irruption in theCherokee Country with some of the Rangers, the new Levies, and such ofthe Militia as could be draughted there; the chief Command whereof wasreposed in Colonel Richardson by Governor Lyttelton and the second inMajor Thomson. But not being able to raise such a number from theseCorps as was limited to proceed with prudence in so hazardous anEnterprize, Colonel Richardson, greatly mortified at this disappointment,remained at Ninety Six, covering the Country with these Troops, till ColonelMontgomery’s arrival there, to whom, according to his Orders, he deliveredup the Command of the Provincials the End of May.Your limitation, Gentlemen, in allowing no Pay where no Service wasperformed was founded in that prudent Oeconomy and Care of YourConstituent’s Money, which you will always observe. But your Justice will onthe other hand, allow a reasonable satisfaction to Colonel Richardson for hisTime spent in the public Service, which was lost to his private Interest. I alsorecommend, on the same Principles, Major Thomson to your Consideration,tho’ inferior in Degree, Extent and Rank.The 7th Day of July 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Resolved, That this House will, this Afternoon, take the said Messageinto Consideration.The House resumed the adjourned consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee who were appointed to settle the Accounts ofMr. Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the late Expedition against the Cherokees.And the Article of 47833 lb. Wt. of Flour charged to Mr. Nutt being reada Second time.Resolved That Mr. Nutt be made chargeable with 37833 lb. Wt. of the saidFlour at the rate of £4 per hundred; and that he be chargeable with 10,000lb. Wt. thereof at the rate of £5:5 per Hundred weight.The Article relating to the 50 Hogs sold at the Congrees by HenryGallman on account of Colonel Chevillette, being read a Second time.Ordered That the Public Treasurer do make inquiry of the said HenryGallman and Colonel Chevillette with respect to the said Hogs, whether theSame belonged to the Public, that they may be accounted for.

686 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The Article of £110 with which Mr. Nutt is charged by the Committeefor 11 head of Cattle said to be part of 61 Head delivered by Colonel Powellto Mr. Nutt, being read a second time, was, upon the Question being putthereupon, disagreed with by the House.Resolved, (upon the Question) That Colonel Powell be chargeable withthe said Eleven Head of Cattle. But this House will receive any informationthat he can hereafter give to discharge himself of the said Cattle.Resolved, That this House will provide for paying the Balance of the saidMr. Nutt’s Account, amounting to £7523:6, after deducting thereout the Sum of£58, being so much remaining in his Hands of £7000 which he received of the Treasurerto advance to the Militia who went on the said Expedition in part of their Pay.Then the House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee towhom the Petition of Thomas Mellichamp was referred into Consideration.And the Report being read a Second time.Several Certificates of divers Persons who had received benefit by thesaid Mellichamp’s Method of making Flora Indico, were severally read.And the said Petition being read a Second time.Resolved (upon the Question) that this House will provide the Sum of£1000 to be given as a Reward to the said Thomas Mellichamp for discoveringa Method of making Flora Indico.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House being informed that Mr. Stobo went out of Town, without payingthe Fees due to the Officers of the House, on the Warrant issued against him,notwithstanding he had promised to pay the Same: And that Mr. Speaker hadwrote him a Letter upon the Subject to which he sent no Answer.Ordered That Edward Weyman, Gentleman, one of the Messengers attendingthe Service of this House, do forthwith take into his Custody JamesStobo Esqr., a Member of this House, for a Contempt of the Authority of thisHouse: And that Mr. Speaker do sign this Warrant.Then the Lieutenant Governor’s Message brought down this Morning,was, according to Order, taken into Consideration.And the said Message being read a Second time.Resolved (nemine contradicente) That this House will provide the Sumof One Thousand Pounds as a Gratuity to Colonel Richard Richardson forhis Services mentioned in the said Message.Resolved That this House will provide the Sum of Two hundred & Seventyfive Pounds as a Gratuity to Major William Thompson for his Servicesmentioned in the said Message.

JULY 10, 1760687Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee who were appointed toprepare a Schedule of the Charges of the late Expedition against the CherokeeIndians, and other Expences since incurred by prosecuting the war withthe said Indians, that they had prepared a Schedule accordingly, which theyhad directed him to report to the House, and he read the Report in his Place,and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read.Resolved, That the said Report be taken into Consideration, tomorrowMorning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of the Clock.Thursday the 10th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House took the Report from the Committee who were appointedto prepare a Schedule of the Charges of the late Expedition against theCherokee Indians; and other Expences since incurred by prosecuting theWar with the said Indians, into Consideration.And the several Articles of the said Report as far as the Article to CharlesFaucheraud Esqr. for a Horse £120, being severally read a Second time, wereseverally agreed to by the House.Then the Article to Charles Faucheraud Esqr. being read a Second time,and the Question being put that the said Article be left out of the Schedule.It passed in the Negative By Mr. Speaker’s Voice.And several other Articles, as far as the Article to Christopher Rowe £34:10,being severally read a Second time, were severally agreed to by the House.Then a Certificate by Colonel Chevillette of a Horse being impressedfrom the said Christopher Rowe, and,A Certificate by Archibald Watson who impressed the said Horse (valuedat £40), were presented to the House and severally read.And a Motion being made and the Question being put that the said £40be inserted in the Schedule for the said Christopher Rowe.It passed in the Negative.Resolved that £130 be inserted in the said Schedule for a Waggon impressedfrom the said Christopher Rowe by Captain Samuel Elliott, and leftat Ninety Six, to be paid upon Captain Elliott’s Certificate being producedof the same.Resolved, That £30:13 be inserted in the said Schedule for Provisionssupplied the Militia by the said Christopher Rowe.And the several Articles of the said Report, being severally read a Secondtime were severally agreed to by the House.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.

688 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760P.M.Resolved, That the Sum of Seventy Thousand Pounds be inserted in[the] Schedule to the Tax Bill for paying part of the Charges of the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians and other Expences since incurredby prosecuting the War with the said Indians.Then the House proceeded to read the “Bill for raising and grantingto His Majesty the Sum of ______ to defray the Charges of this Governmentfrom the First Day of January to the Thirty first Day of December One ThousandSeven Hundred and Fifty Nine, both Days inclusive: And for other Servicestherein mentioned”; a Second time.And the Question being put that one Fifth part of the whole Sum tobe raised by the Bill, be imposed and levied on the Estates real and personallying and being in the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael.It passed in the Negative.And the House having made some Progress in the Bill and filled upseveral of the Blanks.Ordered, That the further consideration of the Bill be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of theClock.Friday the 11th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the second readingof the Residue of the Tax Bill.A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill for collecting the severalSums of Money appointed by the Schedule to the Bill to be paid by the Inhabitantsof the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael.And the said Clause was twice read and amended.And then the said Clause was agreed to by the House to be made Partof the Bill.And the Bill was read a Second time throughout, with Blanks whichwere filled up, and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.And the Title was made, “A Bill for raising and granting to His Majestythe Sum of One Hundred and Sixty three Thousand, Seven hundred & Tenpounds, Six Shillings and One Penny, Farthing; and applying SeventeenThousand four Hundred and Eighty Pounds, eleven Shillings and five Pence(being Surplus of Taxes and the Balance of several Funds in the Public Treasury)making together One hundred & eighty One Thousand, one hundredand Ninety Pounds, seventeen Shillings and Six pence Farthing to defray theCharges of this Government from the First Day of January to the Thirty first

JULY 11, 1760689Day of December One thousand seven hundred and fifty nine, both Daysinclusive: And for other Services therein mentioned.”Ordered, That Mr. Lamboll do carry the Bill to the Council.Resolved, (upon the Question) That the Sum of £3500 be inserted inthe Schedule of the Charges of the late Expedition against the CherokeeIndians & other Expences since incurred by prosecuting the War with theIndians, to pay such Persons as may have any demands for Provisions orWaggon hire and have not sent in their Claims.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Yesterday Afternoon I received a Letter from Colonel Grant, giving mean Account of the Actions of the Army under the Command of ColonelMontgomery in the Cherokees, and their intended march down to the Placeof Embarkation, which I communicate to You for your persual. And as it laysopen the naked and defenceless State of this Province, in case these Troopsshould embark for New York, I recommend the Matters therein mentionedto Your Consideration; as also a Letter from Lieutenant Calhoun of the newLevies relating to the expectation of Pay on their return from this Expedition,which I gave the Troops for their Encouragement.The 11th July 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read a Letter to the Lieutenant Governor from Colonel James Grantdated 3d July 1760. 55Read also Return of the killed and wounded of the Detachment of Royaland First Highland Batallion under the Command of the Honorable ColonelArchibald Montgomery.Read also Letter to the Lieutenant Governor from Lieutenant PatrickCalhoun of the new Levies dated Fort Prince George 2d July 1760.Ordered, That the said Message be considered in the Afternoon.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.A Motion being made and the Question being put that Mr. Middletonand Mr. Drayton be taken into the Custody of the Messenger.55Grant to Bull, July 3, 1760, in Council Journal, July 11, 1760, and Gadsden, Observations on TwoCampaigns, pp. 86–88. For the return of killed and wounded, see Gadsden, p. 86.

690 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760It passed in the Negative.The House (according to Order) took the Message and other Papersbrought from the Lieutenant Governor this Morning into Consideration.And the said Message and other Papers being severally read a Secondtime.Resolved, That an Address be prepared to be presented to The LieutenantGovernor humbly to desire that his Honour will be pleased to use themost pressing Instances with Colonel Montgomery to prevail on him to continuewith the Forces under his Command in this Province.It being moved that the Public Treasurer be ordered to advance a Sumnot exceeding £10000 to pay such of the Provincial Forces as are now in theService of this Province.An Order was drawn for that purpose, which was read.Then another Motion being made, and the Question being put thatsuch Order be sent for the Lieutenant Governor’s Assent and the Concurrenceof the Council.It was resolved in the Affirmative by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.Ordered That the Public Treasurer do advance a Sum not exceedingTen Thousand Pounds to be paid to such Persons and in such proportionand manner as his Honour the Lieutenant Governor shall appoint for dischargingPart of the Pay due to such of the Rangers and Provincial Forcesas are now in the Service of this Province and intitled to Pay.That this Order be sent to his Honour the Lieutenant Governor for hisAssent, and to His Majesty’s Council for their Concurrence and that Mr.Speaker do sign the same.Resolved, That this House will make provision for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.According to Order an Address was drawn, to be presented to TheGovernor, which being twice read, was, with several Amendments being madethereunto, agreed to by the House and is as follows, vizt.May it please Your Honour,We, His Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons Houseof Assembly of this Province, return Your Honour our sincere and heartyThanks, for the Advices you were pleased to communicate to us in the Morning;And,Being deeply affected with the Contents of Colonel Grants Letter, whichimports that Colonel Montgomery will soon embark, with His Majesty’sTroops under his Command to join General Amherst, humbly beg leave torepresent to Your Honour, that we apprehend the Province to be in a moredangerous Situation, at this Juncture, than it was at the Time when the saidTroops arrived here; as the Upper Creek Indians have since murdered sev-

JULY 12, 1760691eral of the British Traders in their Towns, and made no Offer to give up theMurderers or make any other Satisfaction whatever; whence we have thegreatest reason to believe that they will soon break out into open War: And,by what is mentioned in Colonel Grant’s Letter, we fear that our implacableEnemies, the French, have already spirited up and prevail’d with theChactaws to assist the Cherokees against us. And notwithstanding the presentRupture with the Cherokees has cost the Province, in less than Nine Monthsnear Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling, Yet all our Endeavours to raise a numberof Forces capable of preventing the Cherokees from ravaging the Back-Settlements have proved ineffectual. This being the situation of the Provincewhen we had only the Cherokees to contend with, how deplorable then mustour Case be, shou’d Colonel Montgomery depart with the King’s Troopsunder his Command, and we have the united Attacks of the Cherokees,Creeks, and Chactaws (the three most powerful Nations of Indians upon theContinent) to repel, can be better imagined than described.Being truly sensible of your Honour’s good Inclinations to render everyService in your power to this Province, We, unanimously, intreat YourHonour to use the most pressing Instances with Colonel Montgomery notto depart with the King’s Troops, as it may be attended with most perniciousConsequences.Resolved, That the Address be presented to his Honour by the wholeHouse.Ordered, That Mr. Mazyck and Mr. Roper do wait upon The LieutenantGovernor, and humbly know his Honour’s pleasure when he will be attendedby the House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of the Clock.Saturday the 12th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Mazyck reported to the House that the Lieutenant Governor havingbeen waited upon, pursuant to their Order, humbly to know his Honour’sPleasure, when he would be attended by the House, had been pleased toappoint this Morning at Eleven of the Clock in the Council Chamber.Ordered That Mr. Wragg do carry the Order, directing the Treasurerto advance £10,000 for paying the Rangers and Provincials, to the LieutenantGovernor and Council, and desire their Concurrence.Ordered That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant for taking ThomasMiddleton Esqr. into Custody.Resolved, That Mr. John Brawn be Messenger of this House for thatpurpose.

692 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Ordered, That John Brawn, Gentleman, one of the Messengers attendingthe Service of this House, do forthwith take into his Custody ThomasMiddleton Esqr., a Member of this House, for neglecting his Duty in not attendingthe Service of this House and for a Contempt of the Authority ofthe House: And that Mr. Speaker do sign this Warrant.Then a Motion being made, and the Question being put.Ordered, That Jonathan Badger, Gentleman, One of the Messengersattending the Service of this House, do forthwith take into his Custody WilliamDrayton Esqr., a Member of this House, for neglecting his Duty in notattending the Service of this House and for a Contempt of the Authority ofthe House: And that Mr. Speaker do sign this Warrant.Then it being Eleven of the Clock, Mr. Speaker, with the House, wentup to attend the Lieutenant Governor in the Council Chamber; and, beingreturned,Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attended the LieutenantGovernor in the Council-Chamber, where Mr. Speaker (pursuant to theirOrder) presented their Address to His Honour, to which he was pleased tomake the following Answer.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I most sincerely thank you for this Address, which shews such a watchfulAttention to the safety of Your Constituents, in which you may be alwaysassured of my ready Concurrence and Assistance.Your desire that Colonel Montgomery would not depart with the King’sTroops under his Command, will not be thought unreasonable, as you haveso chearfully granted such large Supplies for the defence of this Province,which have not proved equal to our increasing danger and necessities. I shalltake care to state all these Matters in so full and true a Light to ColonelMontgomery, that, I persuade myself, from a view of our danger, and theexperience I have had of his readiness to serve this Province, he will stay herefor our better defence, if it is consistent with the Orders he has received fromGeneral Amherst, which, indeed, were given at a Time when his Excellencycould not know the extensive Dangers to which we are at present exposed.The 12th July 1760.William Bull.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee who were appointed toinquire into the present State of the Acadians in Charles-Town and to considerand report to the House such Measures as they shall be of Opinion willmost effectually prevent any Mi[s]chief being done by the said Acadians inthis Time of public Danger, that the Committee had made the Inquiry ac-

JULY 15, 1760693cordingly, and come to several Resolutions thereupon, which they had directedhim to report to the House, and he read the Report in his Place andafterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Same was read andis as follows; vizt.That the said Acadians are reduced to the number 210; that is to say, 42Men, 42 Women, 52 Boys, and 74 Girls.That notwithstanding the Humanity with which they have been treatedand the great Expence the Province has been put to on their Account, whichexceeds the Sum of five and twenty Thousand Pounds, they are disaffectedand discontented; and wholly averse to the living under an English Government:Nor is there any appearance of an Alteration in their Sentiments, orthat they will ever become serviceable to the Province.That the Orphan Children by being bound out to Handicraft Trades,and others of them by engaging in the service of private Families, might geta tolerable Subsistence; Yet such is the Bigotry and Obstinacy of these Peoplethat they choose rather to live miserably together, than to seperate and livecomfortably.Upon considering the Premises, the Committee are of Opinion, that thesaid Acadians are burthensome and useless to the Province: And in case ofany Invasion or Insurrection might adhere to His Majesty’s Enemies, andtherefore recommend it to the House to address his Honour the LieutenantGovernor to order the said Acadians to be transported to Europe, orsome French Port in America: And that the House do provide a Sum sufficientto defray the Expence of that Service.Resolved That the said Report be taken into Consideration next Tuesday.And then the House adjourned till Monday Afternoon, Six of the Clock.Monday the 14th Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the Meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Nine of the Clock.Tuesday the 15th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of last Saturday’s Proceedings.A Petition of James Stobo Esqr. was presented to the House and read,setting forth, That the Petitioner is in Custody of Mr. Weyman, Messengerof the House, for a Contempt of the House. That he was heartily sorry anyunguarded part of his Conduct should merit the Resentment of the Houseas he was confident it never was his thought or intention; begging pardonof the House, and praying they will please to order his inlargement.

694 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Ordered That Mr. Stobo be discharged from the Custody of the Messengerupon paying his Fees.A Petition of Thomas Middleton and William Drayton Esqr. now in Custodyof the Messenger of this House, was presented to the House and read, settingforth, That the Petitioners are sorry that the urgency of their privateConcerns prevented their Attendance on this House the latter End of the lastWeek, and as they had no Intention to contemn the Authority of the same; humblypraying that they may be discharged from the Custody of the said Messengers.Ordered That the said Mr. Middleton and Mr. Drayton be dischargedfrom the Custody of the Messengers of this House, upon paying their Fees.“A Bill for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of . . . to defraythe Expence of the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians and otherCharges since incurred by prosecuting the War against the said Indians, andprotecting the Back-Settlements of this Province: And appointing Commissionersfor stamping and signing Public Orders for the more easy andexpeditous issuing of the said Sum: And providing a Fund for sinking thesaid Public Orders in Five Years by a general Tax and Assessments on theEstates real and personal of the Inhabitants and others interested in thisProvince,” was read a Second time with Blanks, which were filled up;Resolved That the Bill be committed.Resolved That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.Resolved That this House will now resolve itself into a Committee of thewhole House upon the said Bill.And accordingly the House resolved itself into the said Committee.Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Wragg took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee that they had made someprogress in the Bill: And that the Committee had directed him to move theHouse for leave to sit again.Resolved, That this House will, in the Afternoon, resolve itself into aCommittee of the whole House upon the said Bill.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, uponthe “Bill for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of . . . to defray theExpence of the late Expedition.”Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Wragg took the Chair of the Committee.

JULY 16, 1760695Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Wragg reported from the said Committee that they had made afurther Progress in the Bill; and that the Committee had directed him tomove the House for leave to sit again.Resolved That this House will to-morrow Morning, resolve itself into aCommittee of the whole House upon the said Bill.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.Wednesday the 16th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House (according to Order) resolved itself into a Committee of thewhole House upon the “Bill for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sumof . . . to defray the Expence of the late Expedition.”Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Wragg took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee that they had gone throughthe Bill and had made several Amendments thereunto which they had directedhim to report to the House; and he read the Report in his Place andafterward delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the Amendments were once read throughout and then a Secondtime, One by One; And the said Amendments were severally agreed to by theHouse: And the Title was made,“A Bill for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of Two hundred& forty Six Thousand, Six hundred and Ninety three Pounds, two Shillingsand five Pence (which with Seventy Thousands Pounds granted for this Serviceby the Tax-Bill makes Three hundred and sixteen Thousand, six hundredand Ninety three Pounds, two Shillings and five pence) to defray theExpence of the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians and otherCharges since incurred by prosecuting the War against the said Indians &c.”Ordered, That Mr. Taylor do carry the Bill to the Council.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill for raising and granting to HisMajesty the Sum of One hundred and sixty three Thousand, Seven hundredand ten Pounds Six Shillings and one Penny Farthing, and applying SeventeenThousand, four hundred and Eighty Pounds, Eleven Shillings and fivepence (being Surplus of Taxes, and the Balance of several Funds in the PublicTreasury) making together One hundred Eighty one Thousand, Onehundred Ninety Pounds, Seventeen Shillings and Six pence Farthing to defray

696 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760the Charges of this Government from the 1st Day of January to the 31st Dayof December One thousand seven hundred and fifty nine both Days inclusiveand for other services therein mentioned.”And then the Messenger withdrew.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The Schedule to be annexed to the Tax Bill was read a third time.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Article of £200to John Grinnan, for apprehending John Roberts who killed GeorgeWhitecotton, be left out of the Schedule.It passed in the Negative.And the said Schedule was read a third time throughout and is as follows, vizt.The Schedule of the Charges of this Government from the First Day ofJanuary to the Thirty first Day of December in the Year of our Lord OneThousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine both Days inclusive.Allowances to Public Officers.To His Excellency the lateGovernor £ 3500:00:00To the Clerk of the Council £ 300:00:00To the Master in Chancery £ 200:00:00To the Messenger of the Council £ 200:00:00To the Doorkeeper of the Council £ 200:00:00To the Clerk of the Assembly £ 600:00:00To the Messengers of the Assembly£200 Each £ 400:00:00To the Commissary General £ 400:00:00To the Clerk to the Committee ofCorrespondence £ 50:00:00To the Clerk to the Board ofChurch Commissioners £ 30:00:00£ 5880:00:00House Rent for the Public Service.To His Excellency the late Governorfor rent of a House £ 700:00:00

JULY 16, 1760697To William Henderson for a Housefor the Free School inCharles-Town £ 250:00:00£ 950:00:00Writing for the Public Service.To the Clerk of the Council, forCopies of the Minutes ofCouncil, Entries in the IndianBook, and Copies of Laws forthe use of the Council £ 1425:07:08To the Clerk of the Assembly,for Copies of Journals,drawing Bills, &c. £ 2060:16:03To John Murray Esqr. for Feesdue to the late Governor£92:5, and to the Secretary£368:16:6 £ 461:01:06To Jacob Motte Esqr., PublicTreasurer, for this Service £ 516:02:06£ 4463:07:11To be raised by particular Laws appointing the same.To the Public Treasurer which hepaid for Sermons preach’d atMarch and October Sessions £ 30:00:00To the Public Treasurer advancedby him to pay the Bounty onFlax and Hemp £ 589:12:01For sinking 1 /5 part of the£160,000 Orders issued toraise and pay theSouth-Carolina Regiment £ 32000:00:00To Adam Wood Esqr., late ProvostMarshal, for serving writs ofElection, summoning Jurors,and attending the Courts £ 150:00:00To Clement Lampriere, Annuityon the Militia Law £ 90:00:00

698 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760To the Commissioners of theStreets in Charles Town (to bepaid by the Inhabitants of thesaid Town) £ 500:00:00£ 33559:12:01For the Forts.To the Gunner of Fort Johnsonat £18 per Month £ 216:00:00To two Quarter Gunners at £8 perMonth each £ 192:00:00Provisions for 4 Men at £25 perAnnum each £ 100:00:00To the Gunner of Fort Moore(if not belonging to theIndependent Companies) at £14per Month £ 168:00:00To the Gunner of Charles Town £ 225:00:00To the Gunner of Craven’s Bastion £ 100:00:00To the Gunner of Broughton’sBattery £ 100:00:00To Jane Duthy for making aPendant for Fort Johnson £ 7:00:00To Smith and Brewton for Junk £ 2:05:00To Edward Lightwood for the useof Granville’s Bastion £ 17:13:01 1 /2To William Banbury, for CannonShot and Priming Horns £ 123:13:02To Justinus Stoll sundry Articlesfor this use £ 274:03:03To Laurens, Motte & Co., Articlesin their Account for this use £ 133:17:04To Robert Boyd for freight of GunCarriages in 1758 & 1759 £ 63:10:00To the Commissioners for theFortifications, to enable themto get Carriages made for theGuns and Cohorn Mortars latelysent to this Province by HisMajesty’s Order and to secure

JULY 16, 1760699such of the new Works, latelyerected in Charles-Town, as aremost in danger of falling downand for cleansing the Moatbefore the Curtain Line £ 3500:00:00To defray the Expence of repairingthe Commander of Fort Johnson’sHouse £ 160:00:00For purchasing a large Canoo forthe use of Fort Johnson £ 150:00:00£ 5533:01:10 1 /2For the Garrisons at Fort Prince George and Fort Loudoun in theCherokees.To Isaac Atwood, for the carriageof Stores from Kewohee to FortLoudoun £ 131:10:04To John George Smithpeter for thelike Service to Fort PrinceGeorge £ 429:08:00To Richard Lambton on an Order ofThomas Foster for two MonthsService as Indian Interpreterat Fort Prince George £ 30:00:00To John McQueen & Company onsundry Orders of the followingPersons, vizt., Henry Lucas forthe Carriage of Stores to FortLoudoun, £59:14; John Hattonfor the like Service, £87;Cornelius Cokely for the likeService, £96:18:9; Thomas Smithfor Service as Gunsmith at FortLoudoun, £129; John Winbornefor Carriage of Stores to FortLoudoun, £38:17:6; Isaac Atwoodfor the like Service, £18:7:2;James Beamer for the likeService, £99 £ 528:17:05To Captain John Postell for sundry

700 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Articles for the use of FortLoudoun £ 316:10:00To Henry Lucas for the Carriage ofFlour to Fort Loudoun £ 50:03:00To Robert Goudy for the Carriage ofStores to Fort Prince George £ 350:00:00To Robert Anderson for the likeService to Fort Loudoun £ 64:17:00To Laurens, Motte & Co., Articlesin their Account for this use £ 59:10:00To Henry Lucas for the carriage ofGunpowder to Fort Loudoun £ 31:06:09To John Stephens, Carpenter,(3 Certificates) for 9 MonthsService at Fort Loudoun £ 135:00:00To William Shorey, IndianInterpreter, (4 Certificates)for 17 Month’s Service at FortLoudoun £ 255:00:00To Thomas Smith, Whitesmith,(3 Certificates) for 9 MonthsService at Fort Loudoun £ 120:00:00To William Wilson for the carriageof Ammunition to Fort Loudoun £ 9:14:06To Da Costa & Farr on an Order ofThomas Foster, IndianInterpreter, for 8 MonthsService at Fort Prince George £ 120:00:00To William Murray for a MedicineChest for the use of FortPrince George £ 21:00:00To Henry Gallman, on an Order ofJohn-Conrade Geiger for theCarriage of Stores to theCongrees £ 27:00:00To Paul Townsend on SamuelThomas’s Order, for carriageof Stores to Kewohee £ 83:02:00To Henrietta Smith, on JamesSmith’s Order, for makingPlatforms at Fort Prince George £ 30:00:00

JULY 16, 1760701To Christian Retslisperger forWaggon hire to the Congrees £ 60:00:00To Henry Gallman for the Carriageof Stores to Fort Prince George £ 670:00:00To John George Shindler for Waggonhire to the Congrees £ 32:00:00To Cornelius Cokely for theCarriage of Stores to FortLoudoun £ 133:17:00To John Oyston on James Beamer’sOrder for carriage of Storesto Fort Prince George £ 171:14:04To Lieutenant Lachlan McIntoshfor an Interpreter at FortPrince George, £60. And forRepairs to the said Fort,£88:10 £ 148:10:00To Michael Kalteison on JohnBards Order for the Carriageof Ammunition to Fort PrinceGeorge £ 70:00:00To the Commissary General,Articles in his Account forthis Service £ 607:06:09To the Public Treasurer advancedto pay for the carriage ofProvisions £ 7597:07:07£ 12283:14:08For the Forces.To John Remington for Pails £ 131:00:00To James Henderson for Candles £ 305:08:06To Ancrum, Lance and Loocock forSalt, Pepper &c. £ 112:17:06To William Harvey for Hay (in1758) £ 136:00:00To Archibald Withers for cartingFirewood (in 1757) £ 24:12:06To Lambert Lance for rent ofTenements (in 1757 & 1758) £ 83:06:08

702 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760To Laurens, Motte & Company,Articles in their Account forthis use £ 59:08:07To Robert Fairweather forlodgings for Officers of theRoyal American and HighlandBatallions (in 1757) £ 97:15:00To Thomas Lining for the likeService (in 1757 & 1758) £ 125:00:00To Thomas Wright Esqr., Articlesin his Accounts for this use £ 184:15:01To Joseph Moody for Candles £ 16:10:00To Benjamin Haskins for ferriageand hire of Horses for theBuffs £ 9:09:04To John Gordon (3 Accounts) forHouse rent and Lodgings forOfficers of the HighlandBattallion (in 1757 & 1758)and Vinegar for theBuffs £ 346:06:06To Harvey and Philp, for PitchingAxes for the Buffs £ 9:00:00To James Rowlain for Firewood £ 5:00:00To Nathaniel Broughton forFirewood £ 1:07:06To John Howell, for Candles £ 30:15:00To Captain John Fairchild and theCompany of Rangers who wereunder his Command (to be paidas the Muster Roll of the saidCompany was settled by aCommittee of the Assembly) £ 1119:11:00To Captain John Grinnan and theRangers who were under hisCommand (to be paid in likemanner with Captn. Fairchild’sCompany) £ 885:15:04To William Harvey of Beaufort,for Firewood for the Buffs £ 60:00:00To the Church-Wardens of St.

JULY 16, 1760703Philip’s (two Accounts) forsupplies to Soldier’s Wivesand Children £ 1406:19:03 3 /4To the Commissary General,Articles in his Account forthis Service £ 792:03:00To Doctor James Thompson forAttendance on the Garrison atFort Lyttelton £ 78:15:00To John Marley for Firewood andCarting £ 537:00:00To the Commissary General forhis extraordinary Serviceswith the Royal American andHighland Batallion & theCarolina Regiment £ 700:00:00£7258:15:09 3 /4For the Scout-Boats.To two Commanders at £25 perMonth each £ 600:00:00To 24 Men at £12 per Month each £ 3456:00:00To Pay for Provisions for 26 Menat £28 per Annum each £ 728:00:00To Smith and Brewton for ShipBread £ 186:01:00To John Ambrister for Ship Bread £ 184:01:00To pay two Additional Men(omitted in the last Schedule)at £12 per Month each £ 288:00:00To pay for the Provisions of thesaid two Additional Men at£28 per Annum each £ 56:00:00£ 5498:02:00For Look-outs.Eight Look-outs each consistingof 3 Men at £12 per MonthEach Man £ 3456:00:00

704 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760For the Public Arms.To John Milner, Gunsmith, formending and keeping themclean £ 521:02:03To Christian Kohler for CartingWarlike Stores to the Armory £ 38:17:06£ 559:19:09Parochial Charges.To the Church-Wardens of theParish of St. James Goose Creekfor repairs to the Church £ 374:13:04For Coroners Inquests.To Thomas Yeomans Esqr., Coronerof Berkley County, for severalreturned into the Crown Office £ 200:00:00To William Beasely, Constable,for summoning Jurors £ 4:00:00£ 204:00:00For Criminals.To the Chief Justice, Fees onprosecuting them £ 63:05:08To the Clerk of the Crown, Feeson prosecuting them £ 59:05:00To the Attorney General, Feeson prosecuting them £ 677:07:06To Adam Wood Esqr., late ProvostMarshal, for their Subsistencein Goal £ 751:03:00To William Bonneau, Constable,for conveying one to Goal £ 3:16:03To John Swint, for attendingSick Criminals £ 86:05:00To John Grinnan for apprehendingJohn Roberts for the murder

JULY 16, 1760705of George Whitecotton(agreable to His Excellency’sProclamation) £ 200:00:00To the Public Treasurer, paid aConstable for conveying aMalefactor to Goal £ 19:06:03£ 1860:08:08For Criminal Slaves.To Martha Logan [for a Slaveexecuted] £ 160:00:00To Ann Clark [for a Slaveexecuted] £ 40:00:00To Margaret Handlin [for aSlave executed] £ 200:00:00To William Raven [for Slavesexecuted] £ 600:00:00To John Pamor [for a Slaveexecuted] £ 100:00:00To Padden Bond [for a Slaveexecuted] £ 100:00:00To Thomas Bradwell [for aSlave executed] £ 100:00:00To Thomas Shoemaker [for aSlave executed] £ 100:00:00To Archibald Stanyarne [fora Slave executed] £ 100:00:00To Elizabeth Snipes [for aSlave executed] £ 100:00:00To John Hamilton [for a Slaveexecuted] £ 200:00:00To Thomas Shoemaker for a Slavethat was killed in apprehendinga fugitive Slave £ 200:00:00To James Cooper, Constable’s Feeson the trial of Slaves £ 10:13:09To Israel Syers [for the likeService] £ 13:02:06To William Bonneau [for the likeService] £ 19:06:03

706 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760To Day, Bessilea & Viart [forthe like Service] £ 22:17:06To Day and Bessilea [for thelike Service] £ 11:00:00To George Day [for the likeService] £ 30:12:06To Martin Howard [for the likeService] £ 7:00:00To Hugh Crawford [for the likeService] £ 14:17:06To Isaac Rambert (Four Accounts)[for the like Service] £ 52:11:09To Jacob Ladson [for the likeService] £ 6:00:00To John Kesson (Four Accounts)[for the like Service] £ 66:00:00To William Osborn [for the likeService] £ 21:16:03To Archibald and Richard-ParkStobo on an Order of JohnMarion, Constable, for thelike Service £ 10:02:06To William Beasely for the hireof a Cart and 2 Horses 4 Days,to carry criminal Slaves to betried £ 6:00:00To the Warden of the Work House,for keeping Criminal Slavesin Custody (two Accounts) £ 41:07:06To William Hall for making aGallows and Gibbet £ 10:00:00To David Reynolds for makingIron Gibbets £ 25:00:00To the Public Treasurer paidseveral Constables, forapprehending and conveyingseveral Criminal Slaves toGoal £ 124:10:00To a Negro Man named Maurice,belonging to the Estate ofHenry Izard Esqr. deceased,

JULY 16, 1760707a Reward for apprehending aMurderer £ 25:00:00To Frank and Tom belonging to MissAnn Blake for apprehending aNegro Criminal, £10 each £ 20:00:00£ 2537:18:00Indian Expences.To the Commissioner for IndianAffairs £ 100:00:00To McCarten and Campbell forPresents £ 551:15:08To Tew and Bury for makingCloaths £ 23:05:00To George Galphin for theCarriage of Presents to theCreeks £ 810:00:00To John Dodd, Gunsmith, formending Indian Guns £ 72:15:00To Jerome Courtonne (2 Accounts)for the Carriage of Presentsto the Chickesaws £ 2360:00:00To Smith and Brewton for Presents £ 133:08:03To John McQueen and Company forPresents £ 1900:02:09To Ancrum, Lance and Loocock forPresents £ 9:05:00To Laurens, Motte and Companyfor Presents £ 202:00:00To Thomas Wright Esqr. (Articlesin two Accounts) for Presents £ 508:02:06To John McQueen & Co. on LachlanMcIntosh’s Order, for carriageof Presents to the Creeks £ 144:00:00To Mary Wood (to be paid when herAccount is attested) forentertaining Indians £ 18:00:00To Christopher Rowe (3 Accountsto be paid when attested) forthe like Service £ 48:10:00

708 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760To Judith Postell for the like Service £ 15:00:00To Sarah Nightingale for the likeService £ 444:04:03To Henry Gallman for the likeService £ 86:00:00To William Young for the likeService £ 18:12:06To Claudius Ritchburg for thelike Service £ 20:05:00To James McKelvey for the likeService £ 19:17:06To Peter Witten for the likeService £ 52:13:09To Robert Gowdy (3 Accounts tobe paid when attested) forthe like Service £ 60:15:00To John McQueen and Company (twoAccounts assigned to them byRobert Gowdy to be paid whenthe Accounts are attested) forthe like Service £ 36:05:00To John Kesson for the likeService £ 46:00:00To Francis James for the likeService £ 7:10:00To Conrade Hollman (3 Accounts)for the like Service £ 51:15:00To George Rogers (2 Accounts) forthe like Service £ 26:05:00To Andrew Shipe (2 Accounts) forthe like Service £ 36:15:00To Henry Gallman (a secondAccount) for the like Service £ 17:05:00To Gavon Pou for the like Service £ 49:00:00To the Estate of John Izard,deceased, for the like Service £ 3:12:06To Samuel Thomas for the Carriageof Presents to Kewohee £ 20:00:00To John Kitt, Indian Interpreter,for 6 Days Attendance on theCreeks in Charles-Town £ 30:00:00

JULY 16, 1760709To John Armbrister for Bread forthe Cherokees £ 11:00:00To Justinus Stoll, for Articlessupplied Governor Glen when hewent to build a Fort in theCherokees in 1756 £ 102:15:06To Colonel Richard Richardson forentertaining Indians £ 63:07:06To the Commissary General for thelike Service £ 1471:11:00To Thomas Nightingale for thelike Service £ 333:10:00To John Fairchild for the like Service £ 47:12:06To Lieutenant White Outerbridge(omitted in the Schedule to thelast Tax-Law) £ 20:11:03To Ancrum, Lance and Loocock onDaniel Mathew’s Order forentertaining Indians £ 26:05:00£ 9999:12:05For Prisoners of War & French Acadians.To Elias Legardere for the Boardof a French Prisoner £ 3:15:00To Margaret Olivere for dietinga Prisoner at the Barracks £ 40:06:03To the Church Wardens of St.Philip Charles-Town, twoAccounts for Supplies toAcadians, one amounting to£854:4:2 and the other to£158:17:6 £ 1013:01:08To John Bull Esqr. for subsistingAcadians sent to PrinceWilliam’s Parish in 1757 £ 154:00:00To the Commissary General forFrench Prisoners £ 94:07:06To the Public Treasurer, which hepaid for the Passages of twoPrisoners to England £ 100:00:00

710 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760To Messrs. Gabriel Manigault,Samuel Brailsford, JamesLaurens, John Savage, EdwardNeufville and Hopkin Price,advanced by them for subsistinga Number of Acadians £ 2613:17:04To Judith Postell for French Prisoners £ 32:12:06£ 4052:00:03Extraordinary Charges.To Smith and Brewton for Taffaty forthe Use of the Council Chamber £ 30:18:09To William Hall for repairs tothe Guard House £ 248:15:00To John Lingard for Iron Ware forthe Guard House £ 44:14:06To Carne and Wilson for Paint forthe Guard House £ 25:04:00To Frederic Strubell forBricklayers Work and slatingthe Guard House £ 510:00:00To the Estate of Michael Jeane,deceased, for glazing the GuardHouse £ 14:09:04 1 /2To Thomas Plunket for Candles forthe Militia, when upon Guardin Charles Town £ 30:10:00To Jonathan Scott for Firewoodfor the same use £ 3:00:00To Benjamin Harvey for the useof the Council Chamber £ 17:00:07 1 /2To Mary Harvey, House keeper ofthe State House £ 100:00:00To Elias Legardere for Wharfageof Gun-Powder £ 3:12:06To Jonathan Badger for the use ofthe Assembly Room £ 51:00:00The following Sums (amounting to£389:9) to be paid by the

JULY 16, 1760711Inhabitants of the Parishes ofSt. Philip & St. Michael.To Bernard Beckman £154:6:6, ToGeorge Sheed £48:10, ToRichard Muncrief £66:10, ToJames Verree £70:2:6, FireMasters in Charles Town forthe Use of the Engines & forPumps and Buckets.To the Commissioners for theRoad upon Charles Town Neck,to keep the said Road in Repair, £50 £ 389:09:00To the Public Treasurer which headvanced for extraordinary Services £ 250:05:00To the Commissioners for buildingthe State-House to dischargeDebts contracted by them £ 3886:14:10To the Public Treasurer advancedfor Contingent Services £ 1210:00:00To supply last Year’s deficiencyof the General-Duty Fund £ 1683:04:03To the Public Treasurer which hepaid more than was providedfor finishing Fort Loudoun,and paying the Provincialsgarrison’d at the said Fortand for 6 Month’s Provisionsfor said Provincials £ 865:12:08To the Treasurer for anappropriation Order, Cancelled £ 5:00:00To the Negro Sampson, Annuity fordiscovering a Cure for theBites of Rattle-Snakes £ 50:00:00To Thomas Mellichamp, a Rewardfor discovering a Method ofmaking and refining Indico,to be paid upon his Publishingthe whole Process upon Oathin the Gazette £ 1000:00:00£ 10419:10:06

712 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Toward defraying the ContingentCharges of the current Year £ 2500:00:00For Sinking Part of the Ordersto be issued for paying theCharges of the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indiansand other Expences sinceincurred by prosecuting theWar with the said Indians ££70000:00:00181190:17:06 1 /4Resolved That the Tax Bill be read a Third time to-morrow Morning.Mr. Mazyck reported from the Committee who were appointed to inquireinto the present State of the French Acadians now in Charles Town andto consider and report to the House their Opinion of the best Method tomake provision for accommodating and subsisting the said Acadians, as follows,vizt.That the Committee in Consequence of an Order of this House madethe 12th Day of February last received from the Treasurer the Sum of £2000for the subsistence of and Necessaries for the Acadians, and accordinglyemployed a Physician to take Care of such of them as should be seized withthe Small-Pox and to inoculate those who were willing to undergo the Operation.And as Gabriel Manigault Esqr. had been a Benefactor to those distressedPeople, the Committee desired his Assistance and impowered himto make such Provision for their Subsistence, and to procure such Necessariesfor them as their Case required.And Mr. Manigault accordingly provided and paid for the followingArticles, which were indispensably necessary to preserve the said Acadiansfrom perishing, vizt.Blankets, Beds and sundry otherArticles as per Account ofparticulars £ 1742: 5: 7For Nurses to attend the Sick 1206: 2: 6£ 2948: 8: 1To Austin, Laurens and Appleby forRice and Ship Bread for whichthey advanced their Money withoutany Profit £ 1323: 4: 9To Carne and Wilson’s Bill, forMedicines 924: 0: 0

JULY 17, 1760713To Doctor Jehni, for someChirurgical Operations 40: 0: 0£ 5235:12:10That the Time when this Expence was incurred, was when the Small-Pox raged highest in Charles Town, when the meeting of the Assembly wasadjourned from Day to Day without making an House, but upon extraordinaryoccassions and for special purposes: So that the Committee had notan Opportunity of making Application to the House for a further Grant forthis Service: And, trusting that the House would rather provide for reimbursingsuch Sums as Should be expended upon this Occasion than to havesuffered the miserable Acadians to have perished for want of Relief, theCommittee ventured to exceed the Sum granted, in the manner above mentioned.The Committee assure the House that the greatest frugality was usedin laying out the Above Money. And notwithstanding many considerableDonations were made by private Persons to the said Acadians (besides theThings above charged for) yet the Committee are conscious those wretchedPeople suffered extremely in the late Calamity, Some of them having losttheir Limbs, some their Eyes and others their Lives for want of proper Care,Necessaries and Attendance.The Committee having thus laid before the House the Reason whichinduced them to exceed the Sum granted for the relief of the said Acadianshumbly recommend that Provision may be made by the Schedule to the TaxBill now under Consideration of the House, for reimbursing Mr. Manigault,Messrs. Austin, Laurens and Appleby the Money they have advanced uponthis Occasion as likewise for paying the Accounts of Doctors Carne and Wilson,and Doctor Jehni.Ordered That the said Report be considered to-morrow Morning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 17th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Motion being made and the Question being put that leave be givento bring in a Bill for shortening the Time limited by Law for returning theWrits, to be issued for the Electing of Members to serve in the next GeneralAssembly.It passed in the Negative.The House (according to Order) took the Report from the Committeewho were appointed to inquire into the present State of the French

714 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Acadians now in Charles Town and to consider and report to the House theirOpinion of the best Method to make provision for accommodating and subsistingthe said Acadians, into consideration.And the said Report being read a Second time, was disagreed with bythe House.It being then moved and the Question being put that provision be nowmade for reimbursing the Money advanced for the said Acadians.It was resolved in the Affirmative, by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay the said Committee the furtherSum of Three Thousand two hundred and thirty five Pounds, twelveShillings and ten pence to enable them to pay such Debts as they contractedfor accommodating and subsisting the said Acadians.Resolved That this House will make provision for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.Then the House (according to Order) read the “Bill for raising andgranting to His Majesty the Sum of one Hundred and Sixty three ThousandSeven hundred and ten Pounds, Six Shillings, and one Penny farthing, andapplying Seventeen Thousand Four hundred and Eighty Pounds, ElevenShillings and five Pence (being Surplus of Taxes and the Balance of severalFunds in the Public Treasury) making together One hundred and Eighty oneThousand, One hundred Ninety Pounds seventeen Shillings and Six penceFarthing to defray the Charges of this Government from the First Day ofJanuary to the Thirty First Day of December 1759 both Days inclusive: Andfor other Services therein mentioned,” a third Time.And several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Resolved That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Act for raisingand granting to His Majesty the Sum One Hundred and Sixty three ThousandSeven Hundred and ten Pounds, six Shillings and one penny Farthing, and applyingSeventeen Thousand Four hundred and Eighty Pounds Eleven Shillingsand Five Pence (being Surplus of Taxes and the Balance of several Funds in thePublic Treasury) making together One hundred and Eighty one Thousand, Onehundred and Ninety Pounds, seventeen Shillings and Six Pence Farthing todefray the Charges of this Government from the First Day of January to theThirty First Day of December, one Thousand Seven hundred and Fifty nine, bothDays inclusive: And for other Services therein mentioned.”Ordered That Mr. Wragg do carry the Bill to the Council and desiretheir Concurrence.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I herewith send for your Perusal, the latest Advices I have received of

JULY 17, 1760715the Situation of Affairs in the Creek and Chactaw Nations of Indians. Youwill observe from Mr. McGillivray’s Letter the number and quality of theCreek Indians now on their way hither to see me; I propose to meet themat Dorchester: They expect, and it may be prudent to gratify them with handsomePresents; I shall be liberal in giving them such as are in The King’s Store& I desire you to make provision for purchasing such as are not there & likewisefor such other Creek Indians as I have reason to expect soon here.The 17th July 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read Letter to the Lieutenant Governor from Lachlan McGillivray, IndianTrader, dated, Augusta 11th July 1760.Read also Calculation of the Effects belonging to the Traders in theUpper Creek Nation.List of Upper Creek Indians on their way to visit his Honour the LieutenantGovernor.Letter from William Thompson dated Topogolah Chactaw Nation 31stMay 1760 to the Storekeepers at Augusta.Resolved, That this House, will, in the Afternoon take the said Messageinto Consideration.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House proceeded to take the Report from the Committee appointedto inquire into the present State of the Acadians in Charles-Town;and to consider of and report to the House such Measures as they shall beof Opinion will most effectually prevent any Mischief being done by the saidAcadians in this Time of Public danger, into consideration.And the said Report being read a Second time was disagreed with bythe House.Resolved (upon the Question) that an Address be prepared to be presentedto the Lieutenant Governor humbly to desire his Honour to Orderthe said Acadians, to be sent to Great-Britain, and to assure his Honour thatthis House will make a provision for defraying the Expence of their Passages.Resolved (upon the Question) That this House will provide a Sum notexceeding one Shilling and three Pence per Day each, for the Subsistenceof such of the said Acadians as are superannuated or infirm, and incapableof labor, and Children; until the said Acadians shall be disposed of.

716 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Ordered, That Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Laurens and Mr. Rattray be a Committeeto distribute the said One Shilling and three Pence per Day to each ofthe said Acadians.Then the House (according to Order) took his Honour the LieutenantGovernor’s Message of this Morning into Consideration.And the said Message being read a Second time.Ordered That the following Gentlemen be a Committee to attend theLieutenant Governor to know what Presents His Honour may think necessaryto be provided by this Province to be given to the Creek Indians whoare expected to visit His Honour, vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck,Mr. Pringle, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Rattray, Mr.McQueen.A Motion being made,Ordered That the Public Treasurer do pay the Sum of One Thousandand Ninety Pounds, Three Shillings, to the Attorney or Attornies of His ExcellencyWilliam Henry Lyttelton Esqr., late Governor of this Province, thesame being for his Excellency’s Services in the Administration of this Governmentand for his House Rent from the first Day of January to the FourthDay of April, One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty, when his Excellencydeparted this Province.Resolved That this House will make Provision for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.Resolved That this House will to-morrow Morning read the “Billimpowering the Persons therein named to receive in Great Britain, on behalfof the Province of South-Carolina, the Sum of Money therein mentioned”a third Time.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 18th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,This House, upon considering Your Honour’s Message of the 27th Ultimate,in [relation] to the Acadians, hath resolved to provide a Sum notexceeding One Shilling and three Pence per Diem each for the Relief of suchof them as are superannuated, or infirm and incapable of labor, and theChildren among them, until they can be disposed of.And reflecting on the refractory Disposition which these People havediscovered upon every occasion, ever since their first Arrival in the Province,

JULY 18, 1760717we cannot have the least doubt but that they would readily join with anyEnemy that might invade this Province, either by Land or by Sea: But ourgreatest apprehension of danger from them proceeds from that free Intercoursewhich they have had, and still unavoidably must have with our Slaveswhom they may stir up to Insurrection and Rebellion: And as many of theseAcadians have been employed as Fishermen and consequently must be acquaintedwith our Coast and the Depth of our Rivers, and all of them arebut too well acquainted with our defenceless Situation, it would be too hazardousan Expedient to send them to any Part of the French Dominions:Therefore as we conceive it is absolutely necessary for the Safety of thisColony that these People be sent away; we humbly and most earnestly requestyour Honour to give immediate Orders for sending all the Acadians now inthis Province to Great-Britain by the first Opportunity, that we may be relievedfrom the Dangers to which the Province is exposed by their beingamong us: And we have resolved to provide for defraying whatever Expenceshall be incurred thereby.Ordered, That the Address be presented to his Honour by Mr. Pinckneyand Mr. Laurens.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee who were appointed to attendthe Lieutenant Governor to know what Presents his Honour may think necessaryto be provided by this Province to be given to the Creek Indians nowon their Way to visit his Honour, that they had attended the Lieutenant Governoraccordingly, and having conferred with his Honour upon that Subject,had directed him to report their Opinion thereupon to the House, and heread the Report in his Place and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read, and is as follows, vizt.That they have conferred with the Lieutenant Governor upon the SubjectMatter that was given them in Charge, and being of Opinion that it ishighly proper at the present time not to give them any disgust by their notbeing gratified in any reasonable expectation of Presents and that their treatmentduring their stay at Dorchester shou’d be something better than whatis generally allowed to Indians, recommend that a Sum not exceeding £700be provided as an auxiliary Fund to The King’s Presents to be distributedand laid out for the said Indians at the direction of his Honour the LieutenantGovernor.The said Report being read a second time, was agreed to by the House.Ordered, That an Answer be prepared to the said Message.The Order of the Day being read.The “Bill impowering the Persons therein named to receive in Great-Britain on behalf of the Province of South-Carolina the Sum of Moneytherein mentioned,” was read a Third time.

718 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Actimpowering the Persons therein named to receive in Great-Britain on behalfof the Province of South-Carolina the Sum of Money therein mentioned.”Ordered, That Mr. Gadsden do carry the Bill to the Council and desiretheir Concurrence.According to Order the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,In Answer to your Message delivered to us Yesterday desiring this Houseto make provision for purchasing such Presents to be given to the CreekIndians now on their way to see your Honour as are not in the King’s Storeand for such other Creek Indians as you have reason to expect soon here;we beg leave to acquaint your Honour that we have resolved to provide a Sumnot exceeding Seven Hundred Pounds, as an Auxiliary Fund to The King’sPresents to be distributed and laid out, for the said Indians at your Honour’sDiscretion.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,Upon reading a third Time the “Bill for raising and granting to HisMajesty the Sum of £163,710:6:1 1 /4 and applying £17480:11:5 &c.,” We are ofOpinion that the Clause in the 6th Page of the said Bill beginning at the Endof the third Line, and ending five Lines from the Bottom, should be struckout by reason of its insufficiency to answer the end for which it seems intended:We therefore desire Your House to strike out the said Clause accordingly.In the Upper House of Assembly, The 18th Day of July 1760.By Order of the House, Othniel Beale.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That Mr. Mazyck do carry the Tax-Bill to the Council and acquaintthem that the Commons House of Assembly having received the Tax-Bill with a Message proposing an Amendment to that Bill, look upon it as aviolation of their Privileges, and that it is calculated to destroy the goodHarmony which now subsists between the Council and this House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Saturday the 19th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.

JULY 19, 1760719Ordered That the Address to the Lieutenant Governor, relating to theIndian Presents, be presented to his Honour by Mr. Rattray and DoctorCarne.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “a Bill for raising and granting to HisMajesty the Sum of £246,693:2:5 (which with £70,000 granted for this Serviceby the Tax Bill makes £316,693:2:5) to defray the Expence of the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians and other Charges since incurred by prosecutingthe War against the said Indians, and protecting the Back-Settlementsof this Province: And appointing Commissioners for stamping and signingPublic Orders for the more easy and expeditious issuing of the said Sum:And providing a Fund for sinking the said Public Orders in Five Years by ageneral Tax and Assessment on the Estates real and personal of the Inhabitantsand others interested in this Province”: And also,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act impowering thePersons therein named to receive in Great-Britain on behalf of the Provinceof South-Carolina the Sum of Money therein mentioned,” without anyAmendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered That the last mentioned Bill be ingrossed.Read a Third time the Schedule to be annexed to the “Bill for raisingand granting to His Majesty the Sum of £246,693:2:5 which with £70,000 &c.”Motion being made on reading the Article to pay the Batallion of ColonelGeorge Gabriel Powell.The Report from the Committee on the Muster Roll of that Batallionwas read.Resolved (upon the Question) That this House is satisfied with the dispositionof £32:10 (it having been applied to the use of the Sick belongingto the said Batallion) part of the Balance of £97:10 which the Committee recommendto be accounted for, or deducted out of Colonel Powell’s Pay.Resolved (upon the Question) That Sixty five Pounds, Residue of thesaid Balance, be deducted out of the Pay of Major Abraham Buckholts, hebeing the Officer who received the Money from the Commissary to dischargethe Advance Pay to the private Men belonging to the said Batallion.And the said Schedule was read a Third time throughout and is as follows,vizt.The Schedule of the Charges of the late Expedition against the CherokeeIndians and other Expences since incurred by prosecuting the War withthe said Indians.

720 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760To the following Persons for Articlesimpressed by Colonel Pawley’sBatallion, vizt.Peter Porcher (Rice) £ 16:02:00Thomas Potts (Sundries) £ 16:10:00John McDowald (a Cart) £ 18:00:00William Thomson (a Cart) £ 17:10:00Alexander Davidson (a Sheep) £ 3:00:00Thomas Potts (8 1 /2 Bushels Corn) £ 4:05:00Archibald Johnston (4149 lb. Wt. Flour) £ 269:13:07Aquila Miles (a Horse) £ 30:00:00Elisha Scriven (two Horses) £ 95:00:00Samuel Lorimer (two Horses) £ 65:00:00William Cooper (a Horse) £ 67:15:00Henry Futhey (3 old Bridles) £ 1:00:00Charles Woodmason & Company (Sundries) £ 68:18:06James Hamilton (a Bullock and 9 Bushels Corn) £ 16:15:00Daniel Dupree (2 Horses and Bells) £ 83:17:06John Baxter (a Waggon and Horses) £ 295:10:00Thomas Lorimer (a Horse) £ 50:00:00Hugh Hall (Deer Skins) £ 21:12:00Joseph Scriven (Horses) £ 155:00:00Susanna Scriven £ 55:00:00William Dargon (Corn and Fodder) £ 4:00:00Forges McDowell (repairs to Carts) £ 9:00:00Conrad Hollman (Corn and Straw) £ 9:10:00Samuel Thomas (Corn) £ 3:05:00Christopher McDowell (Repairs to Carts) £ 9:00:00Joshua Scriven (a Bullock £14, Rice £5, Tracesand Sole Leather £8:10) £ 27:10:00Anthony Martin White (a Horse and Mare) £ 60:00:00Anthony White (Sundries) £ 380:12:00John White (Boards & Pasturage of Horses) £ 87:06:09Joseph White (a Weather £3:5, a Horse Cart £23) £ 26:05:00Joseph Scriven (a Horse) £ 60:00:00John Gregg (a Cart and other Articles) £ 41:00:00Henry Futhey (a Cart and Horses) £ 161:00:00Peter Lessesne (a Horse and Cart) £ 46:00:00Henry Scriven (a Cart & Harness) £ 25:00:00Joseph McCree (two Horses), to be paid uponproducing a Certificate from the proper Officer £ 72:00:00

JULY 19, 1760721John McCree (a Horse and Mare), to be paidupon producing a Certificate from theproper Officer £ 72:00:00Othniel Beale, Son & Company £ 147:00:00To the following Persons for Articles for theuse of Colonel George Gabriel Powell’sBatallion, vizt.Richard Wright (Cooper’s Ware) £ 4:07:06John Gudding (two Hogs) £ 5:00:00Charles Ash (Cartage) £ 10:00:00Joseph Parsons (Guiding the Batallion from Saludyto Broad River) £ 1:11:00Ambrose Adams (Entertainment) £ 9:10:00Peter Crim (Entertainment) £ 4:04:00David Anderson (16 Head of Cattle) £ 116:00:00John Crawford (supplied Men, and deducted out oftheir Pay) £ 283:11:09Abraham Lundy (Beef) £ 7:00:00John Jenkins (two Beeves & 10 Bushels of Potatoes) £ 12:00:00John Cooper (3 Bullocks) £ 23:00:00Robert Weaver (provisions) £ 10:00:00Sarah Jones (Bread) £ 19:12:06Edward Teel (26 Bushels Corn) £ 9:15:00Robert Weaver (Provisions) £ 129:12:06Sarah Knights (Potatoes) £ 6:00:00Joseph Holland (a fat Cow) £ 8:00:00Robert Weaver (Balance of his Account, Sundries) £ 385:09:00/21David Anderson (Beef) £ 20:00:00Christopher Gadsden Esqr. (Sundries deductedfrom the Men’s Pay) £ 963:01:00To the following Persons for Colonel JohnChevillette’s Batallion.William Turner (for purchasing and driving Cattle) £ 79:10:00George Hooper (for Flour) £ 78:03:00Peter Whiting (for Provisions) £ 13:00:00Samuel Scott (for Sundries) £ 600:16:03Leonard Rough (for Flour) £ 25:17:06William Lawrence (for a Peice Osnabrigs) £ 48:00:00William Turner (for 19 Head of Cattle) £ 202:00:00

722 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Michael Snyder (for 1045 lb. Wt. of Flour) £ 41:17:06James Jenkins (for 3 Head of Cattle) £ 34:00:00Susanna Burnett (for 35 Bushels of Corn) £ 26:05:00John Stuart (for 1855 lb. Wt. of Flour) £ 74:05:00Elizabeth Mercier (for 8 Bushels of English Pease£12, & for 20 Bushels of Corn £15) £ 27:00:00To the following Persons [for] Colonel RichardRichardson’s Batallion, viz.Colonel Richard Richardson for 10 Head of Steers£130, & for a Horse £40 £ 170:00:00Joseph Kershaw (for Sundries) £ 779:07:04Estate of Christopher Easton (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00David Davis (for 5 Steers) £ 65:00:00Thomas Bosher (for a Horse) £ 25:00:00To the following Persons for the Batallioncommanded by Lieutenant Colonel BenjaminSingellton, vizt.Thomas Anderson (for 23 Bushels of Corn) £ 17:05:00Michael Lightner (for the hire of a Mare) £ 17:05:00Peter Witten (for Corn, Potatoes and Forrage) £ 9:00:00Benjamin Waring Esqr. (for a Drum) £ 14:00:00Frederic Hoof (for 20 Head of Steers) £ 240:00:00Conrade Kenslar (for 13 Head of Cattle) £ 127:00:00John Grossman (for hire of a Cart and 2 Horses, 2 Days) £ 5:00:00Michael Taylor (for 102 Bushels of Corn at 10/) £ 51:00:00Magdalene Linder (for 450 lb. Wt. of Flour at £5) £ 22:10:00John Mouncy (for Flour and Salt) £ 121:02:09To the following Persons for Colonel DanielHeyward’s Batallion.The Estate of John Izard (for 8 Bushels of Rice & Beef) £ 132:00:00Hans Amaker (for 2 Steers at £12:10) £ 25:00:00Maurice Harvey (for a Cart) £ 16:00:00John Grayson (for 1373 lb. Wt. of Flour at £6:10) £ 89:05:03John Grayson (for a Horse) £ 30:00:00The Estate of John Splatt (for a Steer) £ 12:00:00Elijah Postell Esqr. (for a Horse) £ 25:00:00Francis Stuart (for Sundries) £ 73:11 :10Benjamin Waring and Ralph Izard Esqrs. (for a Horse) £ 10:00:00

JULY 19, 1760723John McQueen Esqr. (for a Horse) £ 65:00:00The Estate of John Hutcheson (for a Cart andtwo Horses) £ 65:00:00Thomas Bowman (for a Cart Horse) £ 40:00:00John Chapman (for a Cart) £ 32:00:00John Mullryne (for a Horse and Cart) £ 63:10:00Colonel Daniel Heyward (for a Horse) £ 15:00:00James Sharpe (for a Handsaw and Chisel) £ 1:17:06John Postell (for two Horses) £ 75:00:00To the following Persons for a Detachment fromColonel Henry Hyrne’s Regiment, vizt.Philip Isamar (for a Hog) £ 4:10:00Philip Jacobs (for Corn Blades, a Hog & Potatoes) £ 6:17:06Ralph Sandiford (for a Horse) £ 48:00:00George Johnson (for Provisions) £ 35:00:00Reverend Mr. John Giessender (for a Hire of aHorse 7 Days) £ 7:00:00Joseph Ainger (for a Horse) £ 40:00:00Abraham Churchner (for hire of a Man, Cart& Horse 3 Days) £ 6:00:00Estate of Richard Waring (for two Stall-fed Oxen) £ 50:00:00Melchor Hoffman (for Corn and Corn Blades) £ 1:00:00John Mather (for a Cart) £ 10:00:00William Young (for Provisions) £ 5:00:00William Hart (for 7 Steers & driving) £ 72:00:00Christopher Minnick (for 11 Head of Cattle at £9:10) £ 104:10:00Henry Rinchenbackor (for Flour, Pease and Hogs) £ 21:16:03John Single (for hire of a Horse 2 Days) £ 2:00:00Nicholas Shooler (for a Steer) £ 8:00:00Samuel Soother (for the hire of 2 Horses 7 Daysat 40/ per Day) £ 14:00:00Nicholas Zorne (for a Mare and Damage done his Cart) £ 29:10:00Nicholas Noey (for hire of a Horse £3, for aHog, Salt &c. £6:5, a Bushel of Corn 10/, anda Horse for an Express 11 Days £8:5) £ 18:00:00Samuel Elliott (for the hire of a Negro Drummer) £ 44:05:00To the following Persons for the use of theseveral Batallions.John Guerard Esqr. (for Salt) £ 78:10:00

724 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Joanna Monck (for 30 Bushels of Potatoes) £ 7:10:00John Page (for Flour) £ 56:07:00Estate of Benjamin Newton (for a fat Cow) £ 9:00:00Anthony Stack (for Flour £26:9:10 & CornBlades £14:5) £ 40:14:10Jacob Gallman Junr. (for a Steer) £ 9:10:00John Gallman Junr. (for a Steer) £ 9:00:00Philip Puhll (for Flour) £ 188:14:04John Cole (for collecting and driving Steers) £ 176:00:00William Berry (for the hire of a Horse 9 Days) £ 6:15:00Ulric Bouckman (for Flour) £ 48:08:00Anthony Bouckman (for 2 Head of Cattle) £ 21:00:00Godfrey Drayer (four Certificates for Flour) £ 2333:02:00William Lloyd (for Shot, Kettles &c.) £ 270:11:03Henry Sholl (for Flour) £ 44:15:00Alexander Tate (for Provisions and Pasturage) £ 12:17:06Carne & Wilson (for Medicines) £ 200:00:00Andrew Bargainer (for hire of a Horse 23 Daysat 15/) £ 17:05:00Samuel Liver (for the hire of 2 Horses) £ 37:10:00Conrade Hallman (for entertainment of TheGovernor and several Others) £ 55:00:00William Banbury (for 10 Barrels of Bread) £ 79:16:00William Seawright (seven Certificates forentertaining several Parties, for Provisions,Potatoes & 2 fat Cows) £ 161:18:09Jethro Manning (for Flour) £ 94:08:09Charles Stevenson (on John Plowman’s Orderfor 1300 lb. Wt. of Flour) £ 48:15:00Mary Peronneau (for entertaining Troopers£69:10 & part of St. George’s Company £5:15) £ 75:05:00Frederic Toover (for the hire of a Horse) £ 15:00:00Thomas Wright Esqr. (for sundry Articles) £ 198:02:09Conrade Folk (for Flour) £ 77:13:06Simeon Theus’s Estate (for entertainingseveral Parties) £ 104:18:09Michael Christopher Rowe £ 30:13:00George Tickle (for entertaining Troopers) £ 8:12:06John Kesson (for sundries supplied the Troopers£116:15, and for the use of a Horse £12) £ 128:15:00Gasper Foust (for 26 Head of Cattle) £ 296:10:00

JULY 19, 1760725Thomas Elliott (for 62 Head of Cattle) £ 802:10:00Hans-Ulric Buckhurst (for Flour) £ 43:19:08Robert McCuhen (for Corn Blades) £ 20:00:00George Spigner (for Flour) £ 22:15:09Jacob Hyley (two Certificates for Flour) £ 76:14:07/21Robert Carter (for driving Cattle) £ 222:10:00Mary Sneether (for Flour £65:10 & for hireof Horses £84) £ 149:10:00Elias Taige (for Flour) £ 8:19:05Nicholas Smith (for Flour) £ 9:14:07William Fullwood (for the hire of a Horse) £ 25:00:00Henry Gallman (5 Certificates for Flour£171:7:2, for Corn & Pasturage £28:15) £ 200:02:02Nicholas Miglar (for Blacksmith’s Work,Account £5:6:6 & Certificate 15/) £ 6:01:06Harman Christopher Detring & ConradeGeiger (for Pasturage of Cattle) £ 10:00:00David Anderson (for 13 Head of Steers) £ 169:00:00John Anderson (for Indian Corn) £ 92:05:00Jacob Hagaboog (4 Certificates for Cattle) £ 55:00:00Richard Owen (two Certificates, for Corn &Forrage) £ 36:02:06Samuel Little (for Corn £15 & for Beef &Potatoes £28:1:8) £ 43:01:08Joseph Russell (for Corn) £ 14:00:00Paul Townsend on an Order of Andrew Hacker(for Corn) £ 30:00:00Paul Townsend on an Order of John Kennett (for Flour) £ 150:06:00Paul Townsend on an Order of Michael Huck(for a Steer) £ 10:00:00Thomas Anderson (for Corn) £ 12:15:00John Ward on an Order of Michael Hetley(for Corn Blades) £ 12:00:00Felix Grosse (for Flour £52:6 & for Serviceas a Wheelwright £67:5) £ 119:11:00Nathaniel Broughton (for Corn) £ 15:15:00Christopher Gadsden Esqr. (on John Lide’sOrder for Rye & Corn) £ 10:05:00Luke Stoutenburgh Esqr. (for a Horse & Cart) £ 65:00:00Christopher Gadsden Esqr. (2 Certificatesfor Beef) £ 40:07:06

726 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Archibald Campbell (for Sundries) £ 93:05:00Samuel Perkins (for two Horses) £ 40:00:00John-George Smithpeter (for Provisions) £ 108:15:00Anthony Cutler (for a Horse) £ 40:00:00Hugh Winter (for the hire of a Horse) £ 9:00:00Conrade Hallman (for Provisions and Forrage) £ 19:00:00George Austin Esqr. (for a Horse) £ 35:00:00Jacob Miller (for a Horse) £ 50:00:00Henry Ravenell (for a Horse) £ 67:10:00Wadboo Estate (2 Certificates for Provisions& Corn) £ 71:04:02William Handsworth (for Fodder and Oats) £ 30:00:00Thomas Godfrey (on Philip Pledger’s Orderfor two Horses) £ 65:00:00Colonel George Gabriel Powell (for a Cartand Harness) £ 20:00:00The Estate of John Scott deceased (for4 Horses £140 & for 4 Steers £52) £ 192:00:00Mary Langley (for 2 Horses and Saddles) £ 75:00:00Stephen Eleazer (for a Steer) £ 10:00:00Jacob Boughter (3 Certificates for Steers& Flour) £ 120:07:00Christian Theus (for Flour) £ 23:07:00Samuel Irwin (for Flour) £ 63:13:00Mary Langley (for a Horse) £ 15:00:00John Rowell (for Provisions two Certificates) £ 73:19:06John Mickell (for a Steer) £ 10:00:00Theophilus Norwood (for Provisions) £ 3:00:00Charles Faucheraud Esqr. (for a Horse) £ 120:00:00George Austin Esqr. (for a Pair of Cartwheels) £ 12:10:00Thomas Burton (for a Horse) £ 20:00:00Captain Hazzard (for a Bullock) £ 15:00:00Samuel Nelson (for 3 Steers) £ 39:00:00Peter Mellet (for 2 Steers) £ 26:00:00Robert Carter (for a fat Cow) £ 11:00:00James McKelvy (several Certificates forSundries) £ 160:17:06Hans Sigrist (for Cattle) £ 27:00:00John Parker & Company (for Sundries) £ 87:09:00George Keith (for Flour and Waggon hire) £ 48:10:00Jacob Tyler (for Waggon hire) £ 28:00:00

JULY 19, 1760727Jacob Murff (for Waggon hire) £ 28:00:00Elizabeth Mercier (for Provisions £43 &Pasturage of Cattle £2:18) £ 45:18:00John Cole (for driving Cattle) £ 10:00:00Ulric Backman (for 3 Steers) £ 30:00:00Michael Lightener (for Waggon hire) £ 28:00:00Jacob Haggabuck (for 11 Head of Cattle) £ 120:00:00Terence Reiley (for Flour) £ 96:10:00Godfrey Dreyer (for Flour) £ 177:10:00Adam Summers (for Flour) £ 80:15:00John Sheely (for Flour) £ 95:03:00John-George Smithpeter (for Waggon hire) £ 40:00:00Henry Hartley (for Cattle £136 & forFlour £91:18) £ 227:18:00Conrade Shire (for Flour) £ 60:15:00Jesse Godwin (for Cattle) £ 77:00:00Frederic O’Neale (for Cattle) £ 80:00:00William Baker (for Flour) £ 194:03:00Harman Christopher Dettering (for Flour) £ 65:00:00William Seawright (for Cattle) £ 112:00:00Colonel Colleton (for Beef) £ 94:00:00Catherine Hughes (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00David Davis (for 3 Steers) £ 39:00:00Conrade Holman (for 2 Steers) £ 16:00:00Sampson Ball (for 3 Steers) £ 39:00:00John Ward (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00Thomas Nightingale (for Waggon hire) £ 578:11:00Moses Thompson (for a Steer) £ 9:00:00Peter Crim (for Cattle) £ 1045:00:00Conrade Kinsell (on Henry Sestrunk’s Orderfor Cattle) £ 40:00:00Thomas Drayton Esqr. (for Cattle) £ 388:00:00Elizabeth Mercier (Nine Orders andCertificates for Sundries) £ 1725:01:09Alexander McIntosh (for a Horse and Cart) £ 85:00:00Thomas Godfrey (on Philip Pledger’s Orderfor Wheat) £ 25:00:00Thomas Kennerly (for Cattle) £ 57:00:00John Brossee (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 33:00:00Nicholas Tederhoff (for Provisions) £ 44:04:00Peter Roat (for Provisions) £ 74:13:01

728 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760William White (for Provisions) £ 6:08:00Michael Taylor (for a Hog) £ 3:00:00Da Costa & Farr (for Brass Kettles) £ 426:02:06Ward and Leger (for Powder and Bullets) £ 380:00:00Daniel Cokely (for Flour) £ 13:00:00James Smith (for driving Cattle) £ 12:12:00Ernest Hans Hoff (for work done to Carriages) £ 23:11:06John Ward (for Cattle) £ 39:00:00George Power (for Flour) £ 142:14:00Richard Hill (for Provisions) £ 6:10:00Anthony Coulter (for Flour) £ 23:15:00Daniel Mickler & William Ritnover (twoAccounts for Blacksmith’s Work) £ 102:00:06William Ritnover (on Daniel Mickler’s Orderfor Blacksmith’s Work) £ 15:00:00Tunes Tebout (for Horse hire) £ 20:00:00Thomas Anderson (for Indian Corn 2 Certificates) £ 102:15:00James Anderson (3 Certificates for Indian Corn) £ 253:05:00Thomas White (2 Certificates for Corn & Salt) £ 80:13:09Ancrum, Lance & Loocock, on Orders of thefollowing Persons.James Brunson (for Cattle) £ 26:00:00Samuel Thompson (for Horse hire & Flour) £ 8:05:00William Allison (for driving Cattle) £ 12:12:00Thomas McFaddon (for Horse hire) £ 16:00:00Jacob Rumph (for Cart hire) £ 5:00:00Tobias Hartshog (for Cattle) £ 38:00:00Christopher Rowe (for Cattle) £ 34:10:00Jacob Rumph (3 Certificates More for Cattle& Corn) £ 120:10:00Henry Filder (for Cattle) £ 47:10:00James McGirt (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00William Cantey (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00James Kelly (for a Waggon & Provisions) £ 86:00:00William Curson (for Horse hire two Certificates) £ 19:00:00Evan Evans (for hire of a Waggon & Horses) £ 215:00:00John Cannon (for Flour £214:5 & for Waggon hire £450) £ 664:05:00James Fanning (for Waggon hire) in part £ 313:05:00Captain John Cantey (for Cattle, Bread, Flour& other Provisions) £ 109:00:00

JULY 19, 1760729John Paine (for Waggon hire) £ 40:00:00Mary McKennie (for the hire of a Horse) £ 27:10:00Jasper Sutton (Part of what was due forWaggon hire) £ 411:10:00Samuel Wyley (for Horse hire £32:10 & forCorn £450) £ 482:10:00David Dixson (for Waggon hire) £ 465:00:00Curtis Colwell (for guiding Colonel Powell’sBatallion) £ 3:02:00Thomas Abbott (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00John McKiddy (for a Horse) £ 25:00:00Samuel Thomson (for Flour) £ 7:10:00John Morton (for a Steer) £ 7:00:00Isaac Ross (for a Steer) £ 12:00:00Richard Middleton (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00Captain James McGirt (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00Robert Carter (for Cattle) £ 104:00:00Captain William Cantey (for Cattle) £ 104:00:00Daniel Mathews (for Provisions 2 Certificates) £ 28:07:06Thomas Marler (for Provisions) £ 4:00:00Luke Gibson (for Provisions) £ 4:17:06Joseph Mickle (for driving Cattle) £ 6:00:00Mathew Huggins (for Provisions) £ 10:10:00Judith Brown (for Provisions) £ 5:00:00Oliver McHaffey (for Potatoes) £ 7:10:00Joseph Kershaw & Company (for Sundries) £ 196:19:09Thomas Maple (for Cattle) £ 26:00:00Josiah Cantey (for a Steer) £ 13:00:00Hans Waggoner (2 Certificates for Provisions) £ 39:17:00William McKnight, Joseph Davis & John McConnel(for Waggon hire) £ 250:00:00John Price (for Waggon hire) £ 330:00:00Mathew Gillispee (for Waggon hire) £ 335:00:00Mathew Gillispie (for Flour) £ 50:05:00Joseph Davison (for Flour) £ 24:11:05Alexander McKnight (for Flour) £ 30:15:07James Kelly (for Cattle) £ 52:00:00George Parks (for Blankets & Osnabrigs) £ 128:00:00Samuel Wells (for Cattle) £ 20:00:00Martha Hollinger (for Flour) £ 2:00:00Henry Thompson (for Waggon hire) £ 280:00:00

730 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Stephen Ellmore (for Waggon hire) £ 407:10:00James Harris (for Waggon hire) £ 272:00:00John Robeson (for Waggon hire) £ 195:00:00William Elmore (for Waggon hire) £ 161:01:03William Brand (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 57:00:00William Cantey (for a Horse) £ 60:00:00John Wright (for two Horses) £ 45:00:00Israel Gaunt (for Corn) £ 51:07:06Joseph Kershaw & Company (for Waggon hire) £335;And for another Waggon & 4 Horses lost £357:10 £ 692:10:00Peter Laince (for Provisions) £ 10:10:00James Love (for Waggon hire £260 & for 5 Headof Cattle £60) £ 320:00:00Mathew Elmore (for Flour) £ 73:10:00Daniel Mathews (for Provisions) £ 7:19:06£ 7667:01:00Robert Rawlins (Residue of the Sum due toJasper Sutton for Waggon hire) £ 38:10:00Benjamin Godfrey (Residue of the Sum due toJames Fanning) £ 76:15:00John Raul (for Waggon hire) £ 373:00:00Felix Long (for Waggon hire) £ 82:00:00Paul Townsend & Company (on Adam Ebting’sOrder for Waggon hire) £ 345:00:00Adam Shickle (on said Ebting’s Order) £ 120:00:00Felix Long (for a Horse) £ 50:00:00Peter Aker (for Waggon hire) £ 402:00:00John Mick (for Waggon hire) £ 68:00:00Lawrence Keiser (for Waggon hire) £ 388:10:00John Mick (for Waggon hire) £ 76:10:00Christopher Simmerman (for Waggon hire) £ 362:00:00John Mick (for Waggon hire) £ 686:00:00Terence Reily (for Waggon hire) £ 435:00:00Ebenezer Way (for Waggon hire) £ 50:00:00William McKennie (for Waggon hire) £ 385:00:00Robert Reid (for Waggon hire) £ 65:00:00James Beamer (for Waggon hire) £ 35:00:00Paul Townsend & Company (on John Plowman’sOrder for Waggon hire) £ 440:00:00John Stouts (for Waggon hire) £ 294:10:00

JULY 19, 1760731Sarah Nightingale (for Waggon hire) £ 10:10:00Paul Townsend & Company £373:13:9, Evererd Eney£71:6:3, Godfrey Dreyer £5, on ConradShirer’s Order (for Waggon hire) £ 450:00:00William Savage on Dennis Haigon’s Order(for Waggon hire) £ 480:00:00Peter Crim (for Waggon hire) £ 388:10:00Felix Long (for Waggon hire) £ 76:10:00Conrade Hollman (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 246:00:00Andrew Kohgler (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 237:10:00Evererd Eney (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 59:10:00John Stewart (for Waggon hire) £ 365:00:00Paul Smyzer (for Waggon hire) £ 20:00:00Conrade Folk (for Waggon hire) £ 437:10:00Paul Smyser (for Waggon hire) £ 67:10:00Andrew Hicker (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 250:12:06Evererd Eney (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 49:07:06William Hayes (for Waggon hire) £ 390:00:00Felix Long (for Waggon hire) £ 85:00:00John Simmons (for Waggon hire) £ 397:10:00Paul Smyser (for Waggon hire) £ 67:10:00Joseph Irwin (for Waggon hire) £ 110:10:00Robert Reid (for Waggon hire) £ 94:10:00Henry Croome (for Waggon hire) £ 333:12:06Evererd Eney (for Waggon hire) £ 56:07:06Thomas Bell (for Waggon hire) £ 110:10:00Robert Reid (for Waggon hire) £ 94:10:00John Wildermoth (for Waggon hire) £ 340:00:00John Bickel (for Waggon hire) £ 362:07:06Evererd Eney (for Waggon hire) £ 62:12:06Thomas Anderson (for Waggon hire) £ 369:15:00Michael Kelteison (for Waggon hire) £ 35:05:00Henry Gallman (for Waggon hire) £ 490:00:00Zachariah Isobell (for Waggon hire) £ 240:00:00Anthony Earnst (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 240:00:00Thomas Kennerley (for Waggon hire) £ 240:00:00Jacob Neartz (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 130:00:00Michael Lightner (for Waggon hire) £ 390:00:00Jacob Buchman (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 156:00:00Leonard Rufus (for the like Service) £ 111:00:00Jacob Scop (for the like Service) £ 237:00:00

732 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760George Uzman (for the like Service) £ 122:10:00Leonard Sammat (for the like Service) £ 234:00:00John Frimouth (for hire of Horses, Corn &other Articles) £ 149:07:06Jacob Fridig (for Waggon hire) £ 310:00:00Gasper Foose (for Waggon hire) £ 390:00:00John Repp (for Waggon hire) £ 280:00:00George Hooper (for Waggon hire, on making Oaththat not less than 4 Horses were employed) £ 405:00:00George Infinger (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 111:00:00John Ulric Keiser (for the like Service) £ 198:00:00George Smithpeter (for Waggon hire) £ 420:00:00Henry Gallman (for Waggon hire) £ 485:00:00George Keith (for Waggon hire) £ 390:00:00Philip Pledger (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 255:00:00John Sheally (for Waggon hire) £ 460:00:00Jacob Tyler (for Waggon hire) £ 290:00:00Jacob Murphy (for Waggon hire) £ 380:00:00Jacob Detering (for Waggon hire) £ 460:00:00John Reece (for Waggon hire) £ 415:00:00Evererd Eney on an Order of Thomas Greenlage(for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 204:00:00Nathaniel McKennie (for Waggon hire) £ 395:00:00John George Bower (hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 153:00:00John Gizelhard (for the like Service) £ 198:00:00John Gartman (for Waggon hire) £ 440:00:00John Archibald (for Waggon hire) £ 230:00:00John Messer (for Waggon hire) £ 275:00:00Martin Timberman (for Waggon hire) £ 415:00:00Hugh Hall (for Waggon hire) £ 230:00:00Gilbert Fowler (for Waggon hire) £ 380:00:00Elizabeth Mercier (for a Waggon lost) £ 125:00:00Michael Snyder (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 129:00:00John Long (for Waggon hire) £ 107:00:00Jacob Traft (for Waggon hire) £ 325:00:00John Rawl (for Waggon hire) £ 130:00:00John Erhord (for the hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 159:00:00Nicholas Federhoff (for the like Service) £ 153:00:00James Spratt (for Waggon hire) £ 275:00:00William Field (for Waggon hire) £ 290:00:00John Wilson (for Waggon hire) £ 275:00:00

JULY 19, 1760733George Lide (for hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 201:00:00Mathias Weeker (for the like Service) £ 177:00:00John Mouncey (on James Otterson’s Order forWaggon hire) £ 245:00:00Melchor Hoffman (for the hire of a Cart& Horses) £ 159:00:00Dunbar & Young (on Samuel Irwin’s Orderfor Waggon hire) £ 340:00:00Henry Hartley (for Waggon hire) £ 475:00:00Archibald Murphy (for the hire of a Cart& Horses) £ 222:00:00Andrew Allison (for Waggon hire) £ 255:00:00Michael Aichinger (for Waggon hire) £ 285:00:00Adam Summers (for Waggon hire) £ 420:00:00John Kyner (for Waggon hire) £ 250:00:00John Greer (for Waggon hire) £ 390:12:06Benjamin Godfrey (for Waggon hire) £ 94:07:06Robert McRarry (for Waggon hire) £ 151:15:00Michael Kelteison (for Waggon hire) £ 98:05:00James Anderson (for Waggon hire) £ 315:00:00Bernard Montz (for Waggon hire) £ 285:00:00William Baker (for Waggon hire £315 & forthe hire of Horses £63) £ 378:00:00Hugh Wilson (for Waggon hire) £ 275:00:00John Clark (for Waggon hire) £ 230:00:00George Abernethy (for Waggon hire) £ 380:00:00Conrade Kenslar (for Waggon hire) £ 400:00:00Frederic Rife (for the hire of aCart & Horses) £ 207:00:00Ulric Boeser (for the like Service) £ 237:00:00John Ragnous (for Waggon hire) £ 415:00:00David Fridig (for Waggon hire) £ 495:00:00Henry Whetstone (for Waggon hire) £ 385:00:00Paul Townsend & Co. (on John Simmon’s Order forthe hire of a Cart & Horses) £ 120:00:00Godfrey Dreyer (for Waggon hire) £ 430:00:00Lewis Portner (to pay as much as he shall makeappear to be due to him from the Public forWaggon hire) £ 200:00:00John George Shindler (for Waggon hire) £ 425:00:00Joseph Poffman (for Waggon hire) £ 485:00:00

734 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760To the following Person[s], for the hire ofWaggons, of the Accounts have not beendelivered in; and to be deducted out of thesaid Accounts when delivered.Benjamin Godfrey on Robert Swan’s Account £ 89:15:00Benjamin Godfrey on James Mitchell’s Account £ 94:07:06Sarah Nightingale on Abraham Pennington’s Account £ 23:00:00Evererd Eney on Peter Beck’s Account £ 22:17:06Felix Long on Jacob Hollman’s Account £ 76:10:00John Meeke on George Fike’s Account £ 10:10:00£ 317:00:00Estate of John Colleton Esqr. (for Provisions) £ 68:00:00William Darkins (for Corn £22:10 & Potatoes £3) £ 25:10:00Thomas Hamilton (for Flour) £ 162:00:00Thomas Howell (for Steers) £ 81:00:00Smith & Nutt (on Henry Foster’s Order for Flour) £ 105:00:00Henry Strumer (for Corn) £ 2:10:00Daniel Mickler (for Corn Blades) £ 20:00:00William Seawright (for Corn £31:10, forentertaining Indians who came to meet theGovernor £17:5, for the like Service on theirReturn £17:5, for Horse hire £3) £ 69:00:00James Macklewain & Thomas Hamilton (for Flour) £ 420:13:00Thomas Hamilton (for Flour) £ 58:05:00George Fox (for 2 Steers) £ 20:00:00Margaret Clark (for Corn) £ 18:00:00Peter Crim (for a Steer) £ 10:00:00Andrew Williamson (for a Horse) £ 21:00:00Simon Hart (for Horse hire) £ 4:00:00Lewis Ketowin (for Horse hire) £ 9:10:00George Smith (for Horse hire) £ 4:00:00Captain Charles Hart (for Provisions for his Company) £ 30:00:00George Dickall (for Corn) £ 6:15:00John Aberley (for Corn & Beef) £ 1:14:00Paul Townsend & Company (on an Order of HansAdam Epping for Flour £135 and on an Orderof George Aiglebanger for Flour £30) £ 165:00:00John Ward (on several Orders of Dennis Hays,vizt., for Provision for Indians £17:5, ForCorn £55:10, For Provisions for several of

JULY 19, 1760735the Militia £28:3:6, For Corn & Potatoes £10,For Forrage £10) £ 120:18:06Joseph Deramas (for the hire of a Horse) £ 6:00:00John Hannes (for driving Carriages) £ 207:10:00George Power (for Flour) £ 99:17:00Hugh Herring (Pay as a Wheel-Wright) £ 28:10:00Ludovic Fleshover (for Black-Smith’s Work) £ 18:00:00John Waties Esqr. (for Horses) £ 50:00:00Gasper Dickson (for driving a Carriage) £ 77:15:00Francis Crossman (for the like Service) £ 68:15:00Dennis Quinyan, George Anderly, Jacob Rizer &Henry Rees (for attending Indians) £ 46:04:00William Williamson (for a Horse) £ 40:00:00John Marley (for Waggon hire & hire ofSchooners £1112 & for his Services onthe Expedition £350) £ 1462:00:00John Ward (for Swan Shot) £ 13:00:00Abraham Smith (for his Pay & the hire of3 Horses) £ 200:00:00Abraham Smith (for attending Captain Stuart) £ 24:00:00Captain John Pamor (for Beef) £ 45:13:00John Hannes (for attending Captain Stewart) £ 16:00:00Thomas Monk (for a Cart & Harness) £ 17:00:00William Killingsworth (for Cattle) £ 36:05:00John Purvis (for Corn) £ 7:10:00Peter Coutourier (for a Horse) £ 50:00:00Henry Gilder (for the hire of a Horse) £ 22:10:00The Estate of John Crawford Esqr. deceased(for Provisions, 2 Accounts) £ 111:09:03William Dickson (for Cattle) £ 84:00:00John Smith (for driving Cattle) £ 12:12:00Robert Goudy the following Sums, vizt., forWaggon hire £975, For Blankets & Osnabrigs£362:17:6, For Lead £11:4, For 3 Hogs£10:10, For sundry Articles, £255:18:6, ForCorn £288:11:3 £ 1904:01:03Robert Goudy on the Orders of the followingPersons, vizt., Of Daniel Cokely (for Flour)£467:19, Of Mary Reirden (for Hogs) £15, OfJames Beamer (for carriage of Salt &c.)£89:2:2, Of Patrick Reily (for Flour)

736 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760£141:18, Of Patrick Reily (for drivingCattle) £12:12, Of John Noulan (for the likeService) £12:12, Of Thomas Gill (for Hogs)£12, Of Ann Lacey (for Corn) £19:7:6, OfThomas Anderson (for Flour) £25:15 £ 796:05:08Gasper Dickson (for driving Horses) £ 15:00:00Thomas Ballantine (for the hire of a Horse) £ 13:10:00Jacob Larry (for the hire of two Horses) £ 27:00:00Colonel Robert Rivers (for the like Service) £ 27:00:00Abraham Smith (for the carriage of Ammunition) £ 20:00:00Thomas Sanders (for the like Service) £ 30:00:00Jacob Vraw (for driving Horses) £ 10:00:00Joseph Norman (for a Stall-fed Ox) £ 24:00:00Evererd Eney (for Horse hire) £ 13:10:00Estate of Richard Waring (for a Stall-fed Ox) £ 23:00:00Christopher Harman Detering (for the hire ofa Cart & Horses) £ 50:00:00Samuel Boone (for a Horse) £ 41:00:00John Templeton (for Waggon hire) £ 240:00:00William Stewart (for Waggon hire) £ 255:00:00Gasper Morgandollar (for the hire of a Cart) £ 10:00:00To pay the Batallion of Colonel RichardRichardson, as the Muster-Roll of the saidBatallion was settled by a Committee of theAssembly £ 14827:11:00To pay the Men who served as Butchers,Horse-hunters & Wood Cutters for theIndians, according to a List returned byColonel Richardson £ 108:03:00To pay the Detachments from Berkley, Granvill& Colleton Counties, who went under theCommand of Lieutenant Colonel Singellton asthe Pay-Lists of the said Detachments weresettled by a Committee of the Assembly £ 9410:11:04To pay the Batallion of Colonel John Chevillette(as the Muster Roll of the said Batallion wassettled by a Committee of the Assembly) £ 13109:12:08To pay the Batallion of Colonel George GabrielPowell (as the Muster Roll of the saidBatallion was settled by a Committee of theAssembly) £ 10342:13:05

JULY 19, 1760737To Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Singellton £ 124:00:00To the Public Treasurer, advanced by him forContingent Services £ 4000:00:00To the Same, advanced to pay the Militia £ 7000:00:00To Mr. Joseph Nutt, Commissary on the saidExpedition, 81 Days Pay at 10/ Sterlingper day £ 283:10:00To the said Joseph Nutt, Balance of his Account £ 7465:06:00To two Surgeons 81 Days pay at 40/ per Day each £ 324:00:00To two Surgeon’s Mates 81 Days Pay at 25/ perDay each £ 202:10:00To Colonel Richard Richardson, a Gratuity forhis Services £ 1000:00:00To Major William Thompson, a Gratuity for hisServices £ 275:00:00To pay Seven Companies of Rangers, each Companyconsisting of a Captain, two Lieutenants &seventy five private Men, till the first Dayof December next, according to the MusterRolls to be approved of by the Commander inChief, & to pay the Treasurer such Sums ofMoney as he has advanced for thisService £101745:00:00To pay five Officers & one hundred & twenty fiveprivate Men (being all that could be raisedof the Regiment intended to consist of oneThousand Men) nine Months Pay £ 17640:00:00To pay for the Scalps of Cherokee Indians £ 3500:00:00To pay the Captain, commissioned by theLieutenant Governor to head the UpperChickesaws against the Cherokees, duringthe Time he shall be actually in Service £ 200:00:00To pay a Captain to head the Upper Creeks, & aCaptain to head the Lower Creeks, during theTime they shall respectively be in actualService, £100 Each £ 200:00:00To Captain James Adair for leading theChickesaws at New Savanna, during the Timehe shall be in actual Service £ 200:00:00To pay for Presents to 50 Warriors & 150 Women& Children of the Catawba Indians £ 1700:00:00

738 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760To pay for Presents to other Tribes of Indiansin Amity with this Government to induce themto join in the War against the Cherokees £ 7000:00:00To pay such Part of the three ProvincialCompanies as are now subsisting till theFirst Day of December next & to reimbursethe Public Treasurer such Sums of Money ashe hath advanced for this Service £ 33991:00:00For relieving such poor & infirm Men anddistressed Women & Children as have takenRefuge in any of the frontier Forts £ 5000:00:00To pay such Persons as may have demands forProvisions or Waggon hire and have not yetsent in their Claims, so much as they shallmake appear to be to them respectively due £ 3500:00:00£ 316693:02:05Then the Bill was read a Third time.Resolved That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Act for raisingand granting to His Majesty the Sum of Two hundred & Forty Six Thousand,Six hundred & Ninety three Pounds, two Shillings & five Pence, whichwith Seventy Thousand Pounds granted for this Service by the Tax-Act makesThree hundred & Sixteen Thousand, Six hundred & Ninety three Pounds,two Shillings & five Pence to defray the Expence of the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians & other Charges since incurred by prosecutingthe War against the said Indians, and protecting the Back-Settlementsof this Province; and appointing Commissioners for stamping and signingPublic Orders for the more easy and expeditious issuing of the said Sum; andproviding a Fund for sinking the said Public Orders in five Years by a generalTax & Assessment on the Estates, real & personal, of the Inhabitants &others interested in this Province.”Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to the Council & desire theirConcurrence.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,We received your verbal Answer (delivered at the Bar of our House) toour written Message of Yesterday, which extraordinary Proceeding we consideras an Insult offered to this House. You say, our proposing an Amendmentto the Tax-Bill is a violation of Your Privileges, and that it is calculatedto destroy the Good Harmony which at present subsists between the Coun-

JULY 22, 1760739cil and Your House. We do assure you, that we had no other motive in proposingthe Amendment, than that of suppressing a Clause from the Bill,which will by no means answer the purpose intended: This we had an undoubtedright to do, as a Branch of the Legislature; And if you will look intoyour own Journals you will find many Instances of this House having exercisedthat right: Nevertheless we have most sincerely at heart the Interestof this Province; And our Public Affairs being at present in a critical Situation,we have passed the Bill, waving at this time that Right which we havean undoubted Authority to exercise.We now acquaint you that we have resolved to take no Notice for thefuture of any Verbal Messages sent by your House, in answer to any writtenones from us.In the Upper House of Assembly, The 19th Day of July 1760.By Order of the House, Othniel Beale.And also the following Message.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act for raising & grantingto His Majesty the Sum of One Hundred Sixty three Thousand, Seven hundredand ten Pounds, six Shillings & one Penny Farthing and applying SeventeenThousand four Hundred & Eighty Pounds, Eleven Shillings & five Pence (beingsurplus of Taxes and the Balance of several Funds in the Public Treasury)making together One hundred Eighty one Thousand, One Hundred NinetyPounds, Seventeen Shillings & six pence Farthing, to defray the Charges of thisGovernment from the First Day of January to the Thirty first Day of December1759 both Days inclusive: And for other Services therein mentioned.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the said Bill be ingrossed.Resolved, That this House will not take the Councils Message into Consideration.And then the House adjourned till Monday Morning, Ten of the Clock.Monday the 21st Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 22d Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.

740 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Wednesday the 23d Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 24th Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Friday the 25th Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 26th Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday Morning,Ten of the Clock.Monday the 28th Day of July 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 29th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of the Proceedings on the 19th Instant.A Message from the Council by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “an Act for raising and grantingto His Majesty the Sum of Two hundred and forty Six Thousand, Six hundred,ninety three Pounds, two Shillings & five Pence which with SeventyThousand Pounds granted for this Service by the Tax-Act makes Three hundredSixteen Thousand, Six hundred and ninety three Pounds, two Shillings and fivePence to defray the Expence of the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indiansand other Charges since incurred by prosecuting the War against the saidIndians and protecting the Back-Settlements of this Province: And appointingCommissioners for stamping & signing Public Orders for the more easy andexpeditious issuing of the said Sum: And providing a Fund for sinking the saidPublic Orders in Five Years by a general Tax & Assessment on the Estates real &personal of the Inhabitants & Others interested in this Province.”

JULY 29, 1760741And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed.The several Bills being ingrossed according to Order, were laid uponthe Table.Ordered, That Mr. Laurens & Mr. McQueen do examine the ingrossedBill intitled “an Act for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of£163710:6:1 1 /4 and applying £17480:11:5 (being Surplus of Taxes and the Balanceof several Funds in the Public Treasury) making together £181,190:17:6 1 /4to defray the Charges of this Government from the First Day of January tothe thirty first Day of December 1759, both Days inclusive: And for otherServices therein mentioned,” with such Members of the Council as shall beappointed for that purpose: And that they do afterward procure the GreatSeal to be affixed thereto.Ordered That Mr. Berresford & Doctor Carne do examine theingrossed Bill intitled, “an Act for establishing and regulating the ArtilleryCompany which was formed out of the Militia in Charles-Town,” with suchMembers of the Council as shall be appointed for that purpose and afterwardprocure the Great Seal to be affixed thereto.Ordered That Mr. Lowndes & Mr. Roper do examine the ingrossed Billintitled “An Act impowering the Persons therein named to receive in GreatBritain on behalf of the Province of South Carolina the Sum of Moneytherein mentioned”; with such Members of the Council, as shall be appointedfor that purpose, and that they do afterward procure the Great Sealto be affixed thereto.Ordered That Mr. Gadsden & Mr. Drayton do examine the ingrossed Billintitled “an Act for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of £246,693:2:5,which with £70000 granted for this Service by the Tax-Act makes £316693:2:5 todefray the expence of the late Expedition against the Cherokee, and otherCharges since incurred by prosecuting the War against the said Indians and protectingthe Back-Settlements of this Province: And appointing Commissionersfor stamping and signing Public Orders for the more easy and expeditious issuingof the said Sum; and providing a Fund for sinking the said Public Orders infive Years by a general Tax and Assessment of the Estates real & personal of theInhabitants & others interested in this Province,” with such Members of theCouncil as shall be appointed for that purpose: And that they do afterward procurethe Great Seal to be affixed thereto.Ordered, That Mr. Mazyck and Mr. Lamboll do examine the ingrossedBill intitled “an Act for finishing, enlarging, repairing & keeping clean andin repair the common Drain or Sewer in Elliott Street in Charles-Town,” withsuch Members of the Council as shall be appointed for that purpose; andthat they do afterward procure the Great-Seal to be affixed thereto.

742 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 30th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,According to my Promise in my Answer to your Address relating to thecontinuance of His Majesty’s Troops in this Province for our better protection,I wrote a Letter to the Honorable Colonel Montgomery, a Copy whereofI herewith send you, and that you may be fully acquainted with the Resultof my Application, I communicate to you the following Answer from ColonelMontgomery to my desire, which was expressed in two Alternatives, tothe latter of which you see he has virtually consented as far as he safely couldconsistently with his Orders, by delaying his Embarkation, to give the longerTime for the arrival of the Advice Boat which was to bring an Answer fromGeneral Amherst to my Letter of the 29th of May last, representing the dangerousSituation of this Province on account of the Murders committed inthe Upper Creeks. Colonel Montgomery’s Words are as follows, vizt.“As I have always been convinced that you have done every thing in yourpower to carry on the Service and as you have upon all Occasions, shewnan Inclination to give me all the Assistance, I could expect from you, you maybe assured that it would give me a particular pleasure to do any thing in mypower at your request. Besides it is my duty & inclination to contribute tothe protection of His Majesty’s Subjects of this Province as far as is consistentwith the Orders which I have received. Our Horses are worn out, & notable to crawl, some fresh ones must be got, and the others have a little Timeto recruit before I can think of proceeding from this Place. Our List of Sickhas increas’d considerably, our wounded much distressed with a long March,& indeed the Detachment worn out with fatigue, so that an half of some Daysis indispensably necessary, and of consequence we cannot get down theCountry to embark before the 8th or 10th of August; before that Time youwill certainly receive an Answer to your Letter of the 13th of June to GeneralAmherst, and if his Excellency upon your Representation, is pleased to orderme to continue with the Detachment in South Carolina, his Commandsshall be chearfully obey’d. Tho’ it is my opinion that the Troops can be ofno Service till the Heats are over, & as that is the Case, rather than continueidle here, I shall certainly proceed to the Northward, if no alteration is madein the Instructions, with which the General has been pleased to honor me.

JULY 30, 1760743I have carried General Amherst’s Commands into Execution by going intothe Cherokee Country and acting offensively against those Indians. TheFrontier of this Province, by that means has been considerably extended &of consequence less exposed than formerly. I cannot help or prevent thefears of the People, but there is no Indian Settlement within 160 Miles ofNinety Six, and if they cannot be guarded against at that distance, one shouldimagine that People would be safe no where; for tho’ they may send Scouts,they cannot be very numerous, and as a March of that kind must be fatiguingeven to Indians, those Scouts cannot probably be frequent. But indeedI have no Orders to continue in this Province till Peace shall be made withthe Cherokees; on the contrary I am directed not to garrison any frontierFort, and am expressly commanded not to remain in the Country for anyoffensive Operation. Now, Sir, as it was the General’s Intention that we shouldleave the Province after correcting the Cherokees for the Outrages whichthey had committed, tho’ they shou’d continue in a State of War, I certainlycannot take upon me to remain in the Province upon a Supposition that aCreek War may happen. I am not at liberty as an Officer to judge of Dangersto which the Province may be possibly exposed in the course of Time,even tho’ there was a probability that the danger was not very distant, whileI continue in the Province if it should be attack’d by a Body of French Ishould certainly think it my duty to remain and defend it to the best of myPower, notwithstanding any Orders I may have received to leave it. But Icannot conceive that my Conduct would be approved of, if I should continuehere upon a supposition that such an Attack may possibly be made. You seemto wish that we had continued a little longer at Fort Prince George, it wasimpossible. We could not have left a sufficient quantity of Provisions for theGarrison, and our Horses were not able to go to Ninety Six for a fresh Supply.And if we had delayed our March, we should not have been able to bringeither our Baggage, Sick or Provisions down the Country. But I really do notapprehend that our staying at this Fort would have been of any use to theProvince; I should have thought it necessary, if the Indians had attemptedto come near our Camp, but not a Man of them appeared during the twoDays we remained there. And the Day their Scouts intended to harass ourMarch, our Camp was but eleven Miles from Echoé by a short Road whichthey had to come over the Mountains. After our flanking Parties had fallenin with them in the Morning, we made frequent Halts and only march’dabout 12 Miles that they might have time to look at us, and they might beconvinced that we held them in Contempt. From these Circumstances Ifancy you need be under no Apprehensions that they will either say or believethat we were forced from their Mountains, if they did, their Reportwould not be believed by their Neighbours, as their Loss is too considerable

744 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760to be concealed from them; Some of their chief People fell upon this lastOccasion, for we have great Reason to believe that the young Warrior ofEstatoé and the Man-killer of Nukassee are killed.”Thus far is Colonel Montgomery’s Answer, which, tho’ it is long, as itis particular & full I chuse to give in his own Words.29th July 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read also a Copy of the Lieutenant Governor’s Letter to Colonel Montgomerydated the 12th July 1760.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 31st Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,As you will soon finish the Business of this Session, which has so longand so constantly employed your attention, and as the Term of continuanceof this Assembly is near expiring, I think it proper to acquaint you, lest thePublic may suffer for want thereof, that the Sum lately granted by you forContingences, is nearly expended, which is owing to my having dischargedseveral demands upon that Fund, that were due by Governor Lyttelton’sOrders, not known to me at that Time, I sent a List of what Debts had beenincurred for that Service before my entering upon the Administration, as wellas the extraordinary hurry & variety of Business since, which is so well knownto you, that I shou’d not have mentioned it now, but as I think it in somedegree necessary when I apply to You for a further Supply so soon after yourhaving made a reasonable Provision for that Purpose.July 30th 1760.William Bull.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,By Captain Foskey in my Advice Boat, I have received Letters from GeneralAmherst in answer to mine of 29th May giving his Excellency an Accountof our daily expectations that the Creeks would break out War with us, in consequenceof the late Murders & Commotions in their Nation, which we have toomuch reason to believe were excited at the Instigation of the French. I also stated

JULY 31, 1760745at large, the Dangers to which this Province was exposed from that Quarter, towhich his Excellency is pleased to answer that he shall in due time pay a properAttention thereto, but that at present the Troops now in this Province must solelypursue the Ends they were sent for, vizt., the most effectual Punishment of theCherokees and their Abettors. So soon as that Work is compleated, which hisExcellency cannot help repeating he wishes it was, as he has occasion for themthey must that Instant come away; wherefore he should be glad I would expeditethe compleating the Regiment which this Colony had voted for that service,which he is sorry to learn had so few Men, & half those unfit for Service. HisExcellency is pleas’d to expostulate how it can be expected, when the Provincestands so much in it’s own Light, that the Enemy can be subdued & brought toreason. That he flatters himself no endeavours of mine have been wanting toforward this most essential Service & that I shall have proved more successfulin those Endeavours than heretofore.When I consider these and our other Circumstances, I do not think it advisableor for the Interest & Service of the Province at present to act offensivelyand carry the War into the Cherokee Nation, as all their Towns which can beeasily approached, have been destroyed by Colonel Montgomery & a furtherpenetration must be purchased with great Loss and could produce little if anyAdvantage. I should therefore think it most proper to calculate our Measuresfor a defensive Plan of Operations. And by this delaying the Indians would bereduced to the want of necessary Cloathing as well as Ammunition. I am thereforeof Opinion if I could engage the keeping only a Part of ColonelMontgomery’s Detachment here, our frontier Settlements & Forts will be countenancedand supported with a proper destination of our Rangers. In consequenceof this Opinion I sent off an Express last Evening to ColonelMontgomery to desire that he would order a Part of the Detachment under hisCommand to remain here for that purpose. And General Amherst availing himselfof so considerable a Reinforcement as he wou’d receive from those who wereembarked, I am in hopes, would be more readily induced on any future Occasion,even this Winter, to send us a Reinforcement, and wou’d not think me unreasonablein my request, or Colonel Montgomery incur any blame for complying with it.But now, Gentlemen, on the other Hand I think it my duty to recommendto You to make some suitable provision for encouraging Men to inlistin the new, as well as some Fund for recruiting and filling up the old ProvincialTroops to the number of three Hundred, that we may stand justifiedbefore the World in using our utmost Endeavours to exert ourselves withEffect, & to carry into execution those liberal Votes and Provisions which youhave so wisely made for the defence of our Country.31st July 1760.William Bull.

746 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Messages to the House.Ordered, That the said Messages be referred to the Consideration of aCommittee of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Rattray, Mr. Manigault, Mr.Gadsden, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Moore.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do lay before this House an Accountof such Sums of Money as he hath paid for Contingent Services sincethe First Day of April last.The Gentlemen who had the ingrossed Bills in charge to examine withsuch Members of the Council as should be appointed for that purpose severallyreported that the said Bills had been examined accordingly and thatthe Great Seal had been affixed to the same; and then they severally deliveredthe Bills in at the Table.Ordered, That Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Manigault do wait upon the LieutenantGovernor and humbly know his Honour’s pleasure when he will beattended by the House.The said Gentlemen accordingly withdrew. And being returned,Mr. Manigault reported to the House that the Lieutenant Governorhaving been waited upon, pursuant to their Order, had been pleased to appointthis Day at Twelve of the Clock, to receive the House in the CouncilChamber.Then it being Twelve of the Clock, Mr. Speaker with the House wentup to attend the Lieutenant Governor in the Council Chamber. And beingreturned,Mr. Speaker reported [that] the House had attended the LieutenantGovernor in the Council-Chamber: Where His Honour had been pleasedto give His Assent to the following Bills, vizt.“An Act for finishing, enlarging, repairing, cleansing, and keeping cleanand in repair the common Drain or Sewer in Elliott Street in Charles-Town.”“An Act for establishing and regulating the Artillery Company, whichwas formed out of the Militia in Charles-Town.”“An Act impowering the Persons therein named, to receive in GreatBritain on behalf of the Province of South-Carolina the Sum of Moneytherein mentioned.”“An Act for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of Two hundredand Forty six Thousand, Six Hundred and Ninety three Pounds, twoShillings and five Pence, which with Seventy Thousand Pounds granted forthis Service by the Tax-Act; makes Three hundred and sixteen Thousand,Six hundred and Ninety three Pounds, two Shillings and five Pence to defraythe Expence of the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians andother Charges since incurred by prosecuting the War against the said Indians,

AUGUST 1, 1760747and protecting the Back Settlements of this Province: And appointing Commissionersfor stamping and signing Public Orders for the more easy & expeditiousissuing of the said Sum: And providing a Fund for sinking the saidPublic Orders in Five Years, by a general Tax and Assessment on the Estatesreal and personal, of the Inhabitants & Others interested in this Province.”“An Act for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of One hundredand Sixty three Thousand, Seven hundred & Ten Pounds, Six Shillingsand one Penny Farthing, and applying Seventeen Thousand, Four Hundredand Eight Pounds, Eleven Shillings and five Pence (being Surplus of Taxesand the Balance of several Funds in the Public Treasury) making togetherOne hundred Eighty one Thousand, one hundred & Ninety Pounds, SeventeenShillings & Six pence, Farthing, to defray the Charges of this Governmentfrom the First Day of January to the Thirty first Day of December 1759both Days inclusive: And for other Services therein mentioned.”Ordered That Mr. Wright be added to the Committee to whom the twoMessages brought this Morning from the Lieutenant Governor are referred.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 1st Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Rattray reported from the Committee to whom the LieutenantGovernor’s two Messages brought down Yesterday were referred, That theyhad examined the Matters of the said Messages and come to several Resolutionsthereupon, which they had directed him to report to the House, andhe read the Report in his Place, & afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable: Where the same was read, and is as follows, vizt.That on weighing and considering that Message of his Honour the LieutenantGovernor’s wherein he is pleased to deliver it as his Opinion to theHouse, that the Force of this Province in it’s present Circumstances cannotbe exerted with any Advantage in carrying on an offensive War against theCherokees, but that a Plan of defensive Operations ought rather to be concertedfor securing this Province against the Incursions of Indians; the Committeecannot concur in Opinion with his Honour, but are induced to thinkthat a sufficient Body of Men may be raised and made effectual still to keepthe Enemy at a Distance, and to carry on the War offensively against theCherokees in their own Country, provided that suitable Encouragement begiven Men to inlist and when inlisted they be subjected to proper MilitaryDiscipline. That if such a Body of Men can be raised with Expedition to actin concert with such of His Majesty’s Forces as may be destined to remain

748 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760here, we may probably be able to do more than defend our own Frontiers,and by a timely appearance in the Enemy’s Country may occasion such aDiversion of the Indian Forces as will facilitate the Operations of the VirginiaTroops in effecting that most desirable Service; the Relief of the Garrisonof Fort Loudoun.That such a Body of Men may be speedily raised and properly disciplined,for the purposes aforesaid, The Committee are of Opinion that thefollowing Measures ought to be vigorously pursued. And accordingly recommend,That a Bill be forthwith introduced granting to His Majesty an Aidsufficient to raise and Support for a Time certain One Thousand able bodiedWhite Men to be regimented instead of those who were intended to beraised and regimented in pursuance of a Resolution of this House includingall such of the Men as now remain of the three Independent Companiesin the Pay and Service of this Province.That Provision be likewise made for raising and supporting Five hundredable-bodied Negroes, accustomed to the use of Fire-Arms, to act in conjunctionwith the said Regiment.To the end that White Men may be encouraged readily to inlist themselvesin the Service of their Country, The Committee recommend that provisionbe also made by the said Bill for granting to each Man when inlisteda Bounty of £25 Current Money in hand and £25 more at the end of the firstMonth’s Service, And for paying each Soldier regularly and weekly his Payat the Rate of Seven Shillings and Six pence per diem.The Committee likewise recommend that provision be also made for thePay of all such Officers as shall be necessarily appointed for the said Regimentincluding a Muster-Master and Commissary at the same rates and proportionsas are allowed by His Majesty to His Officers of like Rank and Degree in the Army.The Committee are also of opinion that provision should be made forIndian Scalps at the rate of £160 Currency to be distributed amongst all suchOfficers & Men of the said Regiment without distinction who shall be presentand aiding and assisting in killing and scalping Enemy Indians.That provision be likewise made for paying the Owners of all such Negroesas shall be raised as aforesaid weekly pay at the rate of Seven Shillingsand six pence Currency per diem. And likewise for their full Value byAppraisment in case any of the said Negroes shall be killed in Battle or captivatedby the Enemy. And that all such Negroes may be encouraged to actwith Courage and Fidelity in our Service, The Committee are of OpinionThat every Negro who kills and scalps two Enemy Indians ought to bemanumitted from a State of Slavery at the Public Charge.The Committee are of Opinion That no provision ought to be madefor Horses for the use of the Troops, or for the convenient Carriage of either

AUGUST 1, 1760749Officers or Soldiers but for such only as shall be necessarily employed in thecarriage of Camp Baggage, Stores or Artillery.But the Committee especially recommend, That the said Forces raised orto be raised for the service aforesaid be modell’d and regulated in the samemanner and subjected to the same Pains and Penalities as are prescribed to HisMajesty’s Forces by the Mutiny Act, without which the Committee think it impossibleto render any Levies of Forces of real use or service to the Province.The Committee beg leave to remark before closing this Report, ThatHis Honour the Lieutenant Governor in his said Message acquaints theHouse, that it is General Amherst’s intention that Colonel Montgomery’sDetachment shou’d remain in this Province until they compleat the End forwhich they were sent hither, vizt., the most effectual punishment of theCherokees and their Abettors. And as the Committee are of Opinion thatthese Ends are not yet answered, inasmuch as the Cherokees and their Abettorsare not yet effectually punished, do therefore recommend this Matterto the Consideration of the House, that proper measures may be taken byHis Honour the Governor to press the further Services of the said Detachmentin prosecuting what appears to the Committee to be the obvious Intentionof General Amherst.And with respect to his Honour the Lieutenant Governor’s other Messagerequesting a new Grant for Contingent Services, The Committee begleave to recommend a further Sum of Three Thousand Pounds. And theCommittee herewith lay before the House an Account of the particular Applicationof the Monies formerly granted by this House for Contingenciesas the same was delivered by the Public Treasurer. On which Account theCommittee have declined making any Remarks as the same will hereafterundergo the Examination of a Committee on Public Accounts.A Motion was made & the Question being put that the Report be recommitted.It passed in the Negative.Then the first Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time, was,upon the Question being put thereupon, agreed to by the House.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till Five of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport.And the second Paragraph of the Report, being read a second time, wasagreed to by the House.

750 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760The Third Paragraph being read a second, and the Question being putthat the House do agree with the Committee in the said Paragraph.It passed in the Negative by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.The fourth Paragraph being read a Second time, was, upon the Questionbeing put thereupon, agreed to by the House.The fifth Paragraph being read a second time, was, disagreed with bythe House.Resolved that the Officers of the Regiment intended to be raised havethe same Pay as was provided by Law for the Officers of the Regiment latelyraised in this Province.The Sixth Paragraph, being read a Second time was disagreed with bythe House.Then the Question being put that One hundred Pounds be given as aReward to all Persons whoever for the Scalp of a Cherokee Indian Man.It passed in the Negative.Ordered That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 2d Day of August 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday Morning,Ten of the Clock.Monday the 4th Day of August 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 5th Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of last Friday’s Proceedings.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee to whom the two Messages from the LieutenantGovernor of the 31st Day of July last, were referred.And the Seventh Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time,was, disagreed with by the House.The 8th, 9th & 10th Paragraphs being severally read a Second time wasagreed to by the House.Resolved that (instead of the Sum of Thirty five Pounds heretoforevoted by this House) a Reward of One Hundred Pounds be given for theScalp of every Cherokee Indian Man, that shall hereafter be killed by any

AUGUST 5, 1760751Person or Persons whoever, who shall not receive The King’s Pay, or ProvincialPay, upon proof thereof being made to the Satisfaction of the Governoror Commander in Chief of this Province for the time being.Ordered That a Bill be brought in upon the said Resolutions: And thatMr. Wright, Mr. Gadsden & Mr. Pinckney do prepare and bring in the same.The last Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time, was agreedto by the House.Ordered That Answers be prepared to His Honour the LieutenantGovernor’s said Messages.Two Messages from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,In answer to that part of your Message of the 18th Day of July, desiringme to give immediate Orders for the sending all the Acadians to Great Britainby the first opportunity, that we may be relieved from the danger to whichthis Province is exposed by their being among us, I am to acquaint You thatGovernor Lyttelton having received by the Right Honorable Mr. SecretaryFox, His Majesty’s Commands, not to presume to send any of the Acadiansto Great-Britain, which His Excellency communicated to His Majesty’s honorableCouncil; I am not at liberty to comply with your request, without incurringHis Majesty’s Royal Displeasure, which it is my Duty, and, I doubt not,your desire, that I should avoid.The 5th August 1760.William Bull.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,I herewith send for your consideration, An Account for Provisions that havebeen impressed pursuant to Letters from the Governor, for the subsistence ofthe Poor who have taken Shelter in some of the Forts on our Frontier; as I apprehendthe Payment of such is not comprehended in as are prior to your Votefor my relieving them with Cloaths and Victuals to the Sum of £5000. I desirethat you will come to some Resolution thereupon that the poor People who havesuch demands may know what they have to depend upon, in the like Cases, as Idoubtless must expect many other Applications of the like Nature.The 5th August 1760.William Bull.And also a Message from the Council.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Jacob Summerall, address’d to theLieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly.

752 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read His Honour’s Messages, severally, to the House.And then the House adjourned till Five of the Clock.P.M.According to Order the following Addresses to the Lieutenant Governorwere drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,For Answer to Your Message of the 30th Ultimate with respect to grantinga further Supply for Contingent Services, we beg leave to acquaint YourHonour that we have resolved to grant His Majesty a further Sum of ThreeThousand Pounds for that Service.May it please Your Honour,Having weigh’d and considered your Message of the 31st of July, whereinyou are pleased to deliver it as your Opinion, that the Force of this Province,in it’s present Circumstances, cannot be exerted with any advantage in carryingon an offensive War against the Cherokees, but that a Plan of defensiveOperations ought rather to be concerted, for securing the Provinceagainst the Incursions of the Indians; we are very sorry that this House cannotconcur in Opinion with Your Honour, being induced to think that a sufficientBody of Men may be raised, and made effectual still to keep theEnemy at a distance and to carry on the War offensively against the Cherokeesin their own Country, provided that suitable Encouragement be givento Men to inlist, and when inlisted they be subjected to proper military Discipline.That if such a Body of Men can be raised with Expedition to act inconcert with such of His Majesty’s Forces as may be destin’d to remain here,we may probably be able to do more than defend our own Frontier; and, bya timely appearance in the Enemy’s Country, may occasion such a Diversionof the Indian Forces as will facilitate the Operations of the Virginia Troopsin effecting that most desireable Service the Relief of the Garrison at FortLoudoun.And accordingly we have ordered a Bill to be brought in for grantingto His Majesty an Aid sufficient to raise and support for a Time certain, OneThousand able-bodied Men to be Regimented instead of those who wereintended to be raised and regimented in pursuance of a Resolution of thisHouse, including all such of the Men as now remain of the three IndependentCompanies in the Pay and Service of this Province.And to encourage Men to inlist readily in the Service of their Countrywe intend to make provision by the Bill for paying each Man when inlisteda Bounty of Twenty five Pounds in hand, and the like Sum at the End of the

AUGUST 6, 1760753first Month’s Service: Besides a Pay of Seven Shillings and Six pence perdiem regularly every Week. And to allow all the Officers of the said Regimentthe same Pay as was provided by Law for the late South-Carolina Regiment.And we propose that the said Regiment be modell’d and regulatedin the Same Manner and subjected to the same Pains and Penalties as areprescribed to His Majesty’s Forces by the Mutiny-Act, without which we thinkit impossible to render any Levies of Forces of real use or Service to the Province.And with respect to such part of the Contents of General Amherst’sLetter, as your Honour was pleased to communicate to this House, to wit,“That, at present the Troops now in this Province must solely pursue the Endthey were sent for, vizt. the most effectual Punishment of the Cherokees andtheir Abettors. So soon as that Work is compleated which his Excellencycannot help wishing it was, as he has Occasion for them they must that Instantcome away &c.” As we are of Opinion that these Ends are not answer’dinasmuch as the Cherokees and their Abettors are not yet effectually punished,we intreat your Honour to take such Measures as You shall thinkproper to press the further Services of that whole Detachment in prosecutingwhat appears to us to be the obvious Intention of General Amherst.The above Address was once read throughout and then a Second time,Paragraph by Paragraph, and was, upon the Question being put upon thefirst Paragraph, agreed to by the House.Ordered, That the Address relating to Contingent Services be presentedto the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Wragg.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 6th Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Fair Copy of the Address to the Lieutenant Governor concerning theraising of a Regiment, having been made, and read,The Address of this House to the Lieutenant Governor of the 11th Julylast, was read.Ordered, upon the Question, that Mr. Speaker do sign the Address.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Berresford and Mr. Laurens.A Motion being made, and the Question being put, that an Address beprepared to be presented to the Lieutenant Governor, humbly to desire hisHonour to adjourn the meeting of the General-Assembly to the Village ofShem-Town on Ashley River.

754 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760It was resolved in the Affirmative.And accordingly the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,This House having order’d a Bill to be brought in which will containMatters of the last Importance to our Constituents, and as a Majority of ourMembers cannot meet in Charles-Town lest they should take the Infectionof the Small-Pox, we humbly desire Your Honour to adjourn the GeneralAssembly, forthwith to meet at the Village of Shem-town on Ashley-River;where we hope all or most of the Members will attend, and the Province befully represented upon this important & interesting Occasion.Ordered, That the Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Stoutenburgh.Mr. Pinckney presented to the House according to Order, “A Bill grantingto His Majesty an Aid of . . . Current Money to defray the Expence ofraising and maintaining for . . . Months, a Regiment to consist of Ten Companiesof Soldiers, Each to be composed of One hundred Men besides Officers,to be employed in the Service of this Government in acting inConjunction with His Majesty’s Regular Troops now in this Province offensivelyagainst the Cherokee Indians and their Abettors: And for stampingOrders for the more expeditious Issuing of the said Sum. And for providinga Fund for calling in and sinking the said Orders within the time thereinlimited.” And the same was received.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Lieutenant Governor desires the Attendance of this House immediatelyin the Council Chamber.Ordered That in Case his Honour adjourns the General Assembly tomeet at Shem-town, the Clerk of this House do forthwith write Letters to allthe Absent Members to acquaint them therewith and to require their Attendance,all Excuses being laid aside, upon the Service of the House, at theTime and Place appointed.Ordered, That the Messengers of this House do send such Letters tothe said Members.Resolved That the Expence of sending the said Letters be defrayed bythe Public.And then Mr. Speaker with the House went up to attend the LieutenantGovernor in the Council-Chamber, where His Honour adjourned theGeneral Assembly to meet at Mr. Legg’s House in the Village of Shem-townon Ashley River, next Wednesday Morning, Ten of the Clock.Return to contents ➔

755Session Beginning August 13, 1760and Ending August 20, 1760At the House of Mr. Legg in Shem-Town.Wednesday the 13th Day of August 1760.The House met according to the Lieutenant Governor’s Adjournment.Ordered, upon the Question, That the last Paragraph of the Address,presented to the Lieutenant Governor on the 5th Instant, which relates toGeneral Amherst’s Letter be forthwith printed.“A Bill granting to His Majesty an Aid of . . . Current Money to defraythe Expence of raising and maintaining for . . . Months a Regiment to consistof Ten Companies of Soldiers, each to be composed [of] one hundredMen, besides Officers, to be employ’d in the Service of this Government inacting in conjunction with His Majesty’s Regular Troops now in this Province,offensively against the Cherokee Indians & their Abettors. And for stampingOrders for the more expeditious issuing of the said Sum: And for providinga Fund for calling in and sinking the said Orders within the timetherein limited,” was read a first time.Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time, to-morrow Morning,Nine of the Clock.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of theClock.Thursday the 14th Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Benjamin Harvey.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,On the 7th Instant according to your desire in your Message of the 6thI have pressed Colonel Montgomery to continue with the whole Detachmentunder his command in this Province, in which I chose to make use of yourown Words, to avoid any defect in my own manner of expressing it; with thisrequest he did not think himself at liberty to comply. But I acquaint you

756 COMMONS JOURNAL, AUGUST 13, 1760–AUGUST 20, 1760however, that, upon my application a little time before, he had ordered MajorHamilton with 400 Batallion-Men of the Royal Scots to encamp at Congrees,for the better covering our Back-Settlers; and the Remainder of the Detachmentembarked last Monday.Altho’ the planning the Operations of War is the Business of the executiveBranch of the Government, yet, as the communicating to the Public suchas do not require secresy in their execution can do no prejudice to the Service,and may give Satisfaction to the People, I shall inform you of the MeasuresI have taken to cover the Back-Settlements. I have stationed one Troopof Rangers about 12 Miles above Major Hamilton’s Corps to patrol in an extentof about 40 Miles North-East & South-West. I have formed a Line fromthe Catawba to Savanna River, by stationing two Troops from Catawba toBroad River; two from Broad River to Ninety Six, and two from Ninety Sixto Savanna and Fort Moore; who are to visit and assist the Forts and Plantationslying within their respective Districts. I have placed 50 Men in FortNinety Six, and a Lieutenant and 25 Men to cover the Settlers near theCatawbas. The Remainder of the new Provincials, I shall post a little abovethe Congrees to serve as a ready Escort to keep open the Communicationto Ninety Six. To encourage the People in the Forts already built, and othersto return to their Plantations, I have distributed Ammunition andcloathing to them, and to two of the Forts I have sent 8 Swivel Guns. TheseMeasures I hope will suffice to prevent abandoning the Forts, and cover usfrom frequent Incursions, until the perseverance of hostilities in the Enemy,proper Seasons for acting, the compleating our own Troops and concertingevery thing with our Neighbours, shall call upon us to exert with the greatestenergy and propriety our Utmost Vigour in an offensive War.In order to render the Troops already on our Establishment of moreService, I wish you would make some Provision for a Major over the Rangers,whose inspection would keep them more alert in their duty; and that youwou’d provide some Pay for an Adjutant to the three hundred OldProvincials, which, tho’ of small Expence, would be of great Advantage tothe ready and regular performance of their Duty.August 13th 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Then the House (according to Order) read the “Bill granting to HisMajesty an Aid of ______ &c.” a Second time.And the Question being put that the blank, for the Sum to be grantedby the Bill be filled up with £150,000.

AUGUST 15, 1760757It passed in the Negative.And the said Blank was filled up with £100,000.Ordered, That the consideration of the Bill be adjourned till the Afternoon.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned consideration of the second readingof the Residue of the “Bill granting to His Majesty £100,000, &c.”And the Question being put that the Blank for the Pay to the RegimentalCommissary be filled up with three Pounds ten Shillings per Diem.It passed in the Negative.Then the Question being put that the said Blank be filled up with ThreePounds.It was resolved in the Affirmative.And the Question being put that the Blank for the Pay to the Muster-Master be filled up with Three Pounds Ten Shillings per day.It passed in the Negative.And the said Article was dashed.And the Question being put that the Pay to the Private Men be SevenShillings and six Pence per Day.It was resolved in the Affirmative.Ordered That the further Consideration of the Bill be adjourned tillto-morrow Morning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of theClock.Friday the 15th Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the second readingof the Residue of the “Bill granting to His Majesty the Sum of £100,000&c.”And the Bill was read a Second time throughout, with Blanks whichwere filled up, and several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.And the Title was made, “A Bill granting to His Majesty an Aid of OneHundred Thousand Pounds Current Money, and applying other Moneytherein mentioned, to defray the Expence of raising, paying and cloathingfor six Months a Regiment to consist of ten Companies of Soldiers, each tobe composed of One hundred Men, besides Officers, to be employed in

758 COMMONS JOURNAL, AUGUST 13, 1760–AUGUST 20, 1760prosecuting the War against the Cherokee Indians and their Abettors; andfor stamping Orders for the more expeditious issuing of the said Sum: Andfor providing a Fund for calling in and sinking the said Orders within thetime therein limited.”Ordered, that Mr. Pinckney do carry the Bill to the Council.Ordered, That an Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governor,humbly to desire his Honour’s leave for this House to adjourn till Tuesdaynext. And that Mr. Elliott do wait upon his Honour with the said Address.Mr. Elliott accordingly withdrew; and being returned reported to theHouse that the Lieutenant Governor having been waited upon, pursuant totheir Order, had been pleas’d to give the House leave to adjourn accordingly.And then the House adjourned till Tuesday Morning, Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 19th Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of Friday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have Twice read “a Bill granting His Majesty an Aid of Onehundred Thousand Pounds Current Money and applying other Moneytherein mentioned to defray the expence of raising, paying and cloathingfor six Months a Regiment to consist of ten Companies of Soldiers, each tobe composed of one hundred Men besides Officers, to be employed in prosecutingthe War against the Cherokee Indians & their Abettors: And forstamping Orders for the more expeditious issuing of the said Sum and forproviding a Fund for calling in and sinking the said Orders within the Timetherein limited.”And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Bill was read a Third time.And several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.Resolved That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be “an Act grantingto His Majesty an Aid of One hundred and Twenty five Thousand PoundsCurrent Money and applying other Money therein mentioned to defray theExpence of raising, paying and cloathing for six Months, a Regiment to consistof ten Companies of Soldiers, each to be composed of One hundredMen, besides Officers; to be employed in prosecuting the War against theCherokee Indians and their Abettors: And for stamping Orders for the moreexpeditious issuing of the said Sum; and for providing a Fund for calling inand sinking the said Orders within the Time therein limited.”Ordered, That Mr. Manigault do carry the Bill to the Council and desiretheir Concurrence.

AUGUST 20, 1760759Notice being taken to the House of a Mistake in the Schedule annexedto the Tax-Act last passed, in the Article to James Henderson, by an Omissionof the Sum of £51:9, which was recommended to be provided for, by theCommittee appointed to audit the Public Accounts in the 77th Paragraphof their Report.And the said Article in the Schedule, and the 77th Paragraph of the saidReport, being severally read.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay to James Henderson theSum of Fifty one pounds, Nine Shillings, which should have been insertedin the Schedule to the last Tax Act.Resolved, That this House will provide for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.Then the Lieutenant Governor’s Message of the 5th Instant, concerningProvisions which had been impressed for the Subsistence of the Poor whohad taken shelter in the Forts on the Frontiers, being read a Second time.Resolved, That such Provisions be paid for out of the Sum of Five ThousandPounds granted by this House for the relief of such poor and infirmMen & distressed Women and Children as have taken Refuge in any of thefrontier Forts in this Province.Ordered, That an Answer be prepared to the said Message.And then the House adjourned till to morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 20th Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn, vizt.May it please Your Honour,Upon considering your Message of the 5th Instant respecting the Provisionsthat had been impressed, pursuant to Letters from The Governor, forthe subsistence of the Poor who had taken Shelter in some of the Forts onour Frontiers, we beg leave to acquaint Your Honour that we have resolvedthat the same be paid for out of the Sum of five thousand Pounds, which wasgranted by this House for the Relief of such poor and infirm Men and distressedWomen and Children as have taken Refuge in any of the frontierForts in this Province.Ordered, That the Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governorby Mr. Beresford and Mr. McQueen.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the Bill intitled “An Act granting to His

760 COMMONS JOURNAL, AUGUST 13, 1760–AUGUST 20, 1760Majesty the Sum of £125,000 Current Money and applying other Moneytherein mentioned to defray the expence of raising, paying and cloathingfor six Months, a Regiment to consist of ten Companies of Soldiers, each tobe composed of One hundred Men, besides Officers; to be employed in prosecutingthe War against the Cherokee Indians and their Abettors: And forstamping Orders for the more expeditious issuing of the said Sum, and forproviding a Fund for calling in and sinking the said Orders within the Timetherein limited.”And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed.An Account of Jonathan Badger, and an Account of Edward Weyman,Messengers of this House, the former amounting to £32 and the latter to £25,for summoning the Members, pursuant to Order of this House, to attend theservice of the House at Shem-Town were presented to the House and severallyread.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay the said Jonathan Badgerthe said Sum of £32, and the said Edward Weyman the said Sum of £25.Resolved, That this House will make provision for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sums.The Bill being ingrossed (according to Order) was laid upon the Table.Ordered, That Mr. Manigault do examine the said ingrossed Bill by theOriginal with such Member of the Council as shall be appointed for thatpurpose; and procure the Great Seal to be affixed thereto: And that he dowait upon the Lieutenant Governor, and humbly know when his Honour willplease to be attended by the House.Mr. Manigault reported to the House that he had examined theingrossed Bill with a Member of the Council appointed for that purpose:And that the Great-Seal is affixed thereto: And that having waited upon theLieutenant Governor humbly to know his pleasure when he will be attendedby the House, His Honour had been pleased to appoint this Day Twelve ofthe Clock, in the Room where the Council sits.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay Thomas Beamer the Sumof Three hundred and fifty Pounds as a Reward for his Services on the lateExpedition against the Cherokee Indians.Resolved, That this House will make provision for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.Then it being Twelve of the Clock, Mr. Speaker, with the House, wentto attend the Lieutenant Governor in the Room where the Council sits, andwhere his Honour gave his Assent to,“An Act granting to His Majesty an Aid of One hundred and Twenty fiveThousand Pounds current Money and applying other Money therein men-

AUGUST 20, 1760761tioned to defray the Expence of raising, paying & cloathing for six Months,a Regiment to consist of ten Companies of Soldiers, each to be composedof one hundred Men, besides Officers; to be employed in the service of thisGovernment in prosecuting the War against the Cherokee Indians and theirAbettors: And for stamping Orders for the more expeditious issuing of thesaid Sum: And for providing a Fund to call in and sink the said Orders withinthe Time therein limited.”And then the Lieutenant Governor prorogued the General-Assemblyto Saturday the 23d Instant._____________SOUTH CAROLINABy the Honorable William Bull Esqr., Lieutenant Governor and Commanderin Chief in and over the Province aforesaid.A Proclamation.Whereas the Term limited by Law for the expiration of the GeneralAssembly of this Province is near at hand; and His Majesty’s Service in thisJuncture of Affairs, requires that another should be held as speedily as possible:I have, therefore, with the Advice of His Majesty’s Honorable Councilissued this my Proclamation for dissolving the General Assembly; and theGeneral Assembly is hereby accordingly dissolved.Given under my Hand and the Great-Seal of this His Majesty’s said Provinceat Charles-Town the 23d Day of August, Anno Domini 1760, and in the34th Year of His Majesty’s Reign.William Bull.God save the King.Return to contents ➔

762 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760Session Beginning October 6, 1760and Ending October 18, 1760List of the Names of such Members as had been returned to serve inthis present General Assembly; as delivered by John Bassnett Esqr., theMaster in Chancery, to Childermas Croft Esq., Clerk of the General Assembly.Note those with this Mark (a) took the Oaths, and qualified themselvesas Members of the House.For Parishes in Berkley County.St. Philip, Charles Town.(a) 1. The Honorable Benjamin Smith, Speaker,2. Thomas Smith,(a) 3. Christopher Gadsden,(a) 4. Charles Pinckney,5. Henry Laurens.(a) Thomas Shubrick Esq. in the room of Mr. Smith.St. Andrew.(a) 6. Robert Rivers,7. Thomas Lamboll,8. Thomas Smith, Esqrs.(a) Jeremiah Savage,Benjamin Dart, Esqrs., in the room of Mr. Lamboll & Mr. Smith.St. George, Dorchester.(a) 9. Ralph Izard,10. John Ainslie, Esqrs.St. James Goose Creek.(a) 11. Peter Taylor,(a) 12. John Moultrie,13. Thomas Wright,14. William Wragg, Esqrs.

OCTOBER 6, 1760763St. John.(a) 15. Isaac Mazyck,(a) 16. Alexander Broughton17. Peter Porcher, Esqrs.St. Thomas & St. Dennis.(a) 18. Peter Manigault,(a) 19. John Wigfall,20. John Moore.Christ-Church.(a) 21. David Graeme,(a) 22. William Vanderhorst, Esqrs.For Parishes in Colleton County.St. Paul.(a) 23. Thomas Smith,(a) 24. George Sommers,(a) 25. William Williamson, Esqrs.St. John.(a) 26. William Wragg,27. John Freer,28. Robert Gibbes, Esqrs.St. Bartholomew.29. Henry Hyrne,30. Rawlins Lowndes,(a) 31. James Parsons,(a) 32. William Blake, Esqrs.For Parishes in Granville County.St. Helena.(a) 33. William Roper,34. Samuel Carne,(a) 35. Hopkin Price, Esqrs.Prince William.(a) 36. Thomas Middleton,

764 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760(a)37. David Graeme, Esqrs.David Oliphant, Esq., in the room of Mr. Graeme.St. Peter.(a) 38. Samuel Carne, Esqr.For Parishes in Craven County.St. James Santee.(a) 39. Robert Pringle,(a) 40.Daniel Horry, Junior, Esqrs.Prince George.(a) 41. Thomas Lynch,42. Thomas Waties, Esqrs.Prince Frederic.43. Thomas Lynch,(a) 44. James Crockatt, Esqrs.St. Stephen.45. Charles Cantey, Esq.St. Mark.46. Richard Richardson,47. Matthew Neilson, Esqrs.(a) Jacob Motte, junior, Esq., in the room of Colo. Richardson.Monday the 6th Day of October 1760.His Honour the Lieutenant Governor having, by his Proclamation,dated the 23d Day of August, 1760, dissolved the last General Assembly; andby Writs, issued under the Great-Seal of the Province, bearing Teste, 56 atCharles-Town, on the Twenty Seventh Day of August, One Thousand, SevenHundred and Sixty, and returnable on this Day, called a new General Assembly;and John Bassnett, Esq., the Master in Chancery, having delivered toChildermas Croft, Esq., Clerk of the General Assembly, a List of the Namesof such Members as had been returned to serve in this present General Assembly;the following Members appeared, viz.56“Teste” is the final clause in a royal writ naming the person who authorizes the affixing of theking’s seal.

OCTOBER 8, 1760765Benjamin Smith, Esqr., Thomas Smith, Esq., William Blake, Esq., PeterManigault, Esq., Christopher Gadsden, Esq., William Williamson, Esq.,Hopkin Price, Esq.And the said Members, pursuant to the direction of the Election Act,made choice of Hopkin Price, Esq., to adjourn the meeting of the House;& he, by the desire of the rest of the Members, adjourned the meeting ofthe House till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 7th Day of October 1760.Several Members appeared, and took the Oath appointed by the additionalAct to the Election Act, viz.William Wragg, Esq., Charles Pinckney, Esq., George Sommers, Esq.,William Williamson, Esq., Peter Taylor, Esq., William Blake, Esq., SamuelCarne, Esq., Peter Manigault, Esq., Hopkin Price, Esq., Christopher Gadsden,Esq., William Roper, Esq., Thomas Smith, Esq., Benjamin Smith, Esq.Which Oath was administred to the said Members by James Parsons,Esq., one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for Berkley County.Then the same Oath was administred by Peter Manigault, Esq., One ofHis Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the same County, to the followingMembers, viz., James Parsons, Esq., David Graeme, Esq., and John Moultrie,Junior, Esq.And the said Members, pursuant to the direction of the Election Actmade choice of Mr. Moultrie to adjourn the meeting of the House, & he, bythe desire of the rest of the Members, adjourned the meeting of the Housetill to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 8th Day of October 1760.Several Members took the Oath appointed by the additional Act to theElection Act, viz., Isaac Mazyck, Robert Pringle, Thomas Middleton, DanielHorry, Junior, & Ralph Izard, Esquires; which Oath was administred to Mr.Middleton by Benjamin Smith, Esq., one of His Majesty’s Justices of thePeace, for Berkley County; and to the other Members by Peter Manigault,Esq., one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, for the same County.And there appearing one and twenty Members who had taken the saidOath;Mr. Wragg and Mr. Roper were directed to wait upon the LieutenantGovernor, and acquaint him that the Members present desired to take theOaths, and make and subscribe the Declaration, and take and subscribe theOath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes; and

766 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760humbly know when his Honour will please to be attended by the said Members.Mr. Wragg reported to the rest of the Members, that the LieutenantGovernor, having been waited upon, pursuant to their directions, had beenpleased to say that he would receive the Members, immediately, at his ownHouse.And, accordingly, the Members went up to attend the Lieutenant Governor,at his own House: Where they severally took the Oaths before hisHonour. And being returned,William Roper, Esq., Member for the Parish of St. Helena, said, Thatthe House having received the Lieutenant Governor’s Commands to return,& immediately choose a Speaker: And that as Mr. Smith had acquitted himselfin that Office to the general Satisfaction of the last Assembly, he tookthe liberty of moving, that the honorable Benjamin Smith, Esquire, mighttake the Chair, as Speaker.Resolved (nemine contradicente) That the Honorable Benjamin Smith,Esq., be Speaker of this House.And he took the Chair accordingly.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 9th Day of October 1760.Mr. Carne acquainted the House, That Robert Rivers and JamesCrockatt, Esqrs., had taken the Oaths before the Lieutenant-Governor, andmade and subscribed the Declaration, and taken and subscribed the Oathof Abjuration, pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.And the said Gentlemen appearing, the Oath appointed by the additionalAct to the Election Law to be taken by the Members of the GeneralAssembly, was administred to them by Peter Manigault, Esq., a Member ofthis House, and one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace.Mr. Speaker elect acquainted the House, that the Lieutenant-Governorhad been pleased to appoint Eleven of the Clock this Morning for the presentingof their Speaker to his Honour, in the Council-Chamber, for his approbation.And, it being Eleven of the Clock, Mr. Speaker elect, with the House,went up to attend the Lieutenant Governor in the Council-Chamber. And,being returned,Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had attended the Lieutenant-Governor, in the Council-Chamber; where his Honour had been pleased toapprove the choice they had made of him to be their Speaker: And, uponthe Petition and Claim of the House, by him made for that purpose, his

OCTOBER 9, 1760767Honour had been pleased to grant and allow to the House, all their ancientRights and Privileges, in as ample a manner as any of their Predecessors everenjoyed them; particularly that they, their Servants and Estates should be freefrom Arrests, and all Molestation. That they should have freedom of Speech,& have access to his Person on all proper Occasions.After which his Honour was pleased to make a Speech to the Counciland this House; of which Mr. Speaker said, to prevent Mistakes, he had obtaineda Copy, which he read to the House, and is as follows, viz.Honorable Gentlemen,Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Altho the late General Assembly have made a very liberal provision forthe defence of this Province, yet, in this critical Conjuncture, I thought itabsolutely necessary immediately, on the dissolution of the last, to call a newGeneral Assembly, to meet as soon as the Writs could be return’d, lest anyemergency shou’d arise, that might call for your further assistance.It is with the greatest pleasure that I congratulate you on the gloriousSuccess of His Majesty’s Arms, in the reduction of the whole Country ofCanada to the obedience of His Majesty, by the conduct of his ExcellencyGeneral Amherst. An Event of the greatest importance to His Majesty’s Coloniesin North-America, and which may produce a happy influence on theAffairs of this Province.Near the close of the last Session of the General Assembly, we had roomto expect a Peace with the Cherokees, from the Capitulation granted to theGarrison of Fort Loudoun; for which reason I deferred the immediately carryinginto execution those measures for the prosecuting the War with vigour,for which provision had been made: But upon receiving intelligence that theIndians had, in violation of the Articles of Capitulation, put to death theOfficers & Men, to the number of thirty two, I forthwith issued Commissions& Orders for raising the Regiment with the utmost expedition, & have solicited,& am in hopes to receive assistance from the Provinces of Virginia& North-Carolina at this interesting Crisis, & shall take the earliest Opportunityof laying a full state of our Affairs before his Excellency GeneralAmherst.During these Preparations, the Indians have repeated their Overturesfor Peace, & proposed a mutual exchange of Prisoners. I readily gave earto their first Proposal, in hopes of being able, by that means, to procure theLives & Liberty of so great a number of His Majesty’s Subjects as are nowunfortunately in their Hands. And as the Garrision of Fort Prince Georgeis reduced to great distress for want of Provisions, I have form’d a Plan forit’s relief, which I expect is now taking place.

768 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760Gentlemen,I have thus inform’d you of the Situation in which our Affairs are atpresent circumstanced, I shall propound no new Matters now for your Consideration,But whatever shall appear to me to be further necessary for facilitating& improving the measures that have been concerted, I shall,occasionally, communicate to you; & make no doubt of your ready supportand assistance therein, whereby we may be enabled to avert those dangerswhich at present threaten the safety of this Province.William Bull.Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to the LieutenantGovernor, to return his Honour the Thanks of this House for his Speechdelivered at the opening of this first Session of the present General Assembly.And it is referred to Mr. Taylor, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Izard, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Manigault, to draw up an Address upon the said Resolution.Thomas Lynch, Esq., appeared, and the Oath appointed by the additionalAct to the Election Act to be taken by all Members of the General Assemblywas administred to him by Peter Manigault, Esq.Ordered, That Mr. Mazyck and Mr. Middleton do attend the LieutenantGovernor with Mr. Lynch, & desire his Honour to permit Mr. Lynch totake the Oaths, & make & subscribe the Declaration, & take & subscribe theOath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.Resolved, That Mr. Jonathan Badger and Mr. Edward Weyman be Messengersto attend the service of this House.And the Oath of Office was administred to the said Messengers, respectively,by Peter Taylor, Esqr., one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in theWords following.“You shall well & faithfully execute the Office of Messenger of thisHouse, according to the best of your knowledge; and shall keep such Matterssecret as shall be enjoined you by the House.”“So help You God.”Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do write Letters to the severalGentlemen returned to serve as Members of this present General Assembly,who have not yet appeared, to require their attendance, immediately, uponthe service of the House: And if any of the said Gentlemen shall be unableto attend, through Sickness, or be apprehensive of taking the Infection ofthe Small-Pox, by coming to Town, that he do acquaint them, the Houseexpects, that they will, by Letter to Mr. Speaker, signify whether they intendto serve as Members of this House, or not.

OCTOBER 10, 1760769Ordered, That the several Members now in this House, who have beenreturned for more than one Parish do now declare what Parish they maketheir election to serve for.And, accordingly, Thomas Smith, Esqr., who was returned for St. Philip,Charles-town, St. Andrew and St. Paul, made his election to serve for theParish of St. Paul.Samuel Carne, Esq., who was returned for the Parishes of St. Helena,Port Royal, & St. Peter, made his election to serve for St. Peter.Thomas Lynch, Esq., returned for Prince George, Winyaw, and PrinceFrederic, made his election to serve for Prince George, Winyaw.And William Wragg, Esq., returned for the Parish of St. James, Goose-Creek, and St. John, in Colleton County, made his election to serve for St.John.Resolved and Ordered, That, for the future, every Person who shall bereturned to serve as a Member of the General Assembly, for more than oneParish, shall make his election at the Time he takes the Oath prescribed bythe additional Act to the Election Act, for what Parish he intends to serve.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 10th Day of October 1760.Read the Journals of the 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th Instant.David Graeme, Esq., who was returned for the Parish of Christ-Churchand the Parish of Prince William, made his election to serve for Christ-Church.William Vanderhorst, Esq., returned for the Parish of Christ-Church,appeared, and took the Oath appointed by the additional Act to the ElectionAct to be taken by all Members of the General Assembly; which wasadministred to him by David Graeme, Esq., one of His Majesty’s Justices ofthe Peace.Ordered, That Mr. Blake & Mr. Horry do accompany Mr. Vanderhorst,& see him take the Oaths before the Lieutenant Governor, and make andsubscribe the Declaration, and take and subscribe the Oath of Abjuration,pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.A Letter to Mr. Speaker, and the House, from Thomas Lamboll, Esq.,returned for the Parish of St. Andrew, was presented to the House, & read;signifying that he would not serve as a Member of the present General Assembly.Ordered, That a Message be prepared to be sent to desire the LieutenantGovernor & Council to issue new Writs of Election for such Parishes

770 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760where Members had been chosen, & made their election to serve for otherParishes; as likewise for those Parishes where the Persons returned have refusedto serve.A Letter from George Gabriel Powell, Esq., addressed to ChristopherGadsden, Esq., was presented to the House, by Mr. Gadsden, & read; in relationto eleven head of Cattle that were impressed and lost on the late Expedition.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.John Moore, Esq., returned for the Parish of St. Thomas & St. Dennis,appeared, & refused to serve as a Member of the present General Assembly.And then he withdrew.Mr. Taylor reported from the Committee who were appointed to drawup an Address to be presented to the Lieutenant Governor, on the Resolutionof Yesterday, that they had prepared an Address accordingly, which theyhad directed him to report to the House, and he read the Report in his Place,and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table; where the same, being twiceread, was, with several Amendments made thereunto, agreed unto by theHouse, and is as follows, vid.May it please your Honour,We, His Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Representativesof the Inhabitants of this Province, return your Honour our sincere Thanksfor your Speech deliver’d to us Yesterday: And look upon your calling a newAssembly, so soon after the Dissolution of the former, as an Instance of yourgood Intentions towards this Province.It is with a Pleasure equal to the Occasion, that we receiv’d yourHonour’s Congratulation upon the Success that has attended the Valour ofthe British and Provincial Forces in the Reduction of Canada to His Majesty’sObedience: An Event long wish’d for, anxiously expected, and now happilyaccomplish’d by the Conduct of General Amherst; the importance of whichis so manifest as to give us a clear prospect of the many Advantages to bederived from thence to all His Majesty’s Subjects, and more especially tothose upon this Continent.We are not surprised, that Your Honour has been disappointed in yourexpectation of an Accommodation with the Cherokee Indians by the moderateMeasures that have been persued: And we trust, that, for the future,the most vigorous Councils will be adopted; as it is manifest, that all overturesof Peace from them have been calculated only to amuse & deceive thisGovernment.

OCTOBER 11, 1760771We are extremely concern’d to find your Honour has not already acquaintedGeneral Amherst with our Situation; & as it is of the greatest Moment,that his Excellency shou’d be inform’d therewith as soon as possible,we depend that your Honour will lose no further Time in laying before hima full State of our Affairs: And we doubt not that, with his Assistance, join’dto the Aid we may reasonably expect from North-Carolina & Virginia, we shallmake the Indians repent that they ever committed any Outrages on HisMajesty’s Subjects of this and the neighbouring Provinces.As the Indians, after their first Overtures for a Peace, to which yourHonour listen’d, have most treacherously & barbarously massacred Part ofthe Garrison of Fort Loudoun, we cannot but look upon their repeatingthese Overtures as an Insult upon this Government; however, if your Honourhas or shou’d agree to the Proposals of the Indians for a mutual exchangeof Prisoners, & shou’d send the Indian Prisoners, now in our Custody, outof Charles-town, we hope it will be with a very strong Escort: For if the Partythat guards them is weak, we have reason, from the repeated treachery ofthe Indians, to expect that your Honour’s good intentions to procure thelives & liberty of a great number of His Majesty’s Subjects will be frustrated;&, that, instead thereof, an additional number of our fellow Subjects will fallinto their hands: Which we are under some apprehensions may be the fateof the neglected Garrison of Fort Prince George, when we consider how longthey have been in the greatest distress for want of relief.As we are convinced, that nothing but the severest Chastisement willever procure from that perfidious People a firm & honorable Peace, we assureyour Honour that we shall not be wanting, on our part to the extent ofour Abilities, to facilitate & forward those Preparations that have alreadybeen made, or such further Services as shall be necessary to be undertakenfor carrying on the War with vigor; not to vindicate our honour only, but tosupport the common Cause of our Country, and effectually to secure theProvince from the like Barbarities & Devastation for the future.Resolved, That the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant-Governorby the whole House.Ordered, That Mr. Mazyck & Mr. Parsons do wait upon the Lieutenant-Governor, & humbly know when his Honour will please to be attended bythe House.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Saturday the 11th Day of October 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.

772 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760According to Order, the following Message was drawn, viz.May it please your Honours,Several of the Members of this House having been return’d for morethan one Parish, & other Gentlemen who were return’d having refused toserve as Members of this present General Assembly, we desire that yourHonours will be pleas’d to issue a new Writ for the electing of a Member toserve in this present General Assembly, for the Parish of St. Philip, Charlestown,in the room of Thomas Smith, Esq., who made his election to servefor St. Paul’s Parish; a new Writ for the electing of two Members to serve forthe Parish of St. Andrew, in the room of the said Thomas Smith, Esq., & ofThomas Lamboll, Esq., who refused to serve; a new Writ for the electing ofone Member to serve for the Parish of St. James, Goose-Creek, in the roomof William Wragg, Esq., who made his election to serve for the Parish of St.John, Colleton County; a new Writ for the electing of one Member to servefor the Parish of St. Thomas & St. Dennis, in the room of John Moore, Esq.,who refused to serve; a new Writ for the electing of one Member to servefor the Parish of St. Helena, in the room of Samuel Carne, Esq., who madehis election to serve for St. Peter; a new Writ for the electing of one Memberto serve for the Parish of Prince William, in the room of David Graeme,Esq., who made his election to serve for Christ-Church; & a new Writ for theelecting of one Member to serve for the Parish of Prince Frederic, in theroom of Thomas Lynch, Esq., who made his election to serve for PrinceGeorge’s Parish: Which Writs we desire may be made returnable immediately.Ordered, That the Message be considered next Monday.Mr. Mazyck reported to the House, that the Lieutenant-Governor, havingbeen waited upon, humbly to know his pleasure when he would be attendedby the House, had been pleased to appoint Monday Morning, Elevenof the Clock, in the Council-Chamber.Then the House took the Letter from Colonel George-Gabriel Powellto Christopher Gadsden, Esq., in relation to Eleven head of Cattle that wereimpressed for the service of the first Expediton against the Cherokee Indians,and lost, into consideration.And the said Letter being read a second time;The Resolution of the late General Assembly, of the 11th Day of July last,respecting the said Eleven head of Cattle, was read.Resolved (upon the Question) That the said Colonel George-GabrielPowell be discharged from being accountable for the said Eleven head ofCattle.Notice being taken to the House, That, in the 46th & 47th Articles ofthe Report made from the Committee who were appointed to audit the last

OCTOBER 13, 1760773Year’s Accounts of the Creditors of the Public, on two Accounts of ChristopherHolson, one amounting to £22:15, & the other to £18:12:6; the said Committeereported that the said Sums ought to be provided for; which Articleswere severally agreed to by the House; but the said Sums had been omittedto be inserted in the Schedule to the Tax-Law.And that in the 117th Article of the same Report, on an Account ofMessieurs Laurens, Motte & Company, the said Committee recommendedthat the Sum of £1198:10:10, part of the said Account, being for sundry Articlesfurnished for the service of the Expedition against the Cherokee Indians,should be provided for; to which the House also agreed; but that the saidSum had, thro’ mistake, been omitted to be inserted in the Schedule to theLaw which was made to defray the expence of that Expedition.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay to Christopher Holson,Warden of the Work-House in Charles-Town, the Sum of £41:7:6, whichshould have been inserted in the Schedule to the last Tax-Law. And that hedo also pay to Messieurs Laurens, Motte & Company, the Sum of £1198:10:10,which should have been inserted in the Schedule to the Law made for defrayingthe expence of the Expedition against the Cherokee Indians.Resolved, That this House will provide for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sums.A Set of Rules and Orders to be observed by the Members of this House,was twice read, and agreed to by the House.Ordered, That the said Rules and Orders be ingrossed.Resolved, That Hopkin Price, Esq., be Cashier of this House.And then the House adjourned till Monday Morning, Ten of the Clock.Monday the 13th Day of October 1760.Read the Journals of Saturday’s Proceedings.The House (according to Order) took the Message to the LieutenantGovernor & Council, for issuing new Writs of Election, into Consideration.And the Question being put, that the said Writs be made returnableimmediately.It was resolved in the Affirmative.Ordered, That Mr. Pinckney & Mr. Smith do carry the Message to theLieutenant Governor and Council.Then, it being Eleven of the Clock, Mr. Speaker, with the House, wentup to attend the Lieutenant-Governor, in the Council-Chamber: And beingreturned,Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attended the Lieutenant-Governor, in the Council-Chamber; where he (Mr. Speaker) had presented

774 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760their Address to his Honour; to which he was pleased to make the followingAnswer.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,From your known affection to His Majesty, & from the great advantagesthat must naturally ensue from the reduction of Canada to His obedience,I cou’d not but expect that the same impression wou’d be made upon yourminds, that the most fortunate events are apt to produce. An increase ofStrength, Trade & Riches, & the security of our Religion, Liberty & Propertyare the happy consequences resulting from it. These Blessings (the constantObjects of His Majesty’s View, throughout His glorious Reign) we cannot betoo sensible of, nor too grateful in our return of Thanks for.I hope it is unnecessary to appeal to you for the uprightness of my Intentions.Nor will I entertain the least scruple of your believing that myThoughts are not directed towards the service of the Province; & thereforeI cannot but lament that my difference with you in judgment upon the Overturesmade by the Cherokees, when they granted the Capitulation to Fort-Loudoun, shou’d draw from you the Expression of “your not being surprisedthat I had been disappointed in my expectation of an Accommodation withthem, by the moderate Measures I had pursued.” You, Gentlemen, who wereMembers of the last Assembly, cannot forget the Satisfaction that wasexpress’d at the contents of those Dispatches which I caus’d to be communicatedto you in a private way. You will pardon me for saying that if you wereat that time convinced that the Capitulation, & the Overtures that accompaniedit, were calculated only to amuse & deceive this Government, it wou’dhave been more generous, and your happy Discernment would have producedmuch better effects then to have exercised the undoubted Right youhave of advising me (for you were then sitting) than to have taken the presentOpportunity of an Address to censure my conduct.If I had greedily sought after gain, in hastily issuing Commissions, uponyour having passed the Act for raising a Regiment, when the Exigencies ofthe Province did not seem to require that an additional Load of Expencesshou’d be thrown upon it. If I had paid no regard to Captain Demere’s Letter,with which you were then also made acquainted, in which he says, “Nothingbut the inclinations these Indians have for a Peace cou’d have saved us:We can discover nothing in their present behaviour that contradicts this; &hope, at least, that nothing will be undertaken that will endanger us on theMarch,” I shou’d have expected to have been animadverted upon; I am sureI shou’d have been conscious to myself, that I had deserv’d it. However soearly as the 9th of September, being but a few Days after my receiving theNews of the violation of the Capitulation, during my illness, that I desired

OCTOBER 13, 1760775the Gentlemen of the Council to consider who were the most proper Personsto be appointed Field-Officers to the Regiment; & no time was lost byme after that in doing every thing towards the most expedition in raising it.It concerns me too much to refrain from declaring how greatly I amaffected with your unkind imputation of Remissness in my not having alreadyacquainted General Amherst with our situation. I rely upon the justice ofthe several honorable Persons with whom I am directed by His Majesty’s Instructionsto correspond, to clear me from a Charge of having been, uponany Occasion, deficient in my Duty in that respect. Upon ColonelMontgomery’s departure, I gave his Excellency the fullest Account I was ableof the State of our Affairs. I did not receive the Intelligence of the breachof the Capitulation, until after I had been visited by the hand of God, with adisorder that endanger’d my life, which continued upon me so long, as toprevent even my being present in Council, till the Day before I met you inGeneral Assembly. Add to this the slender hopes that cou’d be form’d ofobtaining any Succour from his Excellency, when it was generally thoughtthe Force he had was too small for the great Enterprize he was engaged in:And also the endeavours I had used to obtain Assistance from the Provinceof North-Carolina, & to prevail upon Virginia to keep up the Forces they hadrais’d, who by halting, in their present Station, wou’d be in a readiness toact as soon as Preparations shou’d be made for co-operating with them.Under these Circumstances, can it be thought I was too sanguine in imaginingthat I had sufficient reason to conclude that no supposition cou’d justlyhave taken place, for charging me with indolence or neglect?The Escort which I appointed for the Indian Prisoners was to consistof twenty six private Soldiers, who are to guard them as far as the Congrees,to Major Hamilton’s Camp; with Orders, upon any apprehension or rumorof the Enemy’s approach, to halt & apply for assistance to the nearest Officersof the Militia; who are directed to support them. When they arrive there,in case of bringing down the Remains of the Garrison of Fort Loudoun toNinety Six, in order to be exchanged, shall make it requisite, I have order’dthe Escort thither to be increas’d with Rangers, to one hundred Men. Bythis Draught, the Guard for the Town does not exceed twelve Men. If youthink it will be expedient to have any variation in this Disposition, I shall givethe greatest attention to your Opinion upon it.By a Letter I receiv’d from Colonel Grant, dated the 3d of July, I wasinform’d, that there was Flour enough in Fort Prince-George, to last six oreight Months, and forty Bullocks; so that altho’ they are in want of Beef, theGarrison, I think, cannot be said to be in the greatest Distress. And, as I toldyou before, that I had form’d a Plan for it’s relief, it appears that it has notbeen neglected.

776 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760Your Resolution to facilitate & forward such Services as the carrying on theWar, with vigor, may make necessary, breaths such a spirit of Loyalty to The King,& regard to the good of your Constituents, that, I do, in His Majesty’s Name, mostheartily thank you for it. And I do assure you, that, for my own part, the mostfrugal & religious Application shall be made of what has been, or shall be provided,to the very Uses for which they were by you intended.Gentlemen,I have been longer, & more particular, than usual in an Answer to anAddress: I wish I had not been call’d upon to be so. No Man can be, & fewhave better reason to be more strongly disposed than I am to do every Thingthat can contribute to the safety, honor and happiness of this my native Country;and therefore, as it is my firm persuasion, that nothing can be more fatalto us, than misunderstandings and jealousies of each other, I amdetermin’d that none shall be suffer’d, by me at least, to arise between us.The 13th Day of October 1760.William Bull.Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges & Elections be appointed, ofthe following Gentlemen, viz., Mr. Wragg, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Mazyck, Mr.Graeme, Mr. Smith, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Pinckney.Resolved, That Mr. Speaker be desired to send to London for such ofthe Journals of the House of Commons as have been printed since the 23Volume was sent hither; together with an Index to the said Journals, if anysuch shall be printed.Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to make inquiry of what fartherProvision may be necessary to be made for the South-Carolina Regiment, otherthan what is appointed by the Law made for raising the said Regiment, of thefollowing Gentlemen; viz., Mr. Smith, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Taylor, Mr.Gadsden, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Izard, Major Moultrie, Mr. Pringle.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 14th Day of October 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Two Messages from the Lieutenant Governor, by Mr. Bassnett;Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,In order to render the establishment of the Provincial Regiment morecompleat & useful, I desire you to provide for the Pay of a Drum-Major,Searjeant-Major & Quarter-Master Serjeant, whose several & distinct Dutiesare very necessary in the detail of the Service.

OCTOBER 14, 1760777There is another Officer whose duty is of the greatest use in the marchof the Regiment; without which, it’s Motions will be very precarious & muchretarded; I mean a Waggon-Master General, whose Services being very fatiguing,you will doubtless appoint a suitable Pay for it. I wou’d also propose anEstablishment for a Chaplain, in Case any Gentleman of that reverend Functionwou’d undertake that service, & attend the Regiment in their Expedition.I must likewise recommend to your Consideration a Matter of someConsequence, towards raising the Men; & that is, making an allowance to theRecruiting Officers, for the Expence attending that Service, which is absolutelynecessary, & cannot be afforded out of their Pay, which will but justsupport their own Charges; & to this frugality, is very probably owing the badsuccess which our Recruiting Officers have met with, which I am sorry toacquaint you proceeds but slowly as yet. No mention being made concerningTents, in the Act for raising this Regiment, I shou’d be glad you wou’dcome to some Resolutions upon that Head.And as it will be necessary to form a Camp for the Provincial Regiment,near the Frontiers, as soon as we can collect two or three hundred Men, withthose now in Town, & the Recruits that are raising all over the Country; Imust desire you will take under your Consideration in what manner Fort-Johnson is to be garrison’d, & Charles-Town guarded on that Event.I have appointed Major William Thompson, Major-Commandant of theRangers, whose abilities & inspection over that Body will, I think, be of greatuse to the Service for which they are intended; & I have charged him withthe Relief of Fort Prince-George. I must recommend him to you as an Officerwho deserves your Notice; & I hope you will provide such Pay for himas is suitable to his Rank.13 October 1760.William Bull.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Major Frederic Hamilton, who commands the Detachment of the Regimentof Royal Scots left by Colonel Montgomery, for the covering of ourBack-Settlements, having acquainted me, that a great many of his Men areso ill in the Camp at the Congrees that [it] is absolutely necessary to bringthem down in Waggons to Charles-Town, for the recovery of their health,in order to their being fit for any Duty; I therefore desire that you will makeprovision for putting the Barracks into a sufficient repair for their reception& accommodation; & that they be furnish’d with the usual Barrack Necessarieswhich have been allow’d by this & other Provinces in the like Cases.14 October 1760.William Bull.

778 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Messages, severally, to the House.And the first of the said Messages being read at the Table;Ordered, That the same be referred to the Consideration of the Committeewho were appointed to make inquiry of what farther provision maybe necessary to be made for the South-Carolina Regiment, other than whatis appointed by the Law for raising the said Regiment; & that they do reporttheir Opinion thereupon to the House.Ordered, That the said Committee do make their Report to this Houseon Friday Morning.Ordered, That Colonel Middleton be added to the said Committee.And the other Message being also read at the Table;A Resolution of the House, of the 1st Day of December, 1757, with respectto providing for Barrack Necessaries, was read.Resolved, That this House will [make] a provision for defraying theExpence of repairing the Barracks; & will also provide for furnishing suchof the usual Barrack Necessaries as may be wanting.And the following Address (in Answer to the said Message) was drawn; viz.May it please your Honour,In answer to your Message deliver’d to us this Morning, in relation to providingfor sufficient repairs to the Barracks, & the usual Barrack Necessaries forthe reception & accommodation of such part of the army under the commandof Major Frederic Hamilton as are sick; we beg leave to acquaint your Honourthat we have resolv’d to make provision for the Barracks being put in repair, &also for the usual Barrack Necessaries that may be wanting.Two Messages from The Lieutenant Governor, by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,The hon. Edmond Atkin, Esq., His Majesty’s Agent to & Superintendantfor Indian Affairs in the Southern District of North-America, has inform’dme, that, according to the desire of Governor Lyttelton & Governor Dobbs,on the behalf of their respective Provinces, he had held a Conference withthe Catawbas, on his return from Kewohee last July, at Pine-Tree Hill, concerningthe Lands which they claim’d; & that they had agreed to surrendertheir Claims to a large Tract of sixty Miles diameter, in consideration of beingquietly settled in a Tract of only fifteen Miles square, part of the abovemention’d Land, to be ascertain’d, by survey, to prevent Intruders, & thehaving a Fort built there at the Public Expence.I am now to acquaint you that there are a considerable number of theCatawbas come to town to receive the reward for eight Cherokee scalps whichthey brought down, & one Prisoner they took & deliver’d to Col. Montgomery;

OCTOBER 14, 1760779which I have accordingly paid them. They are waiting impatiently for a finalanswer concerning the Fort, & are very desirous that it shou’d be soon built, thatthey might be settled there time enough to prepare for planting provisions theensuing year for their future subsistence, which will be an ease to the charge ofthe province; & praying that they may be cloath’d by the public as the Winter isapproaching, which they think they have reason to expect as their engagementswith us against the Cherokees prevents their hunting to supply their wants. Andas the sum of £1700 allow’d by you for cloathing, feeding & arming them is doubtlessexpended, as you will judge by the account herewith sent you, of the demandsof Messrs. Kershaw & Company, amounting to £1148 already paid, whichdemands must have still run on; I do therefore recommend these matters to yourearly consideration, & especially the Fort, so necessary to defend their wives &children, while the few men that now remain of their nation are with us out atwar or hereafter a hunting. I must observe that a fort has been promis’d themby this government several times within these fifteen years, & was again promis’din town this Spring, at their special request, when they were invited by me, &then consented to join Col. Montgomery’s troops in his expedition against theCherokees. I am inform’d that the expence of building such a fort as will satisfythem will scarce amount to the sum of seven hundred pounds.14th October 1760.William Bull.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,As by a Law passed this Summer no Strouds or Duffils, amongst other articlestherein enumerated, are for a certain time to be exported from this provincewithout my permission; & as application has been made to me on the behalfof Mr. McGillivray & Mr. Galphin, for a permission to send a quantity of woolengoods wherewith to supply the Creek Indians with cloathing on the approachof Winter; suggesting the danger of their being driven, in case we do not furnishthem, through necessity, to apply to our enemies the French, as the Indianswill consider our with-holding our usual commerce for the necessaries of life,as a with-holding our friendship towards them; & on such an occasion, they willtake even an imperfect supply from the French as a great service & kindnessdone them, which our artful rivals will know how, & not fail to improve. In thesecritical times I am unwilling to form any resolutions on so delicate an affair withoutthe most mature consultation, a precipitate or wrong step may draw after itvery fatal consequences; I therefore desire your opinion & advice thereupon,with as much dispatch as you conveniently can; for the time for sending suchsupplies, if it shou’d be thought expedient is at hand.The 14th October 1760.William Bull.

780 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Messages severally to the House.Then the first of the said Messages was read at the Table.And the Account of Joseph Kershaw & Company, in the said Messagementioned, being read;Resolved, That this House will provide a Sum, not exceeding sevenhundred Pounds, to defray the expence of building a Fort for the defenceof the Wives & Children of the Catawba Indians.Resolved, That this House will provide a further Sum, not exceedingone thousand Pounds, for cloathing & subsisting the said Indians.And the following Address (in answer to the said Message) was drawn; viz.May it please your Honour,In answer to your Message, in relation to providing for the CatawbaIndians, we beg leave to acquaint your Honour that we have resolv’d to providethe Sum of seven hundred Pounds, for building the Fort mention’d byyour Honour, for the protection of their Wives and Children, & also the Sumof one thousand Pounds toward cloathing & subsisting the said Indians.Ordered, That the said Address, together with the Address relating torepairing the Barracks, & Barrack Necessaries, be presented to the Lieutenant-Governorby Mr. Parsons & Mr. Williamson.Ordered, That his Honour’s last Message be considered in the Afternoon.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.The House (according to Order) took the Lieutenant-Governor’s Message,with respect to permitting Woolen Goods to be sent to supply the CreekIndians with Cloathing, into Consideration.And the said Message being read at the Table;The “Act to prevent the exportation of Grain and other Provisions, andArms, Ammunition, Strouds, Duffils & Plains, from the Province of SouthCarolina, for the Term therein mentioned” was read.And the Question being put, that the House will advise the Lieutenant-Governor to permit such Woolen Goods as he shall think fit to be sent to theCreek Indians.It was resolved in the Affirmative.And the following Address (in answer to the said Message) was drawn; viz.May it please your Honour,In answer to your Honour’s Message, desiring our opinion & advice, inrelation to supplying the Creek Nation with such Goods as may be necessary

OCTOBER 17, 1760781for their occasions the ensuing Winter; this House begs leave to acquaintyour Honour, that it has taken the same into consideration, & is of opinion,& accordingly give it as their advice to your Honour, that, in the present stateof things with that Nation, & in order to render their disposition still morefavorable to us, which, at this juncture, is apparently for the benefit of thisProvince, it will be prudent to permit such Woolen Goods as they may standin need of to be sent amongst them: But hopes that your Honour will restrainthe same to such quantities as may be sufficient to serve their own use.Ordered, That the Address be presented to the Lieutenant-Governorby Mr. Wragg & Mr. Mazyck.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 15th Day of October 1760.The following Members met, viz., Mr. Wragg, Mr. Crockatt, Mr.Vanderhorst, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Parsons & Major Moultrie; whomade choice of Mr. Crockatt to be Chairman, & he, by the desire of the restof the Members, adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 16th Day of October 1760.The following Members met, viz., Mr. Crokatt, Mr. Parsons, Mr.Williamson, Mr. Rivers, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Horry & Mr. Wragg; who made choiceof Mr. Horry to be Chairman, & he, by the desire of the rest of the Members,adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning, Ten ofthe Clock.Friday the 17th Day of October 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Three of the Clock.P.M.Read the Journals of last Tuesday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant-Governor by Mr. Bassnett;Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,As there are a Party of the far Chickesaws that are ready to go againstthe Cherokees, & have remain’d for some Weeks most usefully employ’d incovering the late settlers at Long-Canes in their attempt to resettle there by

782 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760building a fort; & as there is one Cobbert, a white man, who is well acquaintedwith & much follow’d by these Indians, I therefore desire that youwou’d enable me to give him, or some other fit person a commission, underthe footing of Adair’s to head them whenever the service requires it, forthe double purpose of animating them in war, & preventing their being mistakenfor enemies when met in the Woods.William Bull.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Upon communicating to His Majesty’s honourable Council your Messagein answer to mine, concerning my granting permission for exporting Woolens& other Things for the necessary uses of the Creek Indians in this delicate conjuncture,in order to have their advice in what manner that matter cou’d beconducted with the best effect & greatest impartiallity, some doubts arosewhether I was impower’d by the Law to grant permission in the present Case.The expediency of the measure being apparent, unless it is immediately carriedinto execution, the advantages to the peace of this Province which are intended& expected thereby will be lost. Therefore, by the advice of His Majesty’shonourable Council, I recommend this Matter to your consideration, that theseDoubts may be removed without loss of time, & such powers given for the prudent& impartial use of such permission as are consistent with the true interestof this Province in our present circumstances.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the said Messages severally to the House.Then the first of the said Messages being read at the Table;Resolved, That this House will make provision for the same pay toColbert, named in the said Message, or to any other Person whom the Lieutenant-Governorshall think fit to appoint to lead the said Chickesaws as wasresolved to be provided for Mr. Adair.And the following Address (in answer to the said Message) was drawn; viz.May it please your Honour,Having consider’d your Message just now receiv’d, with respect to enablingyour Honour to give one Colbert, or some other fit Person, a commissionunder the footing of Adair’s, to head the upper Chickesaws againstthe Cherokees, we have resolv’d to provide the same for the said Colbert,or such other person as your Honour shall think fit to commission for thatpurpose as was resolved by the late Assembly to be provided for Mr. Adair.And the other Message being read at the Table;Ordered, That Mr. Parsons & Mr. Pinckney do draw up an Answer thereto.

OCTOBER 17, 1760783Mr. Pinckney reported from the Committee who were appointed tomake inquiry concerning what farther provision may be necessary to bemade for the South-Carolina Regiment, other than what is appointed by theLaw for raising the said Regiment; & to whom the Lieutenant Governor’sMessage, of the 13th Instant, upon that subject, was referred; That the Committeehad made the Inquiry accordingly, & considered the matter of the saidMessage, & had come to several Resolutions thereupon; which they had directedhim to report to the House; & he read the Report in his place, & afterwarddelivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: where the same was read, & is asfollows; viz.That, on perusal & consideration of the Act of Assembly lately passedfor the establishment of the present Provincial Regiment, they find that noprovision is thereby made for any of the Posts or Employments, or for theServices recommended by his Honour in his said Message: And that theMonies granted by the said Act are appropriated solely to the raising, paying,cloathing & maintaining the Officers, Soldiers & others therein mentioned,in manner, as by the said Act is particularly specified. And that, ona Calculation made, such Monies are barely sufficient for the purposesthereby intended. By which his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor is preventedfrom employing such Officers & Persons, & from providing suchCamp-Equipage & allowing such usual Expences to recruiting Officers as theCommittee, in their opinion think highly reasonable & proper to be allowed:And therefore the Committee are of opinion, that, in order to compleat thesaid Regiment, in Case there should not be Money in the Fund sufficient forthose purposes, further provision should be made for such Services as arehereafter particularly mentioned (that is to say)For paying a Chaplain forty two Shillings, Currency, a Day.Also to a Drum-Major, Ten Shillings, Currency, a Day.To a Serjeant-Major, & Quarter-Master Serjeant, fifteen Shillings, Currency,a day, each.To 20 Men, to be employed as Pioneers or Hatchet-men, two of them toattend each Company, Eight Shillings & Nine Pence, Currency, a Day, each.To a Waggon-Master General, Two Pounds, Sixteen Shillings, Currency,a Day.To two Butchers to attend the Regiment on their march, ten Shillings,Currency, a Day, each.Also that the Sum of Five Pounds, Currency, be allowed & paid to each& every Officer in the said Regiment for each Man by him already recruitedor inlisted or hereafter to be recruited or inlisted in the same as a just & reasonableconsideration for his extraordinary trouble, charges & expences thatmust unavoidably attend him in the pursuit of that necessary Service.

784 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760That, as it is proposed & intended the Regiment (when raised) is tomarch immediately on actual Service, whereby they will be exposed to theseverity & inclemency of a Winter’s Campain; the Committee think it wouldbe an act of Inhumanity to refuse them useful & necessary Tents at the PublicExpence; & therefore recommend that the Sum of Two Thousand, ThreeHundred & Forty Pounds, Currency, be granted for this Service: Which Sum,on an Estimate made of the Expence attending this Article, the Committeethink will be sufficient.The Committee are also of Opinion, that a sufficient number of Camp-Kettles should be provided for the said Regiment.In regard to making provision for the Pay of Major Thompson, as Major-Commandantof the Rangers, who his Honour, by the said Message,strongly recommends to the Notice of the House; the Committee are ofOpinion, the appointment of such an Officer was extremely necessary tocommand & direct the several Corps of Rangers in the Pay of this Province(which are now very properly Regimented by the said appointment) & dotherefore recommend that the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, Currency, bepaid Monthly to the said Major Thompson, from the Date of his said Commission,out of the Monies already provided for the Establishment of theRangers, & now lying in the Treasury.On Consideration of that part of the Message wherein his Honour desiresthe House will consider in what manner Fort-Johnson is to be garrisoned,& Charles-Town guarded, on the Event of all the Provincials beingordered to form a Camp on the Frontiers; the Committee are of Opinionthat his Honour should be addressed to direct a sufficient Detachment fromthe Regiment to garrison Fort-Johnson, until the Regiment is prepared tomarch forward from it’s Camp on the Frontiers; & then, on the said Detachmentbeing ordered to join the Regiment, that twenty five Men be taken intothe Pay of this Province Monthly, to perform that Service until the Regimentreturns, or until some further and suitable provision Offers: And that thesaid twenty five Men be inlisted & receive the same Pay & Allowance, in thesame way & manner as was allowed & paid by the Public to Men employedon the same Service sometime before & at the Time of the Arrival of theTroops under the Command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bouquet.And concerning the Guard for Charles-Town, on the foregoing Eventhappening, the Committee are of Opinion, that a Bill should be brought infor establishing a Watch in Charles-Town, during the absence of the Regiment,on the footing of the Watch that was established by a Law made forthat purpose in the Year 174-.The Committee observe, that, as the former House of Assembly hadreason to apprehend His Majesty’s Agents would have paid the heavy

OCTOBER 18, 1760785Expence of Carriages to attend the Regiment on it’s march; on which accountno Monies are provided by the Act for that Service: But inasmuch asthey have received information from Mr. Nutt, one of the Agents to the Contractors,that he cannot answer the payment of the said Carriages withoutan Order from General Amherst, the Committee do therefore recommend,that his Honour the Lieut. Governor be addressed to use his best endeavoursto procure, at His Majesty’s Expence, a proper provision for this Service: Andif this Method should prove ineffectual the Public of this Province shouldbecome chargeable therewith, rather than the general Service of the Provinceshould suffer.Ordered, That the said Report be considered to-morrow Morning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of theClock.Saturday the 18th Day of October 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Parsons reported to the House, that Mr. Pinckney & himself had,pursuant to their Order, prepared an Address in answer to the Lieut.Governor’s Message, relative to permitting Woolen Goods to be sent to theCreek Indians; & he read the Address in his Place, & afterward delivered itin at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same, being twice read, was agreed to bythe House, & is as followeth; viz.May it please your Honour,Agreeable to your Honour’s desire, by your Message of Yesterday, recommendingto this House (by advice of His Majesty’s Council) to take intoConsideration whether your Honour is impowered to grant permission forexporting Woolens & other Things for the necessary Use of the Creek Indians;we have consider’d that Matter, & now acquaint your Honour, that wesee no reason to deviate from our former Advice: And we doubt not that yourHonour will give such powers for the prudent & impartial use of such permissionas are consistent with the true interest of this Province: And furtherobserve, that it was & still is the Opinion of this House that no other thanWoolen Goods shou’d, for the present, be permitted to be sent amongstthose Indians.Then the Report from the Committee who were appointed to makeinquiry of what provision may be farther necessary to be made for the South-Carolina Regiment, other than what is appointed by the Law for raising thesaid Regiment; & to whom the Lieut. Governor’s Message, upon that Subject,was referred, was (according to the Order made Yesterday for that purpose)taken into Consideration.

786 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1760–OCTOBER 18, 1760And the first Article of the said Report (for paying a Chaplain) beingread a second time, was, upon the Question being put thereupon, disagreedwith by the House.The 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th Articles, being severally reada second time, were severally agreed to by the House.The 11th Article being read a second time;Resolved, That the Pay to the Major-Commandant of the Rangers beOne Hundred & twenty Six Pounds per Month.The 12 Article of the Report, being read a second time, was, upon theQuestion being put thereupon, agreed unto by the House.The 13th & 14th Articles, being severally read a second time, were severallyagreed to by the House.Ordered, That an Address be prepared to be presented to the Lieut.Governor, with a Copy of the said Report, as the same was agreed to by thisHouse.Resolved, That the Lieut. Governor be desired to give this House leaveto adjourn till the first Monday in January next.Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter which he had receivedfrom Richard Richardson, Esq., returned duly elected to serve as a Memberof the present General Assembly for the Parish of St. Mark; dated St. Mark’sParish, 9th October 1760: And the same being read, signifying, that he wou’dnot serve as a Member of the General Assembly.Ordered, That a Message be prepared to be sent to desire the Lieut.Governor and Council to issue a new Writ for the electing of a Member toserve for the said Parish in his room.Mr. Speaker also presented to the House a Letter he had received fromCharles Cantey, Esqr., returned to serve for St. Stephen’s Parish; dated 15thOctober 1760; which was read, signifying, that he was apprehensive of takingthe Infection of the Small-Pox, in Case he should come to Town; but thathe intended to serve for the said Parish.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.Pursuant to the Orders of this Morning, the following Addresses weredrawn, viz.May it please your Honour,For Answer to your Message of the 13th Instant, with respect to renderingthe establishment of the Provincial Regiment more useful & compleat;we beg leave to acquaint your Honour, that we referred the same to the considerationof a Committee, who having made a Report thereupon, we here-

OCTOBER 18, 1760787with send your Honour a Copy of the said Report, as the same was agreedto by this House.May it please your Honours,Richard Richardson, Esq., who was return’d as a Member to serve in thispresent General Assembly for the Parish of St. Mark, having refused to serve;we desire your Honours will please to issue a new Writ for the electing of aMember to serve for the said Parish in his room; & that the same be madereturnable immediately.Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to the Lieut. Governorby Mr. Pinckney & Major Moultrie. And that they do desire his Honour togive this House leave to adjourn till the first Monday in January next.Mr. Pinckney reported to the House, that the Lieutenant Governor hadbeen pleased to give the House leave to adjourn according to their desire.And then the House adjourned till Monday, the 5th Day of January next.Return to contents ➔

788 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761Session Beginning January 5, 1761and Ending January 24, 1761Monday the 5th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 6th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 7th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 8th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Friday the 9th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Saturday the 10th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till Monday Morning,Ten of the Clock.Monday the 12th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.

JANUARY 16, 1761789Tuesday the 13th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 14th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 15th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Friday the 16th Day of January 1761.The House met.Read the Journals of Saturday the 18th Day of October last.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor, by Mr. Simpson;Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,When I called you together in last October, I laid only such mattersbefore you as required an immediate consideration, & you very readily providedfor them; & the season of the year, at that time, & the apprehensionentertain’d by many of your members, of danger from the remain of theSmall-Pox, rendering it very disagreeable to you to continue then longer sitting,you had my permission to adjourn till this time. During this long recess,several matters have arisen, concerning which, from a consideration ofthe intention of your former resolutions, & from the intire confidence I placein your readiness to do whatever is necessary for the service of this province,I have given such directions as to prevent any detriment which the publicotherwise might have receiv’d from the want of your express determinationthereupon; which I shall lay before you in the present, & subsequent Messages.I had given orders for throwing into fort Prince-George a plentiful supplyof flour, meat & firing, for three months, on the 1st of December; whichwas near the brink of being disappointed, by an opinion prevailing amongthe Rangers, that they were continued in pay no longer than the first of December;but when I consider’d, that you had given such earnest advice, &made such ample provision for carrying on the war against the Cherokeeswith the utmost vigour, I immediately dispatch’d an express, which reach’d

790 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761them just in good time, assuring them, that, on their return, they shou’dreceive all their pay to the first of December; & further, that I was so wellsatisfied with their past behaviour, & the General Assembly were so sensibleof the good services they had, & cou’d render their country, that I made nodoubt but they wou’d be continued in pay until the Cherokee war shou’dbe happily concluded; which made them all easy, & they proceededchearfully: Therefore, as the like difficulty arose among the Rangers, at thefirst period of their establishment in July last, while with colonel Montgomeryat Kewohee, I earnestly recommend it to you to come to such resolutions,concerning the continuance of their establishment, as will prevent any suchinconveniencies or risque hereafter.At the same time, I must propound for your consideration, that, as thereis no probability of our filling up the South-Carolina regiment of foot, withthe whole number proposed, whether it wou’d not be proper to add to majorThompson’s regiment, one or two troops of rangers; which I can immediatelyraise: And, when the bounty-money given to the foot, with cloaths,arms, tents, & the charge of waggons, for their most ordinary marches, aretaken into the account, which are all saved in the rangers, they will not befound more expensive to this province, than an equal number of the foot.As the regiment of horse is now compleat, & having found great advantageby the inregimenting them under the command of major Thompson,I wish you to make some small provision for an adjutant; an officer very necessaryto assist the major; & more especially when the regiment is to be keptconstantly in one body, & joins the army; & also a quarter-master. The onlysurgeon they have hitherto had is a free Negro, one of their men, who hasbeen of great service to their sick & wounded; to whom I have given a rewardof thirty pounds currency, for his care therein, on a certificate thereofsign’d by the captain, & recommended by the major.There is a matter also I must mention for your consideration, whichcreates some dissatisfaction to the officers of the horse. It is, that, tho’ theirduty is far from being less, their pay is so much less than that of the officersof the foot; & having no uniform dress subjects them to some kind of contempt& ridicule from the foot-officers. It wou’d give some encouragementto the officers if you made some augmentation of their pay, of about tenpounds a month to the subaltern, & fifteen pounds to the captain; which Iam persuaded will satisfy them, as it will likewise be an instance of your approvingtheir behaviour. And, without any charge to the public, I haveorder’d a cheap uniform for the private men, suitable to their duty. I haveorder’d a new supply of provisions to be sent in a month’s time to fort Prince-George, by a party of four hundred & fifty rangers. And am in hopes thisfrequent returning to the Cherokee-country will produce the double advan-

JANUARY 17, 1761791tage of keeping them at home, & shewing we can, at our pleasure, march,without fear, to their country.As it was thought proper by the officers of the South-Carolina regimentof foot, as well as by me, that a small train of artillery shou’d be prepared toaccompany them in the Cherokee war, which wou’d be of considerable usein that service, & in particular in an expedition which I had projected forexecution the beginning of this Month, with only our provincials, but, incompliance with general Amherst’s opinion, have laid aside; I purchas’d twocannon, & order’d four cohorns to be fitted up, & a proper & plentiful quantityof fix’d ammunition, & laboratory stores to be prepared; & have directedthe accounts thereof to be laid before you.Gentlemen,I have now laid before you a general state of our preparations, & whatmay be further necessary for the ensuing campain, & recommend to you tomake provision for these several matters relative to the service of this provinceby our provincial troops, as I hope you will agree with me in the proprietythereof.15th January 1761.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered, That the Message be considered to-morrow Morning.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Saturday the 17th Day of January 1761.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Alexander Broughton, Esqr., returned a Member to serve for the Parishof St. John, in Berkley County, appeared; & took the Oath appointed bythe additional Act to the Election-Act to be taken by all Persons who shallserve as Members of the General Assembly; which was administred to himby Robert Pringle, Esqr., a Member of this House, & one of His Majesty’sJustices of the Peace for Berkley County.Several other Members, returned upon new Writs, also appeared, &took the same Oath, which was administred to them severally by the said Mr.Pringle (to wit), Thomas Shubrick, Esqr., returned for the Parish of St. Philip,Charles-Town; Jeremiah Savage, Esqr., returned for the Parish of St. Andrew;David Oliphant, Esqr., returned for the Parish of Prince-William; and JacobMotte, junior, Esqr., returned for the Parish of St. Mark.

792 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761Mr. Smith acquainted the House, that Colonel Rivers & himself hadseen the said Members take the Oaths before the Lieutenant-Governor, &make & subscribe the Declaration, & take & subscribe the Oath of Abjuration,pursuant to the Laws made for those purposes.The Lieutenant Governor’s Message, received Yesterday, was read at theTable.And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, that the saidMessage be referred to the Consideration of a Committee.It passed in the Negative.Ordered, That the Message be considered in the Afternoon.And then the House adjourned till Three of the Clock.P.M.The Lieutenant-Governor’s Message was (according to Order) takeninto Consideration.And the Message being read, a second time, Paragraph by Paragraph.Resolved, That in Case the Money already provided for raising & payingthe seven Companies of Rangers, now in the service of this Province, shallnot be sufficient to discharge the Pay due to them from the 1st Decemberlast, this House will make a provision for discharging the said Pay.Resolved, That this House will make provision for continuing the said sevenCompanies of Rangers in the Service and Pay of this Province till the First Dayof October next, in Case their Service shall be found so long necessary.Resolved, (upon the Question) That this House will make provision forraising and paying another Troop or Company of Rangers, to consist of aCaptain, two Lieutenants & seventy five private Men.Resolved, That this House will provide Pay for an Adjutant & a Quarter-Masterfor the said Rangers, at the rate of Thirty Pounds, each, perMonth.Resolved, That this House will provide the like Pay for a Surgeon forthe said Rangers, as is provided for the Surgeon of the South-Carolina Regimentof Foot.Resolved, That this House will provide a Sum, not exceeding ThirtyPounds, Sterling, to purchase a Medicine Chest for the said Rangers.Resolved, That this House will make provision for paying the severalCaptains and Lieutenants of the said Rangers, at the same Rates as the Officersof the like Rank in the Provincial Regiment of Foot are paid.Resolved, That this House will consider the Accounts of the expenceof the Cannon, Cohorns, Ammunition & Laboratory Stores, mentioned inthe said Message, when the same shall be laid before this House.

JANUARY 19, 1761793Ordered, That an Address be prepared, to be presented to the Lieutenant-Governor,in Answer to the said Message.And then the House adjourned till Monday Morning, Ten of the Clock.Monday the 19th Day of January 1761.Read the Journals of Saturday’s Proceedings.Pursuant to the Order of last Saturday, the following Address was drawn;viz.May it please your Honour,We return your Honour our most cordial Thanks for communicatingto this House, by your Message, dated the 15th Instant, a general State of thePreparations, & what may be farther necessary for the ensuing Campain; &,as we intirely agree with your Honour in the expediency & propriety of thesame, we have (agreeable to your recommendation) come to such Resolutionsthereupon, as we hope will render the service intended most effectual:A copy of which Resolutions we beg leave herewith to lay before yourHonour.We cannot come to any Resolution to provide for the Expence of theCannon, Cohorns, Ammunition & Laboratory Stores, mention’d in yourHonour’s Message, till the Accounts of that Expence are laid before us, whenwe will give them due Consideration.Ordered, That the said Address, with a Copy of the Resolutions thereinmentioned, be presented to the Lieutenant-Governor, by Mr. Parsons &Doctor Oliphant.A Message from the Lieutenant-Governor, by Mr. Simpson;Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,In consequence of my representing the state of our Affairs, with regardto the Cherokees & Creeks, in August last, which I again repeated by yourearnest desire, in the beginning of October, General Amherst hath senttwelve hundred Men from New-York to chastize the Cherokees & their abettors,under the command of Colonel Grant.As, upon a mature consideration whether it was practicable to marchso large an army as we shall have when the regulars are join’d by ourprovincials immediately into the enemy’s country, which is so much desiredby the General, by Colonel Grant, & by myself, it was thought impossible atthis season, as there is no feeding on the ground, either for the horses thatare to draw the carriages, which will be near three hundred, as well as onaccount of the poverty of the Cattle that are to be driven for the subsistenceof the army: For which reasons these troops are obliged to be landed &

794 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761quarter’d at Charles-town for about two months, when Col. Grant intendsto take the field, which is as early as it can be done.I have therefore given directions to have the barracks fitted up withbedsteads & chimneys for their accommodations, on the same terms as formerly.Colonel Grant, in order to give as little inconvenience as possible tothe town, has crowded all the private men, & as many of the officers as it waspossible; in the barracks, & desired quarters in private houses for about fortyofficers that cou’d not be lodg’d there. I have accordingly procured an hospitalhouse for the sick, & rooms for the officers, with the consent of therespective landlords, & make no doubt but you will readily provide for givinga reasonable satisfac[tion] to them for the short stay these troops willmake in these Winter quarters. I have directed the commissary to providesuch barrack necessaries as you agreed upon when colonel Boquet was herewith His Majesty’s troops in 1757. But with respect to firewood, upon the frequentcomplaint of the officer of the main-guard, where the number of personswanting wood is increas’d by the Cherokee prisoners, I have, in very colddays, occasionally exceeded. And I have also been induced to consent to acertain ratio of wood desired by major Hammilton for the officers; which Ihope you will not think unreasonable in me, as I am satisfied you will notbe inferior to any other colony in your care, & hospitable reception of thesetroops, sent for our particular defence, & at our particular request. However,to be as frugal as possible, I desired colonel Grant to re-consider theratio of wood, as the reduction comes with more grace from their own commander;& he accordingly reduced it to a much less quantity, which he thinkswill suffice, with proper oeconomy, which he will take care shall be observ’d.A copy of which estimate for a month I herewith lay before you.And the officers of His Majesty’s independent companies belonging tothe province, to whom you formerly gave the additional pay of one shillingsterling per day, for their subsistence, which was taken away in consequenceof some orders from his excellency lord Loudoun in 1757, have respectfullyexpressed their hopes to me that they shall not be disgraced by being lefton a worse footing than the other officers are; & I make no doubt but yourimpartiality to them as officers, & your regard to the relation they bear tothis province, will incline you to do them justice in making the same allowanceto them as to other officers. They are but three Lieutenants & oneensign, the rest being on duty, or out-commands.As the Ordinance passed last April, relative to the impressing & regulatingthe price of carriages is now expired, I desire you to provide for therevival thereof.The 19th January 1761.William Bull.

JANUARY 20, 1761795Mr. Speaker,The Lieutenant-Governor hath sent this House several Accounts of theExpence of the Cannon, Cohorns, Ammunition & Laboratory Stores, providedfor the use of the Provincial Regiment of Foot.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered (upon the Question) That the said Message, with the otherPapers, be referred to the consideration of a Committee; & that they do reporttheir Opinion thereupon to the House.And they are referred to Mr. Taylor, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Parsons,Doctor Oliphant, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Manigault.A Message from the Council, by Mr. Simpson;Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of Samuel Prioleau, & a Petition ofWilliam Gibbes; severally addressed to the Lieutenant-Governor, the Council& this House.And then the Messenger withdrew.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 20th Day of January 1761.Read the Journals of Yesterdays Proceedings.Mr. Taylor reported from the Committee to whom the Lieutenant-Governor’s Message with the other Papers brought down Yesterday, werereferred; that they had considered the Matter of the said Message, & hadcome to several Resolutions thereupon; which they had directed him to reportto the House; & he read the Report in his place, & afterward deliveredit in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read, & is as follows; viz.That the Expence of fitting up the Barracks, with Bedsteads & Chimneys,on the same Terms as formerly, be defrayed by the Public.That Lodgings for about forty Officers, not exceeding three Months,and an Hospital for the Sick, be provided at the Public Expence.That the usual Barrack Necessaries be provided for all the Troops nowin Charles-Town.That Firewood be provided for such of the Officers & Men as continuein Charles-Town, not exceeding Three Months, according to the Estimatebrought with the Message, and that ten Cord more per month be allowedfor the Main-Guard.That the four Officers & Men of the three old Independent Companiesbe provided for with Lodgings & Barrack Necessaries the same as the Troopslately arrived, while these remain in the Barracks.

796 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761That an Ordinance for impressing Carriages be brought in.The said Report, being read a second time, Article by Article, was agreedto, in the whole by the House.Ordered, that the Gentlemen of the Committee, do prepare & bringin the said Ordinance.Ordered, That an Answer to the said Message be prepared.John Wigfall, Esqr., returned duly elected as a Member to serve in thispresent General Assembly for the Parish of St. Thomas & St. Dennis, appeared;& took the Oath appointed by the additional Act to the Election Act,to be taken by all Members of the General Assembly; which was administredto him by Peter Manigault, Esqr., a Member of this House, & one of HisMajesty’s [Justices] of the Peace for Berkley County.Mr. Roper acquainted the House, that Mr. Vanderhorst & himself, hadseen Mr. Wigfall take the Oaths before the Lieut. Governor, & make & subscribethe Declaration, & take & subscribe the Oath of Abjuration, pursuantto the Laws made for those purposes.Pursuant to the above Order, the following Address was drawn; viz.May it please your Honor,In answer to your message of yesterday, we beg leave to acquaint yourhonor, that we have resolv’d to provide for defraying the expence of fittingup the barracs with bedsteads & chimneys. Also lodgings for about fortyofficers, not exceeding three months; with an hospital for the sick. And theusual barrac necessaries for all the troops now in Charles-town. Likewise firewoodfor such of the officers & men as continue in town, not exceeding threemonths, according to the estimate brought with your honor’s said message.And ten cord of firewood more, per month, for the main guard. We havealso resolv’d that the four officers, & the men of the old independent companies,be provided with lodgings & barrac necessaries the same as the troopslately arrived, while these remain in the barracs. And have order’d an ordinanceto authorize the impressing of waggons & other carriages to bebrought in.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to the Lieut. Governorby Mr. Pinckney & Mr. Shubrick.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 21st Day of January 1761.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Taylor presented to the House (according to Order) “an Ordinanceto authorize the impressing, regulating the hire, and ascertaining the value

JANUARY 21, 1761797of Waggons, Carts, Horses and Drivers to be employed in His Majesty’s Service”:And the same was received, & read, the first time.Resolved, That the Ordinance be now read a second time.And, accordingly, it was read a second time.And the Question being put, That the Blank for Waggon-hire be filledup with Five Pounds, current Money, per Day.The House divided.The Yeas went forth.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Pinckney—11.Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Roper—12.So it was resolved in the Affirmative.And the Blanks were filled up, & several Amendments were made bythe House to the Ordinance.Ordered, That Doctor Carne do carry the Ordinance to the Council.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor, by Mr. Simpson;Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Your charitable intention in impowering me, upon my message of Julylast, to cloath the naked, & feed the hungry, who had escaped the destructivehand of the enemy, in the private frontier forts, hath not only answer’dthe end you proposed, but has likewise produced other good effects for thesupplying them with provisions for their subsistence, with white plains &osnabrigs for their cloathing, & ammunition for their defence, at the publicexpence; & the attention I have given to their repeated & importunateapplications for relief, hath furnish’d them with such spirits, & such meansto stay, that I have the satisfaction to acquaint you that not one fort hath beenbroken up since I have signified to them how much they are the objects ofyour care. The number of people thus circumstanced, according to the bestjudgment I can form from their returns, amounts to near fifteen hundred.And it is with great pleasure, I inform you, that, near every fort, they havealready sown a considerable quantity of winter grain; which I hope they willbe enabled to reap securely & plentifully for their subsistence. Thus theyare usefully continued in possession of the Frontier; which, if deserted,wou’d, even after a peace, be very slowly re-settled, while any remembranceof the late desolation remain’d. The sum of five thousand pounds voted byyou for this purpose, tho’ then thought sufficient, as it was then hoped thetime of the distress wou’d soon end, is not equal to their necessities. As Icou’d not pay all the demands, I thought I cou’d follow no better rule thanto pay only such necessitous persons as consider’d an immediate payment,to supply their wants, as almost equal to a gift; & paying only some that cou’dwait wou’d make all the rest uneasy; by which means there is still three thousand

798 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761pounds of that fund not yet expended. And I have directed the treasurer &commissary general to lay before you the accounts of what has been alreadydistributed, or is become due, with the other demands on the public, orwhenever you are at leasure to take them under examination. By the demandson this account brought in to the treasurer, from last February toDecember, there appears to be about the sum of £8500 due, towards the paymentof which there is in the treasury the sum of £3000. I must observe toyou, that altho’ the price of grain is paid for by the public, the country roundthese forts is so much exhausted by the devastation of the enemy, & twelvemonths consumption, that latterly they are obliged to send thirty, nay sixtymiles for it. Many scruples & difficulties may arise in supplying them for alonger time, unless you come to some resolution on this head. And it seemsevident that, if they are not supplied, they must either starve, or break upthe forts, & therewith quit the promising hopes of the coming harvest. Itherefore desire that you will take the whole of this matter into your consideration,& make such further provision as may be necessary until the comingin of the harvest in June & July.Several letters from Augusta, that have been communicated to me,mention the great distress which the Chickesaws in that neighborhood, willsoon be in for want of provisions by reason of the dry season in the summer;& their having engaged in our cause against the Cherokees, deters them fromhunting to get skins wherewith they might purchase corn. I therefore recommendtheir case to you, as we are all sensible they cannot expect any greatassistance from the neighboring province.The 21st January 1761.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Ordered, That the Message be referred to the consideration of a Committee;& that they do report their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Smith, Mr. Wragg, Mr. Summers, Mr. Shubrick,Mr. Izard, Mr. Savage, Colonel Rivers.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 22th Day of January 1761.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Smith reported from the Committee to whom the Lieut. Governor’sMessage of Yesterday was referred, That they had considered the matter ofthe said Message, and come to several Resolutions thereupon; which they had

JANUARY 22, 1761799directed him to report to the House, & he read the Report in his Place, &afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read, &is as follows; viz.It appears to the Committee, from the Accounts laid before them, thatthe sum of £1780:2:7 had been paid out of the £5000 granted for the relief ofthose distressed Persons who had taken shelter in the private frontier Forts;& they also find, upon an examination of the Treasurer, that the Accountsalready brought in under that head, amount, as he computes, to about £9000;which, by reason of their being intermixed with other Demands upon thePublic, he could not then be more exact or precise in.The Committee are of Opinion, that the continuance of this Relief tothose unfortunate People is not only necessary for their support, but willprobably be attended with great future advantage to the Province; & thereforerecommend, that the further Sum of ten thousand Pounds be grantedto pay the Debts already, or hereafter to be incurred for that purpose.The Committee cannot but think, that the natural application for supplyingthe necessities of the Chickesaws ought to be to the Province of Georgia,where their residence is; but that this Province may preserve thereputation it has deservedly acquired, of having given the utmost encouragementtowards prosecuting the war against the Cherokees, in which theseIndians have assisted; & who may, by this means, be induced more readilyto join us again, they recommend, that a Sum, not exceeding four hundredPounds may be provided for the purchasing Corn to be distributed amongstthem, by his Honor the Lieut. Governor, in such manner as he shall find willmost effectually relieve their wants.The first Resolution of the Committee, being read a second time, was,upon the Question being put thereupon, agreed unto by the House.And the second Resolution of the Committee, being read a second time,was agreed unto by the House.Ordered, That an Address be prepared in Answer to the said Message.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor, by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,The Treasurer informs me that there is scarce Money enough left forthe Pay of the Rangers till the first of February; & it is by the regularity oftheir payment I have been enabled to compleat, & expect to continue thatregiment.I am also to acquaint you, that, to encourage waggoners to enter intothe service, & not retard it by hiding their carriages, as was practis’d lastspring, I have paid them, when discharg’d, at £4 per day; which was indeedrather low pay.

800 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761And, to procure the tents & camp-utensils at the cheapest rate, I alsopaid ready money for them, as the accounts came in; altho’ there was nomoney in the treasury particularly applicable to those services; & I drew generallyon the fund for the Cherokee war, tho’ it was, strictly speaking, confinedto the raising & paying the regiment. This I did during your recess,that the public credit might not suffer, or the public service receive any detriment,by damping that desirable spirit which, at present, appears ready togive every assistance towards carrying the war with vigor & dispatch. But asyou are now met, & to remove all scruples that may arise in the treasurer ormyself on these occasions, I desire you will consider whether it will not beproper to impower me, under such restrictions & limitations as may bethought most safe, to draw for these occasions upon such monies as lie inthe treasury, which may be replaced when you have the time to make a provisionfor the same.The inlisting men for fort Johnson goes on slowly, I therefore desire,in order to quicken it, that men may be induced to enter by having their payquarterly, & issued in the manner above mention’d.As we are now in the busy season previous to the opening of thecampain, which requires a frequent communication of councils and intelligencewith the neighboring governments; I must acquaint you that the treasurerinforms me there is not above an hundred pounds remaining in thecontingent fund; I desire therefore that you will take that matter into yourconsideration.The 21st January 1761.William Bull.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Captain John Stuart of our provincial regiment, who was on duty at fortLoudoun when the unfortunate garrison surrender’d on capitulation to theperfidious savages, is now happily return’d to his Family in this province, aftera long & expensive journey through Virginia & North-Carolina. As his characteris so well known to you, & his sufferings have been so long pitied, I shallnot make any particular mention of them; but inform you that he hath representedto me, that on the breach of the capitulation by the Indians he losthis horses, arms, cloaths, & other things to a considerable, butunascertainable value: & that his journey through Virginia & North-Carolinawas very expensive to him: I therefore, very cordially, recommend his caseto your consideration; & doubt not but you will do therein what is becomingthe representatives of the people to a faithful & suffering servant.The 21 January 1761.William Bull.

JANUARY 22, 1761801Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Yesterday at noon, I receiv’d by an express two letters from the commandingofficer at fort Prince-George, which I send for your perusal: Andas there appears to be a possibility of obtaining the liberty & lives of our fellowsubjects now in captivity among the Cherokees, I desire your advice &assistance thereupon.The 22 January 1761.William Bull.And also a Message from the Council.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read the “Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire, & ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horses& Drivers to be employed in His Majesty’s Service.” And also,The Council have read a Petition of Thomas Gill; & a Petition of ThomasMackreth of Charles-town; severally addressed to the Lieutenant Governor,the Council and this House.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Lieutenant Governor’s first Message to theHouse.Ordered, That the said Message be referred to the consideration of aCommittee; & that they do report their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Graeme, Mr. Roper, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Blake,Mr. Pringle.Mr. Speaker also read his Honour’s second Message to the House.Ordered, That the Message be referred to the consideration of a Committee;& that they do report their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Manigault, Mr. Pinckney, Doctor Oliphant,Major Moultrie, Mr. Motte, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Horry.And Mr. Speaker likewise read his Honor’s last Message to the House.Read two Letters from Ensign Alexander Miln, commanding at FortPrince George to the Lieutenant Governor, dated Fort Prince George, theone the 10th & the other the 11th Instant.Ordered, That the said Message & Letters be referred to the considerationof a Committee; & that they do report their Opinion thereupon to theHouse.And they are referred to Mr. Taylor, Mr. Smith, Mr. Gadsden, Mr.Wigfall, Doctor Carne, Mr. Wragg.Then the “Ordinance to authorize the impressing, regulating the hire,and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horses and Drivers to be employedin His Majesty’s Service,” was read a third time.

802 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761An amendment was proposed, viz., Fol. 2, Line 8, leave out Five Pounds,& insert Four Pounds, Ten Shillings.And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed unto by the House.Resolved, That the Ordinance do pass.Ordered, That Mr. Broughton do carry the Ordinance to the Council,& desire their Concurrence.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Friday the 23d Day of January 1761.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn; viz.May it please your Honor,In consequence of your recommendation to this House, by your messageof the 21st instant, with regard to the poor people who had fled for shelterto the private forts on the frontiers; we beg leave to acquaint your honor,that we have resolv’d to grant the further sum of ten thousand pounds topay the debts already, or hereafter to be incurr’d for relief of the said poorpeople.And with respect to the Chickesaws in the neighborhood of Augusta,altho’ we cannot but think that the natural application for supplying theirnecessities ought to be to the province of Georgia, where their residence is,yet that this province may preserve the reputation it has deservedly acquiredof having given the utmost encouragement towards prosecuting the waragainst the Cherokees, in which the Chickesaws have assisted, & who may bythis means be induced more readily to join us again; we have resolv’d to granta sum not exceeding four hundred pounds, for the purchasing corn to bedistributed amongst them by your honor, in such manner as you shall judgewill most effectually relieve their wants.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governor,by Mr. Blake & Mr. Horry.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do lay before this House the Accountsof the Expence incurred or to be incurred for relief of the poorPeople mentioned in the said Address.A Message from the Council, by Mr. Bassnett;Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the “Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire, and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horsesand Drivers to be employed in His Majesty’s Service,” without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.

JANUARY 23, 1761803Ordered, That the Ordinance be ingrossed.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee to whom the Lieut.Governor’s Message, relating to Capt. Stuart, was referred; that they hadconsidered the matter of the said Message, & had come to several Resolutionsthereupon; which they had directed him to report to the House, & heread the Report in his Place, & afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read, & is as followeth; viz.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that the Thanks of thisHouse be given to Captain Stuart, for the many important Services rendered byhim to this Province in the Cherokees; & in particular for his conduct & perseverance(amidst a variety of Calamities) in the defence of Fort Loudoun.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that a Sum of £1500Currency, be presented to Capt. Stuart as a Gratuity for his Services & Sufferings;& as a Mark of the approbation of this House of his Conduct.Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that Captain Stuartbe recommended in the warmest manner of by this House to the LieutenantGovernor, as a Person highly deserving the Favour of his Honour, & Promotionin the service of this Province.The said Resolutions being severally read a second time, were (uponthe Question being put upon the second Resolution) severally agreed untoby the House.Ordered, That an Address be prepared in Answer to the said Message.Mr. Taylor reported from the Committee to whom the Accounts of theExpence of Artillery Stores provided for the use of the Provincial Regiment,were referred; that they had examined the said Accounts, & had directed himto report the same as they appeared to them to the House; & he read theReport in his Place, & afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Wherethe same was read, & is as follows; viz.That on looking over the several Accounts, the Committee find theycontain Charges for a multiplicity of Articles, & as only two of the said Accountsare certified by the proper Officer, it is their Opinion, that every Accountshould be certified by him, that it may appear he has received everyArticle charged therein for the use of the Public.That when the said Accounts are so certified, & properly attested, thesame be paid out of the Fund provided for raising the said Regiment.The said Report, being read a second time, was agreed to by the House.Mr. Taylor also reported from the Committee to whom the Lieut.Governor’s Message, relating to obtaining the liberty & lives of our fellowSubjects now in captivity among the Cherokees, was referred, that they hadconsidered the Matter of the said Message, & had come to several Resolutionsthereupon; which they had directed him to report to the House, & he

804 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761read the Report in his Place, & afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read, & is as follows; viz.That the Sum of £50 per head be paid for every Person whose libertyshall be obtained; & also a further Sum of £10 to the commanding Officerat Fort Prince-George, or to any other Person who can procure the libertyof the said Captives.The Committee suppose the number of Captives now in the CherokeeCountry to be about 120 Persons, & therefore recommend that the Sum of £7200,current Money, be raised for that Service; & that £6000 of the said Sum be laidout in such trading Goods (Arms & Ammunition excepted) as the Lieutenant-Governor may think proper, and sent as soon as may be to Fort Prince-George.The said Report, being read a second time, was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That this House will grant His Majesty a Sum of £6000, to belaid out in the purchase of Indian trading Goods in Charles-town, to be sent,with all possible dispatch, to Fort Prince-George, for redeeming such BritishSubjects as are now in Captivity in the Cherokee Country.Resolved, That this House will grant a further Sum of £10 for every suchSubject, so redeemed, to be paid to the Officer commanding at Fort Prince-George or other Person or Persons who shall be instrumental in redeemingthem from Captivity.Ordered, That an Address be prepared in Answer to the said Message.Mr. Graeme reported from the Committee to whom the Lieut.Governor’s Message, concerning the Money in the Treasury for paying theRangers, & other matters, was referred, that they had consider’d the severalmatters contained in the said Message, & had come to several Resolutionsthereupon; which they had directed him to report to the House, & he readthe Report in his Place, & afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read, & is as follows, viz.That in the Opinion of the Committee, it is necessary that his Honorthe Lieut. Governor be impowered to draw for the Pay of the Rangers uponthe Monies lying in the Treasury appropriated to the use of new Settlers: Andthat the House do resolve to make provision for replacing the same.The Committee approve of his Honor’s having order’d the expence ofCarriages, Tents & Camp-Utensils to be defrayed out of the Fund appropriatedfor raising & paying the South-Carolina Regiment; & recommend thatthe House do resolve to provide for replacing the same to that Fund, in Casethe said Expence shall not be defrayed by The King.The Committee think it reasonable, that the Men inlisted for Fort-Johnsonshou’d be paid monthly, if desired; & recommend that the Lieut. Governor beauthorized to order payment of the same out of any Money lying in the Treasury,except what is appropriated to the use of the Provincial Regiment.

JANUARY 24, 1761805The Committee recommend that the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds beprovided for Contingent Services.The said Resolutions, being severally read a second time, were (theQuestion having been put upon the third Resolution) severally agreed untoby the House.Ordered, That an Address be prepared in Answer to the said Message.A Petition of Thomas Gill was presented to the House, & read; setting forth,That the Petitioner was wounded by the Cherokee Indians fighting against themin Fort Ninety-Six, during their last attack of the same; & is thereby render’dincapable of following his occupation as a Miller, or any other business that requireslabor; & having a Wife & large family of Children, therefore humbly prayingthe House will make some provision for his future support.Ordered, That the Petition be referred to the consideration of a Committee;& that they do examine the matter of the said Petition, & report thesame, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.And it is referred to Col. Rivers, Doctor Carne, Mr. Shubrick, Mr.Broughton, Mr. Williamson.A Petition of the reverend Charles Martyn, Minister of the Parish of St.Andrew, was presented to the House, & read; setting forth, that, being compelledby the urgency of Business, as well as moved by other considerations,to visit England this next Spring, & intending (God willing) to embark fromhence in the Month of April, & to return to his said Parish within a convenienttime: And humbly praying that the House will be pleased to continuethis Salary during his absence to such term as to them shall seem reasonable,& as hath been usual in Cases of a like nature.And the said Petition being read a second time;Resolved, That the Salary of the said Charles Martyn be continued inhis absence, for any Term not exceeding twelve Months, to be computedfrom the Day of his departure from this Province.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Eleven of theClock.Saturday the 24th Day of January 1761.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay out of the Fund appropriatedto the use of new Settlers, to such Person or Persons, & in such manner& proportion as the Lieutenant-Governor shall order & direct, all suchSum & Sums of Money as may be wanting for discharging the Pay hereafterto grow due to the Regiment of Rangers employed, or to be employed in theService of this Province.

806 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761Ordered, That the said Treasurer do pay out of any Money now lyingin the Treasury (except the Fund for raising & paying the Provincial Regimentof Foot) to such Person or Persons, & in such manner & proportionas the Lieutenant-Governor shall order & direct, all such Sum & Sums ofMoney as may be wanting to discharge the Pay monthly to the Men inlistedor to be inlisted to serve at Fort Johnson, upon Muster Rolls being returnedupon Oath to his Honor of the said Men.Ordered, That the said Orders be sent to the Lieutenant-Governor, forhis Honors Assent; & to His Majesty’s Council, for their Concurrence; andthat Mr. Speaker do sign the same.Resolved, That this House will make provision for replacing all suchSum & Sums of Money as shall be paid out of the Treasury in pursuance ofthe above Orders.Pursuant to the several Orders of Yesterday the following Addresses weredrawn; viz.May it please your Honor,Having consider’d your message of the 21st instant, with regard to themoney in the treasury for the pay of the rangers, & other matters thereinmention’d, we beg leave to acquaint your honor, that we have made an orderfor paying out of the fund appropriated to new settlers, all such sum &sums of money as may be wanting to discharge the pay that shall hereafterbecome due to the rangers. And another order for paying out of any moneyin the treasury (except the fund for raising & paying the South-Carolina regiment)whatever sums may be wanting to discharge the pay monthly (if required)to the men inlisted or to be inlisted for fort Johnson: Which orderswe shall send for your honor’s assent, & the concurrence of His Majesty’scouncil. And we have resolved to replace all such sums as shall be paid outof the treasury in pursuance of the said orders.As we approve of the manner in which your Honor was pleas’d to orderthe expence of the carriages, tents & camp utensils to be paid, we haveresolv’d to provide for replacing the same to the fund from whence it wastaken, in case that expence shall not be defrayed by the king.And we have likewise resolv’d to provide the sum of two thousandpounds for contingent services.At the same time, we beg leave to acquaint your honor that the severalaccounts of the expence of artillery stores provided for our provincial regiment,having undergone the examination of a committee of this house, theyreported that only two of the said accounts are certified by the proper officer,& were of opinion that every of the said accounts shou’d be certifiedby him, that it may appear he had receiv’d every article charg’d for therein,for the use of the public; &, when the said accounts are so certified, & prop-

JANUARY 24, 1761807erly attested, that the same shou’d be discharg’d out of the fund providedfor the said regiment: To which report this house agreed.May it please your Honor,This house hath consider’d the case of captain John Stuart; & beingtruly sensible of the many important services render’d by him to this province,& in particular of his conduct & perseverance (amidst a variety of calamities)in the defence of fort Loudoun, we have resolv’d to give him thethanks of this house for the same.And likewise to make him a present of fifteen hundred pounds currency,as a gratuity for his services & sufferings, & as a mark of our approbationof his conduct.And give us leave, sir, to recommend captain Stuart, in the warmestmanner, to your honor, as a person, in our opinion, highly deserving thefavour of your honor, and promotion in the service of this province.May it please your honor,We thank your honor for sending to this House for our perusal, the twoletters which you receiv’d from the commanding officer at fort Prince-George; & as it wou’d give us the highest satisfaction to have our fellow subjectsredeem’d from their captivity among the Cherokees, we have chearfullyresolv’d to grant His Majesty the sum of six thousand pounds to be laid outin the purchasing of Indian trading goods in Charles-town, to be sent, withall possible dispatch, to fort Prince-George, for redeeming the said captives.We have likewise resolv’d to grant a further sum of ten pounds for everyBritish subject so redeem’d, to be paid to the officer commanding at fortPrince-George, or other person or persons who shall be instrumental in redeemingthem from captivity.From your honor’s known humanity, we cannot have the least doubt butthat you will take the most speedy measures for effecting the deliverance ofthese unhappy people: Which we imagine will be facilitated by the inclemencyof the present season of the year, when the enemy must be greatlydistress’d for want of cloathing.Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to the Lieutenant Governor,by Mr. Parsons & Mr. Pinckney; & that they do also carry the Orderfor paying Monies out of the Treasury to the Lieutenant-Governor & Council,& desire their concurrence.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay to Captain John Stuart, theSum of fifteen hundred Pounds, currency, as a Gratuity for his Services &Sufferings; & as a Mark of the approbation of this House of his Conduct.Resolved, That this House will provide for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.The “Ordinance to authorize the impressing, regulating the hire, and

808 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horses and Drivers, to be employedin His Majesty’s Service” [being ingrossed],A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That the Ordinancebe presented, for the Lieutenant-Governor’s Assent, by the whole House;It passed in the Negative.Ordered, That Mr. Broughton & Mr. Blake do examine the said Ordinance;& then carry it to be examined by such Members of the Council asshall be appointed for that purpose; & afterward procure the Great-Seal tobe affixed thereto.Colonel Rivers reported from the Committee to whom the Petition ofThomas Gill was referred, that they had examined the matter of the saidPetition, & had directed him to report the same, as it appears to them, tothe House; & he read the Report in his Place, & afterward delivered it in atthe Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read, & is as follows; viz.The Committee have (pursuant to the Order of the House) examinedthe matter of the said Petition, & believe the Facts therein set forth to be true,& think the Petitioner a real Object of Charity: But as they apprehend hisCase does not come within the Letter of the Militia-Act, they recommend theMethod of relieving him to the Consideration of the House.The said Report being read a second time;Resolved, That (in Consideration of Thomas Gill’s having been disabled,& rendered incapable of working for a Livelihood, by a Wound hereceived fighting in the defence of Fort Ninety-Six, when last attacked by theCherokee Indians) an Annuity be granted out of the Public Treasury of thisProvince to the said Thomas Gill of Ninety Pounds, current Money, perAnnum; to commence from the Day on which he was wounded.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do advance to the said Thomas Gill,the Sum of forty five Pounds; being one moiety of the first Year’s said Annuity.Resolved, That this House will provide for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.Mr. Broughton reported to the House that the “Ordinance to authorizethe impressing, regulating the hire, and ascertaining the value ofWaggons, Carts, Horses and Drivers to be employed in his Majesty’s Service,”had been examined by the Members of the Council who were appointed forthat purpose; & that the Great-Seal was affixed thereto; and then he deliveredit in at the Table.Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do sign the said Ordinance.And Mr. Speaker signed the same accordingly.Ordered, That the said Ordinance be presented to the Lieutenant-Governor,for his Assent, by Mr. Vanderhorst and Mr. Wigfall.A Motion being made, and the Question being put that an Address be

JANUARY 24, 1761809presented to the Lieutenant-Governor to give the House leave to adjourn tillthe second Tuesday in March next.The House divided.The Yeas went forth.Teller for the Noes, Mr. Manigault—12.Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Graeme—13.So it was resolved in the Affirmative.Ordered, That Mr. Parsons and Mr. Pinckney do wait upon the Lieutenant-Governor,& desire his Honor will please give the House leave to adjourntill the second Tuesday in March next.Mr. Vanderhorst reported to the House, that the “Ordinance to authorizethe impressing, regulating the hire, and ascertaining the value ofWaggons, Carts, Horses and Drivers to be employed in His Majesty’s Service,”having been presented to the Lieutenant-Governor (pursuant to their Order)his Honor had been pleased to give his Assent to the same.Mr. Parsons acquainted the House, that the Lieutenant-Governor, havingbeen waited upon, & desired to give the House leave to adjourn till thesecond Tuesday in March next, had been pleased to say he would send anAnswer by a Messenger of his own.Ordered, That Mr. Manigault & Mr. Pinckney do give Captain JohnStuart the Thanks of this House, pursuant to the Resolution for that purpose.A Message from the Lieutenant-Governor, by Mr. Simpson;Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,I have now laid before you every matter relative to the operations of theensuing campain, the encouragement of our frontiers, & the redemption ofour fellow-subjects in captivity among the Cherokees, & others of inferiorconsequence that required your immediate consideration; & I cannot delayreturning you my most hearty thanks, in His Majesty’s name, for thedistinguish’d zeal, chearfulness & dispatch which you have shewn in makinga most liberal provision for the several services recommended by me toyou: At the same time I assure you, that I shall endeavour to merit the confidencewhich you are pleas’d to repose in me for the distribution of suchlarge sums for the exigences of the public, by a due oeconomy & faithfulapplication thereof according to your intentions; and that on all occasionsI shall use my utmost diligence to obtain the great ends proposed by theseexpensive but necessary measures.January 24th 1761.William Bull.And also the following Message;

810 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761Mr. Speaker,The Lieutenant-Governor gives this House leave to adjourn till the secondTuesday in March next.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And then the House adjourned till the second Tuesday in March next.Here ends the proceedings of the Commons House of Assembly elected in September1760. On January 31, 1761, Lieutenant Governor William Bull received officialnotification that King George II had died. On February 2, South Carolina’s civil andmilitary officers assembled in the Council Chamber, where Bull signed and read a proclamation“that the High and Mighty Prince George, Prince of Wales, is now by theDeath of our late Sovereign of Happy and Glorious Memory become our only lawfuland rightful Liege Lord George the Third.” The old king’s death dissolved the GeneralAssembly, for South Carolina had no legal provision for continuing a legislativesession after the death of a sovereign. On February 3, Bull issued writs for electing anew General Assembly.Return to contents ➔

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Officers and Members

813OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMONS HOUSEOF ASSEMBLY OCTOBER 6, 1757–AUGUST 20, 1760OFFICERSSpeaker—Benjamin SmithClerks—Childermas Croft; 1 John Bassnett 2Clerks Assistant—William Wintle; 3 Henry Joynes 4Messengers—Jonathan Badger; Edward WeymanCashiers—Robert Pringle; 5 William Roper 6MEMBERSName SeatedChrist ChurchCharles Pinckney October 7, 1757David Graeme November 16, 1757Prince FrederickThomas Lynch October 11, 1757John Waties October 11, 1757Prince George WinyahPaul Trapier October 11, 1757Thomas Waties October 11, 1757Prince WilliamThomas Middleton October 18, 1757Stephen Bull November 16, 1757St. AndrewWilliam Drayton October 7, 1757Joseph Elliott October 7, 1757Thomas Lamboll October 12, 17571Granted leave of absence to recover his health, according to the minutes for October 26, 17582Sworn as acting clerk October 26, 17583Sworn March 14, 17584Sworn February 7, 17605Elected October 11, 1757; resigned November 23, 17586Elected November 23, 1758

814OFFICERS AND MEMBERSSt. BartholomewRawlins Lowndes October 7, 1757Joseph Glover October 11, 1757Daniel Blake October 14, 1757James Stobo October 20, 1757St. George DorchesterWalter Izard 7 October 7, 1757Ralph Izard November 17, 1757Benjamin Waring February 15, 1759St. HelenaJohn Murray October 7, 1757John Rattray October 7, 1757William Roper October 7, 1757St. James Goose CreekCharles Faucheraud October 7, 1757Benjamin Coachman November 16, 1757Thomas Wright November 18, 1757Peter Taylor November 23, 1757St. James SanteeDaniel Horry October 7, 1757Robert Pringle October 7, 1757St. John BerkeleyIsaac Mazyck October 7, 1757Alexander Broughton October 11, 1757William Moultrie October 19, 1757St. John ColletonJohn Cole 8 October 11, 1757John Freer October 11, 1757Luke Stoutenburgh November 22, 1757William Wragg December 5, 1758St. MarkJohn Crawford November 22, 1757Joseph Poole 9 November 23, 1757Richard Richardson November 30, 1758St. PaulJohn McQueen October 7, 1757Elijah Postell October 7, 1757Samuel Wainwright October 14, 17577Death reported January 23, 17598Death reported October 26, 17589Death reported October 26, 1758

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS815St. PeterEgerton Leigh 10 October 7, 1757Samuel Carne April 19, 1760St. PhilipChristopher Gadsden October 7, 1757John Guerard October 7, 1757Henry Laurens October 7, 1757Benjamin Smith October 7, 1757Daniel Crawford 11 November 17, 1757St. StephenCharles Cantey December 6, 1757St. Thomas and St. DennisPeter Manigault October 7, 1757Richard Berresford November 17, 1757John Moore November 17, 175710Ceased to be a member on January 11, 1760, when he took his seat on the Council11Death reported June 5, 1760.

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817OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMONS HOUSEOF ASSEMBLY OCTOBER 6, 1760–JANUARY 24, 1761OFFICERSSpeaker—Benjamin SmithClerk—Childermas CroftMessengers—Jonathan Badger; Edward WeymanCashier—Hopkin PriceMEMBERSName SeatedChrist ChurchDavid Graeme October 7, 1760William Vanderhorst October 10, 1760Prince FrederickJames Crokatt October 9, 1760Prince George WinyahThomas Lynch October 9, 1760Prince WilliamThomas Middleton October 8, 1760David Oliphant January 17, 1761St. AndrewRobert Rivers October 9, 1760Jeremiah Savage January 17, 1761St. BartholomewWilliam Blake October 7, 1760James Parsons October 7, 1760St. George DorchesterRalph Izard October 8, 1760St. HelenaHopkin Price October 7, 1760William Roper October 7, 1760

818St. James Goose CreekJohn Moultrie October 7, 1760Peter Taylor October 7, 1760St. James SanteeDaniel Horry, Jr. October 8, 1760Robert Pringle October 8, 1760St. John BerkeleyIsaac Mazyck October 8, 1760Alexander Broughton January 17, 1761St. John ColletonWilliam Wragg October 7, 1760St. MarkJacob Motte, Jr. January 17, 1761St. PaulThomas Smith October 7, 1760George Sommers October 7, 1760William Williamson October 7, 1760St. PeterSamuel Carne October 7, 1760St. PhilipChristopher Gadsden October 7, 1760Charles Pinckney October 7, 1760Benjamin Smith October 7, 1760Thomas Shubrick January 17, 1761St. Thomas and St. DennisPeter Manigault October 7, 1760John Wigfall January 20, 1761Return to contents ➔

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821INDEXThe index is a slightly modified version of the form devised for this seriesby J. H. Easterby. It is designed to furnish a guide to the procedure ofthe Commons House, as well as to provide a ready reference to all persons,places, and subjects dealt with in the course of the journal. For this reason,the main alphabetical sequence of the index is interrupted at intervals bylengthy numbered lists of written papers—acts, bills, messages, ordinances,petitions, reports, resolutions, speeches, and addresses.Indexing of these legislative papers is done according to the following rules:1. Bills and ordinances are numbered and entered in the order theyare first mentioned. The title used is the fullest given after the incorporationof all additional clauses and amendments. Every reference to the billis recorded, and if it passed, this is noted by use of the subentry “ratified.”References to the bill after its ratification and until the dissolution of theAssembly are also recorded to avoid a second entry of the bill as an act, butthe subentry “mentioned” is then used.2. Acts and ordinances of former assemblies are numbered and enteredin the order in which they are first mentioned, with the full title of the statuteprovided. Every reference to these is recorded. Acts referred to only by a brieftitle (e.g., Quit Rent Act) are entered in the main index under the first word ofthe title. When the full title of such legislation can be readily identified, it is alsonumbered, entered in the list of acts, and cross-referenced from the short title.3. Addresses, messages, petitions, reports, resolutions, and speeches aregiven titles and numbered and entered in order of their presentation as papers.To simplify use of the cross-referencing system, the only page referenceusually included is that of the text. Somewhat fuller entries are given forconcurrent resolutions and papers discussed at length by the House. Fullprocedural references for these papers will generally be found under theappropriate subject heading or proper name in the main index.In the written papers, cross-references are used to show the sequence ofdirectly related business. References enclosed in parentheses refer back in time,while “see also” references point forward. Thus a report made in consequenceof a petition will contain the petition number in parentheses. If the report resultsin a message, a “see also” reference will be given to the message number.In the case of acts, bills, and ordinances, complete page references are giveninstead of cross-references, providing an uninterrupted history of legislation.In this index, the following general rules have been followed in enteringpersonal and geographic names, topics, and offices and institutions.

822INDEX1. Names of members of the Commons House are marked with asterisks.2. Personal names in general are entered according to the spellingfound most frequently in the text, except in the case of well-known or easilyidentified persons whose names are misspelled by the clerk.3. Abbreviated forenames of persons are given in full unless the name forwhich the abbreviation stands is doubtful. Names of persons lacking surnamesare entered with an identifying phrase (e.g., Pharis, slave of Samuel Wells).4. Military titles and titles of courtesy are omitted unless they are necessary(a) to distinguish between persons of identical names, (b) as an aidin the identification of a person whose forename cannot be supplied, (c) toidentify a little-known military or naval officer in regular service, and (d) toidentify a married woman referred to only by her husband’s name. Othertitles (e.g., Dr.) are retained.5. Geographic names are entered according to the modern spellingfavored by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, except in cases where themodern form would be an anachronism (e.g., Charles Town).6. Common names are entered according to an accepted conventionalspelling—either a recognizable archaic form closest to the one used in thejournal (e.g., gaols) or the modern form.7. In the case of most civil offices (e.g., public treasurer), entries areincluded both for the office and the name of the officeholder. Cross-referencesare provided from each entry to the other unless the page referencesare identical.8. The names of vessels and the titles of contemporary publications aregiven in italics.9. Only those committees that have the character of standing committeesor serve as continuing committees on special business are entered, butall page references to each of these—rather than cross-references to thepapers produced by them—are recorded.The letter-by-letter mode of alphabetization has been used throughout,except in the case of subentries under bills and concurrent resolutions, whichfollow a historical sequence. Multiple cross-references under written papersare not alphabetized, but are listed in chronological order as a further aidto the user.

INDEX 823Abbott, Thomas: account, 656, 729Abercrombie, James: letter from, 175–76, 368Aberley, John: account, 513, 638, 650, 734Abernethy, George: account, 584, 634, 649, 733Abram, slave of Samuel Benn: heroism of atFort Loudoun, xvii, 645Acadian expenses, 135, 136; accounts for, 58, 59,61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 77, 83, 86, 87, 89,90, 91, 94, 107, 119, 120, 125, 147, 152, 153, 269,273, 274, 276, 277, 279, 280, 299, 300, 301, 303,307, 308, 309, 467, 491, 518, 519, 523, 565; summarizedin estimates, 218–19, 392, 709–10Acadians, 464; dispersal of through the province,46, 218–19; indenture of as servants,112, 693; infected by smallpox, xix, 453, 460,462, 673–74, 712, 713; population estimatesand census data for, 460, 564, 693; proposalsfor transporting out of the province,693, 715, 717, 751; provisions and subsistencefor, 32, 46, 48, 413, 460, 462, 564–65,583–84, 673–74, 712–13, 714, 715–16; seditiouscharacter of, 619, 674, 692, 693, 716–17. Seealso Bills Nos. 5, 32Accounts, public: deadline for submitting,172, 192, 513, 615; delivered by public treasurer,57, 266, 463; delivery ordered bygovernor, 20, 234, 458; method of auditing,267. See also Committee on petitions andaccounts; EstimatesActs: copied for use of the Council, 200, 382,697; printed for parish officers, 547. Seealso Committee to inspect what laws areexpiredActs:1. Act to ascertain the manner andform of electing members to representthe inhabitants of this provincein the Commons House ofAssembly, and to appoint who shallbe deemed and adjudged capableof choosing or being chosen membersof the said House (1721), 12, 16,17, 18, 20, 28, 30, 33, 34, 37, 51, 235–36,239–40, 241, 248–49, 320, 373, 506,547, 7652. Act for the better relief of the poor ofthis province (1712), 45–463. Additional act to an act intitled “anact for the better relief of the poorof this province” (1713), 45–464. Act for disposing of the Acadians nowin Charles Town, by settling oneActs:fifth part of their number in theparishes of St. Philip and St.Michael, and the other four partsof them in the several other parisheswithin this province (1756), 465. Act for building a draw bridge crossAshley River in the parish of St.Andrew from some place at ornear Stoney Point on the east sideto the marsh opposite to the saidpoint on the west side of the saidriver; and for making a causeyupon the said marsh leading to thesaid bridge; and for making a roadto the said bridge and causey; andfor vesting the said bridge whenbuilt in such person and persons,his and their heirs and assigns forever, as shall be at the expence ofbuilding the said bridge and makingthe said causey and keepingthe same at all times hereafter inrepair (1754), 666. Act for vesting the ferry over AshleyRiver in Edmund Bellinger andGeorge Bellinger Esqrs., their executors,administrators and assignsfor seven years, in trust for and tothe use and appointment of Mrs.Elizabeth Elliott, wife of ThomasElliott Esqr. (1750), 79, 857. Act for preserving peace and for continuinga good correspondencewith the Indians who are in friendshipwith the government of SouthCarolina, and for regulating thetrade with the said Indians (1752),112, 3338. Act to nominate and appoint commissionersof the highways in theupper settlements on Pedee,Waccamaw, and Black rivers, withpower to establish ferries at suchconvenient places, within the severaldistricts therein mentioned, asthe majority of the commissionersof the said respective districts shalldirect; and to appoint highwayand bridge commissioners forSaxe Gotha Township (1747), 1149. Act to revive and continue the several

824INDEXActs:acts of the General Assembly ofthis province therein mentioned(1754), 11410. Act for appointing commissioners tolay out a road or causeway overLynche’s Island, situate in SanteeRiver; and for establishing the ferriestherein mentioned (1738), 114,246, 25711. Act to revive and continue the severalacts of the General Assembly ofthis province therein mentioned(1752), 11412. Act for settling a ferry on SanteeRiver, in the way leading fromCharles Town to Williamsburgh,and for vesting the said ferry inJoseph Murray, his executors, administratorsand assigns, for theterm of seven years; and to enablethe commissioners of the publicroads near the said ferry to lay out,make and keep in repair a road oneach side of the said river leadingtowards the said ferry; and for declaringthe road leading fromWadboe Bridge to Palmer’s Ferryto be a private road; and for continuingthe roads in the parish ofSt. John in Berkley County to theplaces therein mentioned (1742),114, 25813. Act to revive and continue the severalacts of the General Assembly ofthis province therein mentioned;and for amending one of the saidacts intitled “an additional act toan act intitled ‘an act for the betterregulating of taverns andpunch houses’”; and for applyingthe monies arising by the said additionalact, instead of paying thewatch and guard in Charles Town,toward discharging the additionalpay granted by this government toHis Majesty’s Independent Companiesdoing duty in this province(1751), 114, 24514. Act for establishing a ferry from theplantation of Colonel SamuelPrioleau, called Patterson’s Point,Acts:on Port Royal Island, to the landlate of Thomas Innes deceased, onthe Indian Land; and for vestingthe said ferry in the said ColonelSamuel Prioleau, his executors,administrators and assigns, for theterm of ten years; and for establishingone other ferry from the saidland late of the said Thomas Innesdeceased, to the said plantation ofthe said Colonel Samuel Prioleau;and for vesting the same in JohnGreen, his executors, administratorsand assigns, for the like term(1751), 11415. Act for vesting the ferry over SavannaRiver at the garrison of Fort Moorein New Windsor in John Stewart ofNew Windsor, his executors, administratorsand assigns, for theterm therein mentioned; and forestablishing a ferry over SanteeRiver in the township of SaxeGotha from the land of MartinFridig on the south side to the oppositelanding on the north side ofthe said river and for vesting thesame in the said Martin Fridig, hisexecutors, administrators and assigns,for the term therein mentioned(1754), 11516.Act establishing ferries overWaccamaw and Pedee rivers, andvesting the same in the personstherein mentioned; and appointingand impowering commissionersfor making roads leading to thesaid ferries (1756), 115, 28617. Act for establishing a ferry overSantee River at the place commonlycalled Beard’s Ferry, andvesting the same in James Beard,his executors, administrators andassigns for the term therein mentioned;and applying part of thesurplus of the money which wasgranted for making the WatereeRiver navigable toward making aroad or causey over the swamp onSantee River leading to the saidferry; and appointing commission-

INDEX 825Acts:ers for making and keeping in repaira road from the said ferry tothe most convenient part of theroad leading from the Congrees toCharles Town (1756), 11518. Act establishing a ferry from the plantationof Theodore Gaillard on thesouth side of Santee River, toMurray’s Landing on the northside of the river, and vesting thesame in the said TheodoreGaillard, his executors, administratorsand assigns for the termtherein mentioned; and for cleansingand clearing the creeks thereinmentioned, for the more convenientpassing the said ferry (1756),115, 25819. Act for raising and granting to HisMajesty the sum of £62,134:16:10 1 /2 andfor applying the sum of £3,021:03:08(being the balance in the generalduty fund) making together£65,156:00:06 1 /2 for defraying thecharges of this government forone year ending the 24th day ofMarch last and toward repairingthe old and building new fortificationsin this province; and forother services mentioned in theschedule to this act annexed; andalso to enable the public treasurerfor the time being to issue certificatespayable out of the fortificationfund for the more immediaterepairing and building the saidfortifications; and also for raisingand granting to His Majesty thefurther sum of £33,600 currentmoney (which with the sum of£8,400 provided for this service inthe schedule aforesaid is equal to£6,000 sterling) as the contributionof this province to a commonfund to be employed provisionallyfor the general service of NorthAmerica; and appointing commissionersfor stamping and signingpublic orders for the more immediateand expeditious issuing ofthe said sum of £33,600; and pro-Acts:viding a fund for sinking the saidpublic orders in five years by a generaltax and assessment on the estatesreal and personal of theinhabitants of and others interestedin this province (1755), 145, 16520. Act for raising and granting to HisMajesty the sum of £91,157:11:03 3 /4and for applying £2,471:18:09, beingthe balance of several funds in thepublic treasury of this province, makingtogether £93,629:10:00 3 /4 for defrayingthe charges of thisgovernment for one year, commencingthe 25th day of March inthe year of our Lord 1755 inclusiveand ending the 25th day of March1756 exclusive; and for other servicestherein mentioned (1756),145, 173, 352, 610, 61121.Act for raising and granting to HisMajesty the sum of £37,898:01:06 3 /4and for applying the sum of£4,256:11:00, being the balance ofseveral funds in the public treasuryof this province, making together£42,154:12:06 3 /4 for defraying thecharges of this government forone year, commencing the 25thday of March in the year of ourLord 1753 inclusive and ending the25th day of March 1754 exclusive(1754), 16522. Act for establishing county and precinctcourts (1721), 18023. Additional act to an act entitled ‘anact for establishing county andprecinct courts’ (1723), 18024. Act to prevent stealing of horses andneat cattle, and for the more effectualdiscovery and punishment ofsuch persons as shall unlawfullybrand, mark or kill the same(1743), 236, 24425. Act for founding and erecting of afree school in Charles Town, forthe use of the inhabitants of thisprovince of South Carolina (1712),237–3826. Act for granting to His Majesty thesum of £35,833:06:11 3 /4 for defraying

826INDEXActs:the charges of the government forone year, commencing the 25thday of March 1738 inclusive andending the 25th day of March inthe year of our Lord 1739 exclusive;and for taxing transient personstowards supporting and maintainingthe watch and guard inCharles Town (1739), 241–4227. Act for the better strengthening ofthis province by granting to HisMajesty certain taxes and impositionson the purchasers of Negroesand other slaves imported and forappropriating the same to the usestherein mentioned, and for grantingto His Majesty a duty on liquorsand other goods andmerchandize for the uses thereinmentioned, and for exempting thepurchasers of Negroes and otherslaves imported from payment ofthe tax and the liquors and othergoods and merchandize from theduties imposed by any former actor acts of the General Assembly ofthis province (1751), 241–4228. Act for the better regulating the militiaof this province; and for repealingthe former acts forregulating the militia, and for repealingan act entitled “an act forthe further security and better defenceof this province” (1747), 243,256, 282, 283, 377, 378, 383, 432, 443,447, 574, 575, 587, 663, 667, 668, 670,697, 80829. Act for reviving and continuing severalacts of the General Assemblyof this province therein mentioned;and for amending one ofthe said acts intitled “an act for thebetter regulating of the militia ofthis province; and for repealingthe former acts for regulating themilitia; and for repealing an actintitled ‘an act for the further securityand better defence of thisprovince,’” (1755), 243, 25630. Act for the better preventing of excessiveand deceitful gaming (1752), 243Acts:31. Act to regulate the price and assize ofbread (1750), 243, 25632. Act for regulating the making ofdams or banks for reserving water,where the same may affect thepropertys of other persons (1744),243, 25633. Act for establishing a market in theparish of St. Philip Charles Town,and for preventing ingrossing,forestalling, regrating and unjustexactions in the said town andmarket (1739), 243, 25634. Act to restrain and prevent the toofrequent sales of goods, wares, andmerchandize by public auction oroutcry in Charles Town, and forthe better regulation of such sales(1751), 243, 25135. Act for making more useful FortJohnson, Fort Frederick, and theseveral lookouts that now are orshall hereafter be kept or establishednear any of the inlets in thisprovince (1740), 243, 25636. Act for rendering and making theoffice of constable more easy andless expensive to the persons appointed(1742), 243–44, 25637. Additional act to an act intitled “anact for the better regulating tavernsand punch houses,” (1742),244, 251, 25638. Act to prevent frauds and deceits inselling rice, pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine,beef, pork, shingles,staves, and firewood; and to regulatethe weighing of the severalcommodities and merchandize inthis province (1746), 244, 25739. Act for the better establishing andregulating of patrols in the province(1746), 244, 257, 286–87, 34340. Act for licensing hawkers, pedlars,and petty chapmen and to preventtheir trading with indented servants,overseers, Negroes andother slaves (1738), 244, 25741. Act concerning masters and apprentices(1741), 244, 25742. Act for the better security of this prov-

INDEX 827Acts:ince against the insurrections andother wicked attempts of Negroesand other slaves; and for revivingand continuing an act of the GeneralAssembly of this provinceintitled “an act for the better orderingand governing Negroesand other slaves in this province”(1743), 244, 25743. Act for allowing mutual debts to bediscounted, and for explaining thesixth paragraph of an act entitled“an act for making more effectualwills and testaments and for makingvalid all former wills in thisprovince, according to the tenor ofthe same, and for putting in forceseveral useful matters therein comprised”(1744), 244–4544. Act for the more effectual relief of insolventdebtors; and for that purposeputting in force and effectually carryinginto execution in this provincesuch part of an act made in the Parliamentof Great Britain, in the secondyear of His present Majesty’sreign, intitled “an act for relief ofdebtors, with respect to the imprisonmentof their persons, as is hereinaftermentioned” (1744), 24545. Additional and explanatory act to anact of the General Assembly of thisprovince intitled “an act for themore effectual relief of insolventdebtors; and for that purpose puttingin force and effectually carryinginto execution in this provincesuch part of an act made in theParliament of Great Britain, in thesecond year of His presentMajesty’s reign, intitled ‘an act forthe relief of debtors with respect tothe imprisonment of their persons,as is hereinafter mentioned’”(1745), 24546. Additional act to the acts of the GeneralAssembly of this province concerninginsolvent debtors; and forthe continuance of the said acts(1750), 24547. Additional act to the several acts ofActs:the General Assembly now of forcein this province which relate to insolventdebtors; and for impoweringthe chief justice, public treasurer andcoroner of Berkeley County to setaside insolvent debtors that may happento be drawn as jurors; and forobliging the plaintiffs to pay the feesfor insolvent debtors committed tothe custody of the provost marshal(1751), 245, 31848. Act for the further preventing thespreading of contagious or malignantdistempers in this province(1744), 24549. Additional act to an act of the GeneralAssembly of this province,intitled “an act for preventing asmuch as may be the spreading ofcontagious distempers; and to reviveand continue an act intitled‘an act for the establishing of amarket in the parish of St. PhilipCharles Town, and for preventingingrossing, forestalling, regratingand unjust exactions in the saidtown and market,’” (1747), 24550. Act to revive and continue the severalacts of the General Assembly ofthis province therein mentioned;and for amending one of the saidacts, intitled “an act for the betterrestraining seamen from absentingfrom their service, and for encouragingthe apprehending and securingof fugitive seamen, and todiscourage frivolous and vexatiousactions at law being brought byseamen against masters and commandersof ships and other vessels”;and also another of the saidacts for preventing contagious distempers(1756), 24651. Act for the better ordering and governingNegroes and other slaves inthis province (1740), 246, 25752. Additional and explanatory act to theact intitled “an act for the betterordering and governing Negroesand other slaves in this province”(1751), 246, 257

828INDEXActs:53. Act for appropriating the duties imposedby law on goods, wares andmerchandize imported into andexported out of the port of BeaufortPort Royal, for the term thereinmentioned, toward building andkeeping in repair a pilot boat orboats to attend the bar of theharbour of the said port, and forthe better settling and regulatingthe pilotage of the said harbour,and for appointing a controllerand a receiver of the country dutiesfor the said port, and for obligingall ships and other vesselsgoing to the said port to pay powderduty (1752), 246, 25754. Act to encourage the making of flaxand hemp in the province ofSouth Carolina (1756), 246, 37455. Act for amending an act intitled “anadditional and explanatory act toan act intitled ‘an act to impowerthe several commissioners of thehigh roads, private paths, bridges,creeks, causeys and cleansing ofwater passages in this province ofSouth Carolina to alter and lay outthe same for the more direct andbetter convenience of the inhabitantsthereof’” (1751), 247, 25756. Act for enlarging the qualifications ofthe electors, as well as of the personsto be elected to serve as membersof the General Assembly ofthis province (1745), 247–4857. Additional act to an act of the GeneralAssembly of this provinceintitled “an act for enlarging thequalifications of the electors aswell as of the persons to be electedto serve as members of the GeneralAssembly of this province”(1748), 248–4958. Act for laying out, making and keepingin repair a road fromPurrysburgh to Bees Creek inGranville County; and for discontinuingsuch part of the presenthigh road as leads from DaysCreek to Purrysburgh (1755), 266Acts:59. Act to restrain the exportation of provisionsand warlike stores from thisprovince for the time therein limited(1755), 26760. Act for the encouragement of AdamPedington in his projection of a newmachine for cleaning of rice (1756),26861. Act to appoint and establish new listsof jurymen to be drawn by ballotin this province (1757), 268, 28862. Act for incorporating the WinyahIndico Society (1757), 268, 28863. Act for settling the titles of the inhabitantsof this province to their possessionsin their estates within thesame, and for limitations of actionsand for avoiding suits in law (1712),31564. Act against bastardy (1703), 318, 322–2365. Act for making more effectual willsand testaments, and for makingvalid all former wills in this provinceaccording to the tenor of thesame, and for putting in force severaluseful matters herein comprised(1734), 318, 322–23, 32666. Act appointing James Wright, Esquire,agent to sollicit the affairs ofthe inhabitants of this province inGreat Britain (1756), 34267. Act for continuing part of an actintitled “an act for the erectingand supporting of a beacon nearthe bar and harbour of CharlesTown; and for placing buoys on ornear the said bar, for the use ofships and other vessels coming tothe port of Charles Town,” and forcontinuing and amending anotheract, commonly called thegeneral duty law, for the termtherein mentioned; and for supplyingthe defects in the executionof another act, intitled “an act formaking more effectual an act ofthe General Assembly of this provinceintitled ‘an act for foundingand erecting, governing, orderingand visiting a free school at thetown of Dorchester in the parish of

INDEX 829Acts:St. George in Berkley County, forthe use of the inhabitants of SouthCarolina’” (1757), 351, 60868. Act for raising and granting to HisMajesty the sum of £100,431:13:10 1 /2and for applying £13,108:11:09 (beingthe surplus of taxes and thebalance of several funds in thepublic treasury of this province)making together £113,540:05:07 1 /2 fordefraying the charges of this governmentfor one year, commencing the25th day of March in the year of ourLord 1756 inclusive and ending the25th day of March 1757 exclusive; andfor other services therein mentioned(1757), 352, 610, 61269. Act for applying that fifth part of thetax imposed by the general dutylaw on the first purchasers of Negroesand other slaves imported,which was applied as a bounty tobe given for the building of shipsand as an encouragement to ship–wrights and caulkers to becomesettlers in this province, to the usestherein mentioned; and for buildinga pest house and erecting abeacon; and for appointing andimpowering commissioners to executethe same and to purchase apiece of land convenient for thosepurposes, and for purchasing apiece of land in Charles Town andfor building another powdermagazine thereon (1754), 370, 39570. Act for regulating the buildingshereafter to be erected or built inCharles Town, and for preventingencroachments on the streets, lanesand public alleys within the saidtown, as the said streets, lanes andpublic alleys stood on the 17th day ofNovember last (1740), 377, 37871. Act to ascertain the fees of the surveyorgeneral for the time being,and his deputies; and to preventany irregularities being committedin the office of the said surveyorgeneral, or by any of his deputies(1733), 404, 558–59Acts:72. Act for building a bridge over thenorth branch of Black River, oppositeto the landing of John Wallis,Esqr., deceased, in the parish ofPrince George Winyaw, and forbuilding a bridge between LadysIsland and St. Helenas Island inGranville County from the causewaysalready begun to be madeover the marshes on the said island(1744), 54273. Act for keeping the streets in CharlesTown clean, and for establishingsuch other regulations for the security,health and convenience ofthe inhabitants of the said town asare therein mentioned; and for establishinga market in the saidtown (1750), 549–5074. Act granting to His Majesty an aid of£160,000 current money, to defraythe expence of raising, cloathingand maintaining for one year, aregiment to consist of seven companies,each to be composed ofone hundred men besides officers,five of which companies to be employed,as well in the immediatedefence of South Carolina as inthe general service of NorthAmerica, and the other two companiesto be employed wholly inthe service of this government;and to discharge the arrears dueto the provincials garrisoned atFort Loudoun, and to pay for sixmonths provisions for the saidprovincials; and granting to HisMajesty the further sum of £44,300for fortifying Charles Town, andrepairing and strengthening ofFort Johnson; and for stampingorders for the more expeditiousissuing of the said sums, togetherwith the further sum of £25,000heretofore granted to His Majestyfor the use of the fortifications,and providing funds to call in andsink the said orders within the timestherein limited (1757), 610, 611, 612Adair, James, 508, 509, 782; allowance, 737

830INDEXAdams, Ambrose: account, 488, 569, 721Adams, James: certificates by, 160Addresses:1. Of the Commons House to the governorupon the convening of the Assembly,October 11, 1757 (ResolutionNo. 1), 8–9. See also Resolution No. 22. Of the Commons House to the governorto desire that His Excellencywill not declare war against theCherokee Indians until all hope ofobtaining satisfaction from themshall be lost, 444. See also MessageNo. 903. Of the Commons House to the governorregarding his speech of October13, 1759 (Speech No. 3), 450–51.See also Message No. 984. Of the Commons House to the governorupon the convening of the Assembly,February 8, 1760(Resolution No. 79), 456. See alsoResolution No. 805. Of the Commons House to the governorupon his appointment as governorof Jamaica (Speech No. 5),483. See also Message No. 1026. Of the Commons House to the lieutenantgovernor, April 16, 1760(Resolution No. 91), 498–99. See alsoResolution No. 927. Of the Commons House to the lieutenantgovernor to desire that HisHonor will prevail on ColonelMontgomerie to remain with hisforces in this province (ResolutionNo. 115), 690–91. See also MessageNo. 1508. Of the Commons House to the lieutenantgovernor upon the conveningof the Assembly, October 10, 1760(Resolution No. 124), 770–71. Seealso Message No. 167Agent in Great Britain: salary, 200, 382, 671. Seealso Committee of correspondence;Crokatt, James; Wright, JamesAgriculture. See Crops; Indigo; RiceAichinger, Michael: account, 493, 633, 649, 733Ainger, Joseph: account, 470, 571, 723Ainslie, John, 762Aker, Peter: account, 490, 627, 647, 730Akin, James: account, 59, 68, 74, 217Alabama Fort, 591Albany (NY), 428Allen, James, 519Allen, Jeremiah, 124Allison, Andrew: account, 492, 633, 649, 733Allison, George: account, 106, 121, 128, 142, 158,167, 215, 277, 297, 326, 389Allison, Richard: account, 273, 297, 327Allison, William: account, 655, 728; affidavit,454Alum, 366Amaker, Hans: account, 493, 570, 722Amelia Township, 100, 413, 537; Acadians in,218, 303Amherst, Jeffrey, 426, 755, 785, 791; aid solicitedagainst Cherokees, 452, 454, 455, 482, 497,500–501, 506, 743, 749, 753, 767, 771, 775, 793;aid solicited against Creeks and French,592, 593, 742, 744; letters from, 555, 556; militarysuccess in Canada, 767, 770; ordnancesupplies from, 619; rejoined byMontgomerie’s troops, 690, 692, 745Ancrum, Lance, and Loocock: account, 59,68, 81, 92, 115, 119, 148, 161, 203, 210, 215, 216,274, 297, 327, 363, 386, 469, 491, 521, 539, 646,654–59, 660, 664, 701, 707, 709, 728; flourpurchased from, 669Anderley, George: account, 488, 640, 735Anderson, Dr. _____, 676Anderson, Lt. _____, 618Anderson, Sergeant _____, 618Anderson, David, 188; account, 489, 569, 580,721, 725Anderson, Enoch: account, 488, 642Anderson, Hugh: account, 59, 70, 84, 130, 153,156, 163, 165, 209, 210, 275, 297, 326, 387Anderson, James, 298; account, 489, 597, 633,649, 728, 733Anderson, John: account, 489, 580, 725Anderson, Maurice, 433Anderson, Robert: account, 478, 520, 539, 700Anderson, Thomas, 736; account, 269, 297,326, 389, 469, 488, 489, 518, 527, 570, 581, 597,628, 643, 648, 653, 722, 725, 728, 731Annuities. See Pensions and annuitiesAntigua, 414Antimony, 366Appleby. See Austin, Laurens, and ApplebyAppropriation orders, 353, 357, 360, 393, 614,620, 711Arbuthnot, Marriot, 226Archibald, John: account, 471, 631, 649, 732

INDEX 831Armbrister, John: account, 469, 525, 553, 703,709Armory, public, 494, 525, 704; committee toinspect, 134, 336, 513; in State House, 105,236–37Arms and ammunition, 6, 72, 77, 87, 94; expensesfor, 87, 118, 212, 271, 305, 388, 477, 583,704; for British garrisons, 468, 470; fordefense of Fort Frederica, 260; for frontierforts, 662, 797; for Lyttelton expedition,432, 439, 442, 446, 478; imported fromGreat Britain, 220, 225, 358, 399, 620; inventoryof, 134, 336, 513; supplied by Crown,304, 453, 456; transport charges for, 494, 515,517, 525, 596, 639, 640, 643, 698, 700, 701, 704Arrowheads, 273Artificers, 223Artillery, 138, 139, 175, 203, 221, 226, 393, 518, 682;for Lyttelton expedition, 432; for SouthCarolina Regiment, 791, 792, 793, 795, 803,806. See also Cannons; Mortars; Ordnancesupplies; Swivel gunsArtillery, Royal Regiment of, 453, 456, 527Artillery company. See Charles Town ArtilleryCompanyAsh, Charles: account, 470, 568, 721Ash, James: account, 141, 157, 166, 214Ash, Joseph, 198; account, 141, 157, 214; petition,188, 189Ashley Ferry, 79, 85–86, 114, 194, 196, 197–98. Seealso Bill No. 4Ashley River: bridge over, 66Atkin, Edmund, 132; certificates by, 274, 304,515, 554; commissioned agent to theCreeks, 518; signs messages, 194, 505; superintendentof Southern Indian affairs, 227–28, 270, 309, 431, 778Attorney general: accounts, 106, 121, 213, 478,519, 704; fees for opinions, 519. See alsoGraeme, DavidAttorneys, xix, 27, 263, 467, 716Atwood, Isaac, 517; account, 468, 478, 521, 527,539, 699Aubrey, Samuel, 618Auctions, 140, 320, 416, 417, 559, 612; atCongarees, 681; duties on goods sold at,145, 183, 352, 357, 609, 620. See also Bill No.16Augusta (Ga.), 91, 158, 309, 530, 531, 554, 582, 584,591, 593, 665, 715, 798, 802Austin, George: account, 488, 512, 586, 587, 726;empowered to import arms, 225Austin, Laurens, and Appleby: account forAcadians, 712, 713Austin and Laurens: account, 87, 119, 206Axes, 41, 44, 277, 303, 387, 439, 446, 525, 702Axson, John. See Oxton, JohnAxson, Joseph: certificates by, 514, 520, 523, 638Ayree, 100, 158Bachman, _____: account, 586Back country: courts for, 180, 291–92, 295;criminals in, 180; letter to inhabitants of,433; names of settlers recorded, xviii;planting season disrupted by CherokeeWar, 591; population increase in, 542; protectionagainst Indian attacks, 420–21, 422,424, 425, 436, 437, 457, 458, 459, 461, 482, 556,691, 745, 756, 777; refugees from Georgiain, 592; settlers petition for representation,102. See also British army: supplies forfrontier garrisons; Forts: frontierBackman, Ulrick. See Boukman, UlrickBackshell, William: account, 60, 68, 75Bacon, 67, 97, 99, 100, 158, 271, 278, 280, 596Bacon, Henry, 62Bacot, Peter: account, 275–76, 302, 340, 359, 386,391; tax collector, 361Badger, Daniel: account, 141Badger, Jonathan, messenger of the CommonsHouse, 9, 768; accounts, 60, 69, 80,157, 166, 219, 274, 298, 327, 441, 469, 518, 527,710, 760; ordered to arrest members, 191,198, 662, 692Baker, Kilby, and Baker, supply contractors,669Baker, Richard, supply contractor, 344, 426Baker, Sarah: account, 60, 69, 81, 207Baker, William: account, 494, 588, 633–34, 649,727, 733; certificates by, 629, 631, 632Baker, William, supply contractor, 344, 426Bakers, 310Baldridge, James: account, 271, 307, 333Ball, Capt. _____, 225, 320Ball, David: account, 276–77, 298, 327, 390Ball, Elias: account, 59, 68, 218Ball, Sampson: account, 488, 595, 727Ballantine, Thomas: account, 555, 643, 653, 736Ball’s Ferry, 114, 170Bampfield, William: account, 58, 69, 84, 209Banbury, William, 44; account, 60, 68, 69, 80,203, 209, 280, 306, 332, 393, 468, 491, 517, 527,573, 698, 724Banks, Charles, 641; account, 269, 298, 327, 389

832INDEXBard, John, 701; account, 470, 515, 526Bare, Sergeant _____, 618Bargainer, Andrew: account, 493, 572, 724Barksdale. See Rae and BarksdaleBarnett, John: account, 279, 298, 327, 389Barracks, xiii, xiv, 13, 15, 24–25, 41, 44, 81, 92, 122,124, 130, 135, 136, 141, 142, 152, 155, 156, 158, 159,166, 209, 210, 211, 273, 275, 276, 277, 297, 303,305, 309, 395, 460, 462, 463, 517, 521, 577, 709,794, 795, 796; expenses summarized in estimates,387; plans for, 63, 65, 102–3, 105;repairing of, 777, 778, 780Bassnett, John: appointed acting clerk of theCommons House, xxiii, 231; delivers electionreturns as master in chancery, 762, 764;sends messages as master in chancery, 20, 22,23, 24, 25, 34, 37, 47, 49, 53, 54, 56, 66, 73, 75, 101,103, 108, 122, 123, 125, 128, 132, 147, 162, 174, 176,184, 188, 194, 196, 198, 223, 224, 227, 229, 410, 412,420, 422, 426, 430, 435, 436, 448, 451, 458, 459, 473,475, 497, 500, 504, 505, 508, 511, 536, 540, 542, 563,564, 576, 578, 582, 584, 588, 598, 600, 615, 616, 621,623, 625, 645, 661, 662, 665, 683, 684, 695, 718, 719,738, 740, 742, 744, 751, 776, 778, 781, 802; signspapers as house clerk, 365Bassnett’s Ferry, 114, 170Bastardy, 322–23Bateman, Walter, 63; account, 72, 99, 117Bates, John: account, 272, 273, 298, 301, 327, 329,390Baxter, John, 546; account, 470, 568, 720Bayle, John: account, 60Bayne, _____, 82Bayne, Duncan, 172; account, 94, 116, 208Bayonets, 134, 171, 212, 305, 336, 337, 432, 439, 442,446, 513Beach Hill: Acadians at, 218Beacon, Henry: account, 118, 126, 269, 278, 300,306, 329, 332, 477, 522, 539Beacons, 144, 145, 350, 351, 605, 606, 608, 619Beale, Othniel, 549; account, 86, 124, 149, 161,210, 272, 297, 309, 327, 385, 386; signs messages,718, 739Beale, Othniel, Son, and Company: account,489, 568, 721Beamer, James, 65, 204, 699, 701, 735; account,97, 107, 120, 127, 206, 269, 270, 307, 333, 385,487, 512, 554, 565, 627, 642, 653, 730Beamer, Thomas: reward for services, 760Beard’s Ferry, 115, 313Beasley, William: account, 469, 516, 518, 527,704, 706Beaufort, 142, 190, 272, 302, 330, 374, 491, 702;port of, 30, 189, 246. See also St. Helena Island;Port RoyalBeck, Peter: account, 636, 734Bedingfield, Charles: account, 60, 69, 80, 214Bedon, Lt. _____, 617Bedon, Henry, 222; account, 60, 69, 81, 207Bedon, John Raven: account, 60, 69, 81, 207Beds, 41, 42, 44, 59, 70, 71, 93, 156, 712Beef, 151, 280, 298, 384, 537, 569, 581, 584, 585, 595,638, 639, 641, 664, 665, 670, 671, 673, 679, 681,775. See also CattleBeekman, Barnard: account, 60, 69, 80, 202,207, 212, 280, 307, 332, 393, 486, 522, 711Beer, 52, 53, 366Bell, John, 523Bell, Thomas, 455; account, 471, 628, 648, 731Bellinger, Edmond, 85Bellinger, George, 85Bellinger’s Ferry, 114Bender, Ensign _____, 618Benie, William, 617Benn, Samuel, 63, 65, 204; account, 72, 88, 96,130, 141, 154, 158, 165, 167, 478, 520, 530; mentionedas Abram’s master, xvii, 645Bennett, Rebecca: account, 60, 69, 84, 207Benoist, Peter: account, 59, 60, 69, 87, 94–95,116, 119, 205Berkeley County, 762; coroner, 67, 107, 161, 213,271, 704; militia detachment from, 617, 736*Berresford, Richard, 39, 85, 399, 480, 481, 662,741, 753, 759; account, 106, 120, 127, 209; attends,28; chairman of house, 481; committeeassignments, 38, 61, 105, 124, 239, 457,467, 492, 663, 674; ordered to attend, 337;reports by, 40–41, 47–48; takes oath, 28Berresford’s Wharf, 269, 298, 327, 386Berry, William: account, 493, 572, 724Besselieu. See Day, Besselieu, and Viart; Dayand BesselieuBesselieu, Mark Anthony: account, 59, 70, 84,217, 280, 297, 327, 382, 392Bickel, John: account, 513, 628, 648, 731Biggin Bridge, 545Biggin Church, 124Bills: drafting and engrossing of, 82, 92, 201,382, 467, 697; improper procedure foramending, 616, 623–24; ratification of, 229,406–8, 566, 590, 623, 746–47, 760–61Bills:1.Bill establishing certain regulations concerningHis Majesty’s forces in the

INDEX 833Bills:province of South Carolina and toprevent their desertion; and forthe better carrying on HisMajesty’s service in the said province,22, 28, 35, 37, 40, 43, 50, 51–52,54; vetoed, 552.Bill for forming and establishing an artillerycompany of the militia inCharles Town, 23, 31, 34, 47, 54; vetoed,553.Additional bill to the several acts for thebetter relief of the poor of thisprovince, 48–49, 164, 168, 176, 182,185, 226; ratified, 2294.Bill vesting Ashley Ferry in the publictreasurer for the time being forthe use of the public, and for keepingthe causey leading to the saidferry in repair, 104, 111, 123, 162, 168,194–95, 196–97, 1995.Bill obliging the parishes to maintainAcadians, 91, 1126.Bill establishing a road lately laid outfrom Tippicut Law old field in St.John Parish to Murrays Ferry Roadin St. Stephens Parish, and for discontinuingsuch part of MurraysFerry Road as is therein mentioned,123–24, 131, 164, 168, 176, 181–82, 185, 226; ratified, 2297.Bill for raising and granting to His Majestythe sum of £166,438:14:07 1 /4 andapplying £8,069:03:06 (being thesurplus of taxes and ballance of afund in the public treasury) makingtogether £174,507:18:0 1 /4 to defraythe charges of this government fromthe 25th day of March 1757 to the 25thday of March 1758, and for other servicestherein mentioned, 140–41, 142–43, 187–88, 189, 198, 199, 221, 222, 223–24,226; ratified, 229; mentioned, 249, 259,265, 361. See also Ordinance No. 38.Bill for establishing a ferry from HoopingIsland to Boones Island and toopen a communication fromthence to the high road on EdistoIsland, 160, 193, 198, 225, 227, 228;ratified, 2299.Bill for vesting Bassnett’s or HobcawFerry, Gray’s Ferry, Grange’s orBills:Parker’s Ferry, and Scott’s orDaniels Island Ferry in trustees forthe use of the public, 17010.Bill to establish a road made by ThomasHowell and for vesting a ferryover Congaree River in the saidHowell, 18211.Bill impowering magistrates to inlist vagrantsin the South Carolina Regiment,185, 191, 193, 221, 222–23, 224,226; ratified, 229; mentioned, 268,28812.Bill for the amendment of the militialaw and for the further continuancethereof, 193, 19613.Bill to prevent the burning of woodlands and savannahs in this province,238, 243, 24914.Bill for taxing transient persons, 242,287, 290, 291, 295, 296, 312, 316, 395;ratified, 40715.Additional bill to an act intitled “an actto ascertain the manner and formof electing members to representthe inhabitants of this province inthe Commons House of Assembly,and to appoint who shall bedeemed and adjudged capable ofchoosing and being chosen membersof the said house,” passed the21st day of September in the yearof our Lord 1721; and for repealingseveral clauses in the said act, 248–4916.Bill to restrain and prevent the too frequentsales of goods, wares andmerchandize by public auction oroutcry in Charles Town, and forthe better regulation of such sales,251, 312, 315, 344–45, 346, 368–69,369,370–71, 395; ratified, 40717.Bill to prevent the stealing of horsesand neat cattle and for the moreeffectual discovery and punishmentof such persons as shall unlawfullybrand, mark and kill thesame, 25418.Bill for allowing of discounts and forrepealing all former acts and paragraphsof acts of the General Assemblyof this province relating to

834INDEXBills:discounts, 254, 285–86, 287, 290, 314–15,324, 339, 347–48, 349, 396; ratified, 40619.Bill for the more effectual relief of insolventdebtors, and for that purposeputting in force andeffectually carrying into executionin this province such part of an actmade in the Parliament of GreatBritain in the second year of Hispresent Majesty’s reign intitled “anact for the relief of debtors withrespect to the imprisonment oftheir persons” as is hereinaftermentioned, and to repeal the severalacts of the Assembly now inforce in this province for the reliefof insolvent debtors, 254–55, 291, 315,316, 317–18, 321–22, 345, 347, 348–49,371, 396; ratified, 40720.Bill for preventing as much as may bethe spreading of malignant andcontagious distempers in this provinceand for repealing the formeracts and paragraphs of acts heretoforemade for that purpose, 255,263, 284, 285, 312, 353, 354, 368, 369,396; ratified, 40621.Bill to revive and continue several actsand clauses of acts of the GeneralAssembly of this province, and foramending some of the said acts inthe manner herein mentioned,256, 263, 282, 283, 313, 343, 374–75, 377,378, 399; ratified, 40722.Bill for erecting courts in various partsof the province for trying and determiningsmall suits in a summarymanner, 291–92, 295, 37523.Bill for vesting the ferry over SanteeRiver in the way leading fromCharles Town to Williamsburgh,commonly called Murray’s Ferry,in James Hunter, executor of thelast will and testament of JosephMurray, late of Craven County,planter, deceased, in trust for andto the only use and behoof ofJames Murray, an infant, only sonand heir at law of the said JosephMurray, his executors, administratorsand assigns, for a term of yearsBills:therein mentioned, 293, 314, 356, 364,397, 398–99, 401, 402; ratified, 40824.Bill for dividing Saint Mark’s Parish,29525.Bill to establish the road now layingout from Days Creek to SavannahRiver to be a public road, and forestablishing a ferry over the saidriver, to be vested in Jermyn andCharles Wright for a term of years,31326.Bill to supply the defects in evidencewhere original wills cannot be produced,and to make the proceedingsupon questions arising uponsuch wills more easy and effectual,and for repealing so much of thesecond clause of “an act for makingmore effectual last wills andtestaments” as contradicts or repealsthe ninth clause of the “actagainst bastardy,” 318, 322, 323, 326,347, 349, 396; ratified, 40727.Bill to impower the commissioners forbuilding a church and parsonagehouse in the parish of SaintMichael Charles Town, to purchasea lot of land and house fora parsonage for the said parish,and to dispose of and convey in feesimple such pews as shall be builtin the said church; and for repealingseveral paragraphs of the act ofthe General Assembly of this provincefor dividing the parish ofSaint Philip, and for erecting thesaid parish of Saint Michael, and aparsonage for the same, 319, 337,338, 345, 346, 349, 395–96; ratified,40728.Additional bill to an act intitled “an actto ascertain the manner and formof electing members to representthe inhabitants of this province inthe Commons House of Assembly,and to appoint who shall bedeemed and adjudged capable ofchoosing and being chosen membersof the said House,” passed the21st day of September in the yearof our Lord 1721, and for repealing

INDEX 835Bills:several clauses in the said act, 339,343–44, 371, 372–73, 377, 399; ratified,406; mentioned, 547, 765, 766, 768,769, 791, 79629.Bill for impowering the church wardensand vestry of the parish of St.Bartholomew to dispose of thepews in the chapel lately erected atEdmundsbury in the said parish,356, 361–62, 367, 371, 372, 377, 396;ratified, 40730.Bill for raising and granting to His Majestythe sum of £97,360:14:04 1 /2, andapplying £18,109:12:05 being the surplusof taxes and balance of severalfunds in the public treasury, makingtogether £115,470:06:09 1 /2 to defraythe charges of this governmentfrom the 25th day of March 1758 tothe 31st day of December 1758 inclusive,and for other services thereinmentioned, 357, 358, 359, 361, 367,370, 371–72, 380, 381, 397, 398, 401,402, 405, 406; ratified, 408; mentioned,54131.Bill for allowing a further time to theassessors and collectors for the parishesof Saint Philip and SaintMichael for carrying into executionan act of the General Assemblyof this province intitled “an actfor raising and granting to HisMajesty the sum of £166,438:14:07/41and applying £8,069:03:06 (beingthe surplus of taxes and ballanceof a fund in the public treasury)making together £174,507:18:01/4 1 todefray the charges of this governmentfrom the 25th day of March1757 to the 25th day of March 1758,and for other services thereinmentioned,” 361, 376, 380, 394, 397,400; ratified, 40732.Additional bill to an act of the GeneralAssembly of this province intitled“an act for disposing of theAcadians now in Charles Town, bysettling one fifth part of their numberin the parishes of St. Philipand St. Michael, and the otherfour parts of them in the severalBills:other parishes within this province,”362, 375–7633.Bill for preventing (as much as maybe) the continuance of the smallpoxin Charles-Town, and the furtherspreading of that distemperin this province, 511, 546–47, 561–62,562–63, 584, 585, 588, 589–90; ratified,59034.Bill to enforce a due subordinationand observance of military disciplineamong the forces employedin the service of this province, 536,538, 541, 542, 547, 551, 554, 565; ratified,56635.Bill for finishing, enlarging, repairing,cleansing, and keeping clean andin repair the common drain orsewer in Elliott Street in CharlesTown, 555, 561, 563, 598–99, 615–16,624, 741; ratified, 74636.Bill for raising and granting to HisMajesty the sum of £246,693:02:05,which with £70,000 granted forthis service by the tax-act, makes£316,693:02:05 to defray theexpence of the late expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians andother charges since incurred byprosecuting the war against thesaid Indians, and protecting theback settlements of this province:And appointing commissionersfor stamping and signing publicorders for the more easy and expeditiousissuing of the said sum:And providing a fund for sinkingthe said public orders in five years,by a general tax and assessment onthe estates real and personal, ofthe inhabitants and others interestedin this province, 567, 694, 695,719, 738, 740, 741; ratified, 746–4737.Bill for raising and granting to His Majestythe sum of £163,710:06:01/4,1and applying £17,408:11:05 (beingsurplus of taxes and the balance ofseveral funds in the public treasury)making together £181,190:17:06 1 /4 todefray the charges of this governmentfrom January 1 to December

836INDEXBills:31, 1759 both days inclusive:And for otherservices therein mentioned, 574,667, 671, 672, 688, 688–89, 695, 712,714, 718, 738–39, 739, 741; ratified,747; mentioned, 75938.Bill impowering the persons thereinnamed, to receive in Great Britainon behalf of the province of SouthCarolina the sum of moneytherein mentioned, 574, 588, 588–89,598, 716, 717, 719, 741; ratified, 74639.Bill to prevent the exportation of grainand other provisions, and arms,ammunition, strouds, duffils andplains from the province of SouthCarolina for the term thereinmentioned, 591, 593, 594, 598, 600–601, 615, 616, 616–17, 621; ratified,623; mentioned, 623, 78040.Bill for establishing and regulating theartillery company which was formedout of the militia in Charles Town,620, 659, 661, 662, 667, 671, 677, 678,683, 741; ratified, 74641.Bill granting to His Majesty an Aid of£125,000 current money and applyingother money therein mentionedto defray the expence ofraising, paying and cloathing forsix months, a regiment to consistof ten companies of soldiers, eachto be composed of one hundredmen, besides officers, to be employedin the service of this governmentin prosecuting the waragainst the Cherokee Indians andtheir abettors; and for stampingorders for the more expeditiousissuing of the said sum; and forproviding a fund to call in and sinkthe said orders within the timetherein limited, 748, 751, 752, 754,755, 756–57, 757, 758–59, 759–60, 760;ratified, 760–61; mentioned, 783Bills of credit: counterfeiting of, 184; destroyedpursuant to law, 112, 113, 125, 143,147, 325, 353, 614Bills of exchange, 522Bird, William: account, 58, 70, 84, 218Bissett, William: account, 60, 69, 84, 207, 274,297, 327, 389Black, Nicholas, 64, 216; account, 96Black Mingo Creek: bridge over, xvii, 542–46,674–75Black River, 114, 289, 542; ferries over, 286; petitionof inhabitants on, 188, 285, 286Blacksmiths, 281, 306, 309, 385, 438, 446, 468, 493,521, 580, 597, 640; accounts, 94, 95, 97, 121,154Blagg, Lt. _____, 172; account, 208Blake, Ann, 672, 707*Blake, Daniel, 19–20, 23, 39, 249, 320, 349, 367,417, 466, 476, 479, 482, 645, 769, 802, 808;attends, 16; chairman of house, 479, 482;committee assignments, 38, 66, 101, 104,239, 325, 356, 358, 434, 453, 467, 492, 674, 801;reports by, 134*Blake, William: attends, 765; returned, 763;takes oath, 765Bland, George: account, 60, 68, 80, 214Bland, Richard, 617Blankets, 41, 42, 44, 49, 52, 53, 125, 404–5, 406,416, 417, 532, 533, 559, 596, 611, 642, 657, 658,712Blythe, _____, 268Blythe, Thomas: account, 279, 298, 327, 388Board of Ordnance of Great Britain, 234, 412,563, 564Board of Trade. See Lords Commissioners forTrade and PlantationsBoats: expresses by, 676, 679, 742, 744; for FortJohnson, 272, 304, 383, 576, 577, 578, 699;hire of, 172, 270, 309; in inland navigation,544. See also Scout boatsBodin, Lewis, 301Bogges, John, 101; account, 102, 199, 207; certificatesby, 119, 126Bonar, William: rescued from captivity, 64, 90Bond, George Paddon, 12, 17; account, 470,516, 527, 705Bonneau, Anthony: account, 60, 68, 80, 217Bonneau, William: account, 60, 69, 84, 215, 312,336, 390, 468, 515, 519, 526, 530, 704, 705Bonneau, William, Jr., 271Bonneau, William, Sr., 271Bonneau’s Ferry, 114Booden, Thomas: account, 81, 92, 115, 209Bookbinding: accounts for, 119, 201Boone, _____, 273Boone, Jane: account, 60, 69, 84, 207Boone, Margaret: account, 58, 67, 74, 202, 212,215, 273Boone, Samuel: account, 622, 644, 654, 736

INDEX 837Boones Island, 104, 189Bootwright, Daniel: account, 141, 159, 167Boozer, Ulric: account, 492, 494, 634, 649, 733Bosher, Thomas: account, 491, 570, 722; certificatesby, 656Boughter, Jacob: account, 586, 591, 726Boukman, Anthony: account, 493, 572, 724Boukman, Jacob: account, 512Boukman (Backman), Ulrick: account, 60, 68,75, 203, 493, 572, 587, 724, 727Bounties: for enlistment, 176, 184, 192, 420, 748,752–53, 790; for settlers, 222; on flax andhemp, 374, 697. See also ScalpsBouquet, Henry, 11, 13, 14, 32, 36, 131, 133, 135,784, 794; house rent for, 121, 282, 312; petition,75, 76; requests quarters for troops,122; role in quartering dispute, xiii–xvBourgett, Daniel: account, 60, 69, 80, 209, 278,298, 327, 386Bourquin, Ensign _____, 617Bower, John George: account, 489, 630, 648,732Bowman, Samuel: death reported, 27, 29Bowman, Thomas: account, 488, 570, 723Bowry, William: account, 277, 298, 327, 390Boyd, Robert, 609; account, 491, 522, 552, 698Boyle, John: account, 68, 80Bradford, John, 617Bradwell, Thomas, 477; account, 468, 516, 527,705Brailsford. See Middleton and BrailsfordBrailsford, Joseph, 276Brailsford, Morton: appointed controller, 30,35; petition, 30Brailsford, Samuel: account, 710Branchman, Hugh: account, 130, 153, 163, 171,173, 214Brand, William: account, 658, 730Brandford, William: account, 60, 69, 84, 210Brands, 310Brawn, John, acting messenger of CommonsHouse, 691–92Bread, 68, 75, 92, 99, 140, 142, 147, 154, 203, 209,210, 272, 366, 388, 469, 477, 491, 525, 569, 573,607, 655, 656, 657, 664, 670, 673, 679, 703,709, 712Breed Camp, 305, 431Bremar and Neyle: account, 129, 154, 165, 202,210, 216Brewton. See Smith and BrewtonBrewton, Robert: death reported, 538, 547, 548Brickles, Thomas: account, 127Bridges, 179; Butlers, 73; over Ashley River, 66,86; over Black Mingo Creek, 542–46, 674–75; over Edisto River, 108, 109–10, 170Bridgman, William: account, 277, 297, 327, 389Bridles, 568British army: accounts for quartering andprovisions, 58, 59, 60, 61, 67, 69, 70, 71, 77,80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94, 106, 107,119, 121, 124, 125, 129, 130, 141, 142, 143, 149, 150,151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 171, 172, 174,207–11, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 276, 277, 278,279, 280, 282, 297, 299, 301, 302, 303, 304, 307,308, 309, 310, 311, 386–87, 467, 468, 469, 476,486, 494–95, 515, 517, 521, 523, 524, 701–3; armsfor, 340; expeditions against Cherokees,452, 454, 500–501, 621, 622, 745, 793; expeditionsagainst French, 174–76, 363, 410, 501,556; illness from country duty, 777, 778;military success in Canada, 767, 770; payand discipline distinguished from militia,441, 445; pressed to remain in South Carolina,690, 691, 692, 742, 749, 753, 755–56; provisionsexempt from duties, 75, 76;quartering of, xiii–xv, 6, 8, 10–11, 13–15, 22,24–25, 28, 36, 38, 40–41, 42, 43–44, 49, 50, 51,52, 53, 55, 63, 65, 83, 102–3, 105, 122, 128, 131,133, 135, 136, 137, 168, 651–52, 793–94, 795, 796;stationed at Pittsburgh, 431; supplies forfrontier garrisons, 56–57, 255, 344, 345–46,348, 426, 427, 428, 429, 440. See also Artillery,Royal Regiment of; Buffs; Highlanders;Independent Companies; Royal Americans;Royal Scots BattalionBritish citizenship: as qualification for legislators,239, 248British colonies: common defense of, 6, 135,136, 165, 174, 201, 383, 530British commander in North America. SeeAmherst, Jeffrey; Loudoun, JohnCampbell, fourth earl ofBritish government. See Crown; Lords Commissionersfor Trade and Plantations; Parliament;Pitt, WilliamBritish navy: commander in West Indies, 592,593Broad River, 569, 721, 756; patrolled by rangers,437Brody, Edward: account, 142, 159, 167, 217, 277,298, 327, 390Brooks, John, 638, 639Brossee, John: account, 596, 727*Broughton, Alexander, 18, 19, 39, 254, 261, 285,

838INDEX348, 396, 402, 802, 808; chairman of house,39; committee assignments, 10, 38, 56, 124,133, 232, 236, 239, 259, 287, 290, 292, 416, 444,801, 805; returned, 763; takes oath, 7–8, 791Broughton, Nathaniel: account, 471, 525, 553,581, 702, 725Broughton Hall, 367Broughton’s Battery: gunner of, 202, 383, 698Brown, Andrew, 311, 454Brown, Bartlet, 153Brown, David: account, 60, 68, 80, 202Brown, John, half-breed, 463Brown, Joseph, 606, 608Brown, Judith: account, 657, 729Brown, Robert, 18, 19Brunett, Isaiah, 514Brunett and Hall: account, 124, 149, 161, 209,212Brunett and Miller: account, 549, 551Brunson, James: account, 655, 728Brunswick (NC), 423, 625Bryan, Jonathan, 235Bryan’s Ferry, 114Buccaneering pieces, 134, 336, 513Buchannan’s Ferry, 114Buchman, Jacob: account, 629, 648, 731Buckholts, Abraham, 719; receipt from, 623Buckhorst, Hans Ulric: account, 493, 579, 725Buckle, Thomas: account, 107, 120, 210Buffs, 134, 297, 524, 525, 702Bull, John: account, 491, 523, 552, 709*Bull, Stephen, 28, 39, 51, 139, 140, 184, 223, 254,479, 480; attends, 26; certificates by, 277,516; chairman of house, 479; committeeassignments, 170, 235, 463; ordered to attend,238; supplies brass cannons, 432;takes oath, 27Bull, William (as councillor): gives presents toChickasaw Indians, 275; signs messages,347; Upper House committee assignments,125Bull, William, lieutenant governor, 794; addressesto, 498–99, 690–91, 770–71; appointedacting governor, xxi, 481–82, 483;illness of, 774, 775; impresses provisionsfor frontier forts, 662, 667, 751, 759; lettersfrom, 744; letters to, 528, 532, 582, 593, 622,625, 675; messages from, 500–501, 503, 508,528, 530–31, 532, 540, 555, 563–64, 576–77, 578,582, 591, 592, 621–22, 625, 645, 662–63, 665,666, 673–74, 676–77, 684–85, 689, 692, 714–15, 742–44, 745, 751, 755–56, 774–76, 777, 778–79, 781–82, 789–91, 793, 797–98, 799–800, 801,809; military strategy of, xxi, 745, 747–48,752, 755, 756, 767, 770–71, 774–75; proclamationsby, 761, 810; prorogations, 761;speeches by, 497–98, 767–68; transmitsCherokee documents, xxiiBullets, 119Bulline, Nathaniel: account, 130, 152, 163, 208Bunning, John, 301Bunning, Robert: account, 270; certificates by,269, 273, 275, 277, 278, 298, 305, 310Bunting, 93, 119, 121, 202, 273Buoys, 619Burkhast, Hans Ulric. See Buckhorst, HansUlricBurnett, Daniel: account, 60, 68, 80, 216Burnett, Susannah: account, 471, 569, 579, 722Burns, John, Jr., 632Burton, Thomas: account, 512, 587, 726Bury. See Tew and BuryBury, John: account, 468, 519, 529Bussard, Robert, 637; certificates by, 636Bussey, Lt. _____, 638Butchers, 98, 99, 280, 311, 469, 519, 537, 617, 625,783Butler, _____, 100Butler, Charles, 65, 204; account, 96Butler, John, 65, 204; account, 96, 141, 158, 167;certificates by, 271, 273, 276, 278, 279, 280,298, 302Butler, Patrick: account, 60, 68, 80Butler, Peter: account, 60, 68, 80, 217Butlers Bridge, 73Butter, 512, 586Byrd, William, 132, 311, 343, 363, 611, 614, 620Calendar: tax laws adjusted to New Style, 172,191–92Calfskin, Michael: account, 86, 120, 127, 206Calhoun, Patrick, xvii, 689; affidavit by, 631;letter from, 455Calker, Thomas: account, 206Callaway, Joseph, 82, 354Callihaun, Patrick, 65, 204; account, 97Campbell. See McCartan and CampbellCampbell, Major _____, 524Campbell, Archibald: account, 494, 585, 726Campbell, Colin, 172, 272, 299Campbell, John. See Loudoun, JohnCampbell, fourth earl ofCampbell, Patrick, 82, 206; account, 98Canada: conquest of by British, 767, 770, 774

INDEX 839Candles, 38, 40, 42, 43, 49–50, 52, 53, 82, 93, 124,151, 157, 210, 271, 272, 274, 303, 386, 467, 468,494, 517, 518, 523, 525, 701, 702Candlesticks, 41, 42, 44Cannon, Daniel: account, 61, 70, 84, 98, 117,206Cannon, John: account, 60, 95, 142, 155, 157, 166,207, 512, 655–56, 728Cannon, Mary: account, 130, 152, 163, 216Cannons, 15, 21, 89, 96, 98, 121, 150, 159, 212, 225,279, 311, 383, 432, 433, 439, 447, 453, 456, 639,640, 756, 791, 792, 793, 795Canoes, 98; for Fort Johnson, 576, 577, 578, 699Cantey, Capt. _____, 656*Cantey, Charles, 240, 289, 356, 364, 422, 764;attends, 50; committee assignments, 65, 73,180, 259, 287, 290, 296, 314, 450; letter from,786; ordered to attend, 238; presents bill,356; reports by, 292, 293; returned, 26; takesoath, 51Cantey, John: account, 656, 728; certificates by,632Cantey, Josiah: account, 657, 729Cantey, William: account, 655, 656, 658, 728,729, 730; certificates by, 655Cantey’s Ferry, 114Cappock, James: account, 98–99, 130, 154, 165Cardogan, William: account, 142, 158, 167, 217,278, 299, 327Carne. See Williams and Carne*Carne, Samuel, 12, 576, 719, 741, 763, 766, 797;account, 129, 152, 163, 208, 272, 299, 327, 386;attends, 506; committee assignments, 529,536, 589, 683, 801, 805; declares parish, 769,772; returned, 506, 764; takes oath, 506–7,765Carne and Wilson: account, 469, 473, 517, 527,572, 710, 724; account for Acadians, 712, 713Carney, James: account, 61, 70, 84, 213Carpenters, 95, 97, 103, 141, 154, 156, 159, 204, 270,272, 273, 275, 306, 438, 441, 446, 469, 477, 494,514, 521, 537, 700Carradine, Abraham: account, 586Carson, William: account, 655, 728Carter, Robert, 655; account, 489, 493, 579, 587,656, 725, 726, 729; certificates by, 656, 657Carters, 50, 270, 275, 278, 299, 303, 307, 309, 386,387, 469, 521Cartridge boxes, 134, 336, 513Cartridge paper, 202, 439, 446Cartridges, 156, 304Carts, 512, 513; hire of, 492, 493, 512, 513, 516, 627,628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 643, 644,706; impressment of, 477, 502, 567, 568, 569,570, 571, 579, 584, 585, 586, 596, 641, 655, 658;repair of, 568Carwithin, William: account, 61, 70, 84, 207Cashier of the Commons House, 267, 355; electionof, 9, 236, 773Casks, 298, 525Casley, Sergeant _____, 617Cassels, Henry, 188Castina, Capt. _____, 392Catawba Indians: aid solicited against Cherokees,431, 432, 528, 532, 533; presents andentertainment for, 274, 522, 657, 737; provisionsand subsistence for, 656, 779, 780;seek refuge among settlers, 528; treaty atPine Tree Hill, 778; visit Charles Town,778–79. See also HaiglarCatawba Nation: fort in, 432, 440, 442, 447, 779,780Catawba River, 756; petition of inhabitants on,423Cattle, 328, 593, 664, 665; driving, 121, 579, 583,597, 598, 637, 641, 642, 643, 655, 671; ferriageof, 198; for frontier garrisons, 57, 62, 64, 70,71, 90, 95, 98, 99, 118, 125, 149, 150, 152, 279,299, 337, 359, 384, 614, 681; for Indians, 638;herds driven to Charles Town, 542; impressmentof, 478, 488, 492, 493, 494, 512,568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 580, 581, 586,587, 588, 595, 597, 598, 638, 641, 655, 656, 657,659, 670, 673, 680, 682, 686, 770, 772; killedfor militia, 89; pasturage of, 580, 587; taxon, 187, 221, 367, 397; theft of, 254. See alsoBeefCattle hunters, 149, 151, 155, 580, 597, 643, 655, 657Cavalry, 790. See also Troops of horseCedar Creek, 413Cemeteries, 319Chalmers, Dr. Lionel: account, 57, 67, 74, 217Chancey, Zachariah: account, 487, 642, 653Channing, Dr. John: account, 107, 120, 127, 217Chapels of ease, 356Chaplains, 121, 307, 777, 783, 786Chapman, John: account, 489, 570, 723Charing Cross Ferry, 286Charles Town, 16, 158; Acadians in, 46, 48, 300,460; building regulations in, 377, 378; defensesof, see Fortifications; described byVirginia officer, xv; drain in, 82, 94, 549,555; Elliott Street, 511, 549, 555; fire-mastersof, 87, 119, 126, 219, 280, 393, 522, 539, 711;

840INDEXGerman Protestants in, 337; gunner of,202, 383, 698; Indian delegations visit, 27,32, 100, 637, 638, 657, 658, 708; innkeepersin, 636, 650; lands in, 222; meat market in,537–38, 550–51, 559–60; military suppliespurchased in, 428; militia in, 374, 377, 378;petitions of inhabitants in, 504, 507, 511,549–50, 555, 564–65, 583–84; soldiers quarteredin, see British army; Queen Street,92; remoteness from, 180; streets in, 220;tax assessments on, 307, 332, 360, 393, 394,522, 672, 698; transportation to, 104, 110, 123;watch in, 427, 525, 784. See also Barracks;Bills Nos. 33, 35; Free school in CharlesTown; Guard in Charles Town; St.Michael Parish; St. Philip Parish; StateHouseCharles Town, port of, 30, 199, 290, 487. See alsoDutiesCharles Town, scout boat, 272Charles Town Artillery Company, 47, 55, 620,677; petition, 23. See also Bills Nos. 2, 40Charles Town Neck, 114, 188, 221, 222, 360, 394,711Charles Town Regiment, 196, 494Charles Town Troop of Horse, 573, 577; musterroll of, 585Cheese, 657Cheeseborough, John, 286Cheraws, 542Cherokee expedition, xx; accounts for, 456,470–73, 477, 478, 486, 487, 491, 492–94, 501,502, 511, 512–13, 521, 524, 567–74, 577, 578, 579,582, 583, 585–88, 593, 595–97, 598, 599, 615, 617–19, 621, 622, 623, 624–25, 626–44, 646, 652,654–59, 663–65, 719–38, 760, 770, 772, 773; allowancefor, 688, 689; commissary’s accountsfor, 541; described by commissary,668–71; resolution for financing, 534. Seealso Nutt, JosephCherokee Indians: at Fort Prince George,670; bounties for scalps of, 457–58, 461, 463,508, 509, 624, 737, 748, 750, 751, 778; declarationof war against, 443, 444, 447–48; expropriationand enslavement of, 458, 461;held prisoner in Charles Town, 771, 775,794; hostilities committed by, xvii, xviii,420–21, 422, 423, 425, 431, 432, 434, 435, 437,444, 447, 448, 452, 454, 455, 457, 459, 461, 464,466, 482, 497–98, 500, 534, 535, 556, 645, 805,808; Indian allies against, 431, 432, 463, 508,509, 528, 530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 737, 738, 779,781–82, 798, 799, 802; intelligence of, 437,440; medical treatment for, 217; militaryoperations against, xxi, 621, 622, 644, 676,685, 689, 742–44, 745, 747–48, 749, 752, 753,767, 770, 771, 776, 791, 793, 809; peace overturesby, 767, 770, 771, 774; presents andentertainment for, 92, 93, 94, 158, 271, 273,274, 276, 277, 279, 280, 298, 310, 476, 512, 523,638, 709; prisoners taken by, 767, 771, 801,803–804, 807, 809; provide military assistanceagainst French, xv, 132–33, 135–36, 183,363, 611, 614, 620; relations with French,420; trade embargo against, xx; treatywith, 452; visit Charles Town, 100. See alsoGreat Warrior of the Cherokee Nation;Little Carpenter; Mankiller of Nukassee;Old Hop; Young Warrior of EstatoeCherokee Nation, 70, 77; expresses to, 78; fortsite surveyed in, 271, 308; French captives in,79, 94, 219; fugitives in, 184; lower towns, 95,676; middle towns, 100, 676; overhill towns,100, 676. See also Ayree; Keowee; SetticoCherokee War, 625; economic impact onSouth Carolina, 691; measures for financing,531, 534, 536, 712, 789, 790, 800; measuresto prevent widening of, 592;necessitates hazard pay for expresses, 531;prevents settlers from planting, 591;records of, xxii–xxiiiCherry, John: account, 640, 651Chevillette, John, 63, 118, 156, 515, 587, 681, 685;account, 60, 67, 72, 74, 88, 99–100, 118, 306,328, 384, 596; account of stores at FortLoudoun, 154; battalion of, 569, 622, 623,642, 668, 721; certificates by, 57, 58, 59, 62,63, 64, 67, 68, 72, 77, 78, 82, 83, 86, 88, 94, 95,96, 97, 98, 99, 119, 120, 121, 124, 148, 150, 155,159, 270, 274, 275, 281, 305, 307, 309, 320, 334,337, 385, 520, 597, 629, 631, 634, 640, 642, 659,687; conduct as Fort Loudoun commissary,xvi; muster roll of, 473, 511, 618, 625,736; ordered to assemble regiment, 431;petition, 236, 280, 300, 476, 519, 530; suppliesrum to Indians, 100Chichett, Philip: account, 86, 148, 161, 217Chickasaw Indians, 265, 333; aid solicitedagainst Cherokees, 431, 463, 508, 509, 533,534, 737, 781, 782; presents and entertainmentfor, 61, 89, 91, 275, 305, 517, 707; provisionsand subsistence for, 798, 799, 802;visit Charles Town, 520Chief justice, 321; accounts, 106, 151, 163, 213,

INDEX 841280, 299, 328, 467, 518, 529, 704; fees of, 388;warrant, 280Chiffelle, Rev. Henry, 264–65; house rent, 213Chiffelle, Marguerite: petition, 264–65, 284Chimneys, 89, 99China root, 366Chisholme, _____, 234Choctaw Indians, 333; British alliance desired,228; relations with French, 691; temperand disposition of, 715Christ Church Parish: election in, 7, 11–12, 16–18, 19, 26, 763, 769, 772; ferries in, 114, 170,171; members attend, 769; petition of inhabitantsin, 73, 101Church commissioners, 107, 147, 161, 200, 382,696Churches: for Germans, 337–38; in St. JamesGoose Creek, 502, 584, 704; in St. Mark,179, 290, 291, 292, 359, 388; in St. Michael,316, 319; in St. Peter, 276, 302Churchner, Abraham: account, 472, 571, 723Church wardens: Christ Church, 7, 12, 17;Prince George Winyah, 6–7, 87, 213, 269,299, 328, 392; Prince William, 7; St.Bartholomew, 4, 91, 129, 165, 356; St. Helena,58, 70, 84, 218; St. James Goose Creek,704; St. James Santee, 78, 212; St. John Berkeley,4; St. John Colleton, 240; St. Mark,240, 289, 502; St. Peter, 302; St. Philip, 6–7,31–32, 44–46, 61, 70, 84–85, 211, 218, 219, 269,270, 300, 328, 386, 392, 393, 413, 467, 518, 519,522, 529, 530, 539, 558, 564, 702–3, 709Clark, Ann, 470; account, 516, 527, 705Clark, John: account, 472, 634, 649, 733Clark, Margaret: account, 489, 638, 650, 734Clark, Richard, 638Clayton, Lt. _____, 618Clayton, Isham: account, 61, 70, 84, 118, 126,206; petition, 337Cleland, John: account, 268, 299, 327, 389; signsmessages, 125, 196Clergy: allowance for preaching sermons atcourt sessions, 697; German Protestant,337; in Prince George Winyah, 169; in St.Andrew, 805; in St. James Santee, 78–79; inSt. John Berkeley, 507; in St. Mark, 179, 414,502; in St. Michael, 319; in St. Peter, 186, 213,264–65; in St. Thomas and St. Dennis, 507;salaries, 143, 350, 602, 603. See also ChaplainsClerk of the Commons House: absent memberssummoned by, 113, 162, 166, 189, 288,337, 498, 505, 529, 588, 590, 660, 754, 768; accounts,201, 382, 519, 697; assistant of, 128,450, 453–54; instructions to, 665; salary, 200,382, 696. See also Croft, ChildermasClerk of the Council: accounts, 107, 160, 200,382, 697; records of fees kept by, 404; salary,200, 381, 696. See also Simpson, WilliamClerk of the Crown: accounts, 106, 151, 163, 213,280, 299, 328, 467, 518, 529, 704; fees of, 388.See also Crown officeClerk to board of church commissioners, 107,147, 161; salary, 200, 382, 696Clerk to committee of correspondence: salary,200, 382, 696Clerk to State House commissioners: salary,551Clifford, Sarah: account, 86, 121, 128, 208Clinton, ship, 23–24, 320Closeman, Frederick: account, 91, 112, 195Clothing: for frontier forts, 797; for Indians,57, 150, 158, 280, 311, 515, 532, 533, 707, 779,780–81, 782, 785; for soldiers, 96, 183, 186,540, 575, 576, 578, 642, 658*Coachman, Benjamin, 31, 39; attends, 27;committee assignments, 56, 101, 110, 112–13,292; returned, 27; takes oath, 27Cochran, Michael: account, 141, 158, 167, 196Coehorn mortars, 564, 574, 575, 698, 791, 792,793, 795Cokely, Cornelius, 699; account, 512, 520, 539,554, 565, 701. See also Cookley, CorneliusCokely, Daniel, 735; account, 487, 596, 642, 653,728Colbert, _____, captain of Chickasaws, 782Coldiron, Michael, 521, 583*Cole, John, 39, 85; chairman of house, 85;committee assignments, 10; death reported,232, 240; takes oath, 7–8Cole, John: account, 491, 493, 555, 572, 587, 643,654, 724, 727Cole Island, 148Collectors of taxes. See Tax collectorsColleton, Col. _____: account, 595, 727Colleton, John: account, 472, 636, 646, 734Colleton, Sir John: account, 513, 636, 646Colleton County, 763; militia detachmentfrom, 617, 736Colleton County Scout, 643Collins, Robert, 84; account, 61, 70, 217Collis, George: account, 124, 151, 163Collis, Richard: account, 218Colson, Lewis, 78, 205; account, 60, 95, 97, 117

842INDEXColwell, Curtis: account, 656, 729Combe, Paul, 61; account, 70, 88, 217Commander of Fort Johnson: repairs tohouse, 576, 699; salary, 201, 383Commanders of scout boats: salaries, 211, 387,703Commissary general, 273, 275, 309, 310, 376,476, 524, 608, 609; accounts, 160, 163, 167,207, 270, 308, 309, 334, 363, 387, 391, 467, 583,701, 703, 709; articles supplied to, 269;books of account, 177, 403, 405–6, 557–59,560; certificates by, 308, 520, 571, 572; distributessupplies to frontier forts, 798; examinedby house, 646; handles bounty andfees, 351; handles Indian expenses, 270;handles Indian presents and entertainment,27, 76, 77; handles military expenditures,36, 40–41, 42, 43, 44, 47–48, 49, 52,53, 69, 70, 81, 87, 93, 122, 145, 150, 184, 190, 259,279, 486, 494, 495, 640; instructions to, 79,400, 405, 411, 415, 416, 417, 560; proceduresof, 62, 83–84, 134, 153, 252, 254, 261, 305, 343;salary, 200, 382, 696. See also Committee onthe accounts of the commissary general;Doyley, Daniel; Pinckney, WilliamCommissioner for Indian affairs, 333; salary,215, 390, 707Commissioner of lookouts, 279Commissioners for building the State House,109, 514, 527; accounts, 711; memorial of,379–80, 529, 548–49, 551Commissioners for markets in Charles Town,561; petition, 550–51, 559, 560Commissioners of bridges: Edisto River, 108,109–10, 170Commissioners of buildings in Charles Town:appointment of, 377, 378Commissioners of ferries: Pee Dee River, 364;Pee Dee, Waccamaw, and Black rivers, 114,286Commissioners of fortifications, 65, 297, 414,610, 611; account, 698–99; drafts on treasury,144; estimates by, 15, 20, 63, 102–3; instructionsto, 15; to build powdermagazine, 370, 395; to purchase constructionmaterials, 574, 575Commissioners of markets in Charles Town:petition, 537, 538Commissioners of roads: Charles Town Neck,220–21, 360, 394, 711; Christ Church, 73;Congaree and Wateree fork, 413; PrinceFrederick, 543, 545, 546; Prince GeorgeWinyah, 286; St. John Berkeley, 123–24, 131;St. Peter, 266; St. Stephen, 123–24, 131;Wateree River, 110Commissioners of schools: petition, 234–35,237–38, 241Commissioners of scout boats, 190, 192Commissioners of streets in Charles Town, 94;account, 220, 360, 393–94, 672, 698Commissions: to Indians, 151Committee of correspondence: appointed,224; appointments to, 253; clerk of, 200,382, 696; instructions to, 234, 346; lettersfrom, 337, 341, 342; papers received by, 132,225, 233–34, 358, 378–79, 412, 486, 540, 561, 566Committee on courts of justice: appointed, 10Committee on ferries: appointed, 104–5; appointmentsto, 112–13; report, 113–15, 168,170Committee on grievances: appointed, 10; appointmentsto, 364, 378; instructions to,364, 378Committee on petitions and accounts, 320;appointed, 56, 238–39, 467; appointmentsto, 61, 329; instructions to, 61, 112, 134, 511;papers referred to, 59, 61, 63, 65, 78, 79, 80,81, 83, 87, 101, 107, 125, 130, 131, 134, 142, 143,168, 265, 281, 282, 379, 470, 473, 478, 487, 492,495, 502, 513, 514, 565, 577, 579, 584, 593, 595,598, 599, 615, 621, 622; reports, 66–72, 73–75,80–81, 84–85, 87–89, 100, 111–12, 115–18, 121,126–27, 128–29, 147–60, 162, 164, 166, 167, 171–72, 173–74, 297–312, 326–28, 329, 330–33, 334–36, 339–41, 343, 380–81, 500, 504, 514–27, 529,530, 538–40, 552–53, 554–55, 565–66, 567–74,576, 577–78, 579, 581, 583–84, 585–88, 590–91,594–95, 597, 600, 614, 617–19, 624–25, 626–44,645–46, 647–51, 652–54, 659, 660, 759, 772–73Committee on privileges and elections: appointed,10, 492, 776; appointments to, 12;member discharged from, 497; papersreferred to, 12; reports, 16–18Committee on religion: appointed, 10Committee on the accounts of the commissarygeneral: appointed, 56, 239; appointmentsto, 101; instructions to, 362; reports,177–79, 183, 403–5, 557–59, 560Committee on the accounts of the gentlemendirected to import arms from Great Britain:appointed, 399; revived, 620Committee on the accounts of the powderreceiver: appointed, 56, 239, 589; reports,226, 400–401, 619

INDEX 843Committee on the accounts of the publictreasurer, 125; appointed, 56, 239; appointmentsto, 503–4; instructions to, 73, 112, 168,288, 324–25, 358, 368, 620; papers referredto, 320; reports, 143–47, 173, 182, 289, 323–24,349–53, 357, 362–63, 367–68, 601–14, 616, 619–20, 624; revived, 420Committee on the armory, 305; appointed,101; appointments to, 293; reports, 134, 336,513Committee on the estimate: appointed, 141,342, 584; reports, 184, 186–87, 357, 601. Seealso EstimatesCommittee on the estimate for the Cherokeeexpedition: appointed, 660; papers referredto, 667; reports, 687Committee on the state of the Acadians: appointed,453, 619; papers referred to, 674;reports, 460–61, 462, 692–93, 712–13, 714, 715Committee on trade: appointed, 10Committee on ways and means to raisemoney for troops: appointed, 416, 417; report,418–19Committees on transport charges to the frontiergarrisons: appointed, 169, 288, 358, 429;instructions to, 290, 341–42; reports, 177,181, 344, 345; revived, 444Committee to consider further appropriationsfor the South Carolina Regiment,776; papers referred to, 778; report, 783–85, 786, 787Committee to consider of a proper allowancefor entertaining Indians on the road: appointed,27; report, 32Committee to distribute Indian presents: appointed,540Committee to inquire into the condition ofthe gaol: appointed, 293; instructions to,295, 321; report, 323; revived, 419Committee to inspect the election law: appointed,235–36; instructions to, 248–49;report, 239–40, 247–48Committee to inspect the laws taxing transients:appointed, 232; report, 241–42Committee to inspect what laws are expired:appointed, 141; instructions to, 233, 236,237; report, 243–47, 250–51, 254–55, 257Committee to print the session laws: appointed,238; instructions to, 238, 588; reports,262, 267–68, 285, 287–88, 422, 466–67;revived, 419, 422Commons House of Assembly: adjournments,21, 22, 23, 25, 55, 105, 107, 137, 139, 230,232, 262, 324, 325, 425, 427, 429, 448, 754, 786,787, 809, 810; attendance reduced by smallpox,xix, 453, 498, 499, 713, 754, 768, 789;committee of the whole house, 421, 422,423–24, 532, 533, 535, 536, 541–42, 562, 563, 589,694, 695; criticized for inadequate supportof Lyttelton expedition, 448, 450–51, 474;dissolution of, 761, 764; election returns,4, 6–7, 26–27, 31, 240, 506, 762–64; expensesfor, 60, 141, 157, 219; fines of members, 164,230, 267, 355, 576, 578, 582, 660, 666, 686, 694;journals, xxiii, 87, 201, 274, 299, 304, 382,467, 697; lack of a quorum, 3, 7, 13, 16, 26,33, 39, 49, 56, 61–62, 75, 78, 85, 108, 113, 127,140, 182, 190, 223, 224, 231, 233, 238, 242, 255,259, 263, 267, 282, 283, 289, 312, 317, 326, 338,348, 354, 359, 375, 409, 410, 449, 462, 474, 478,479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 485, 486, 495, 496, 497,510, 528, 546, 561, 567, 583, 621, 654, 665, 675,684, 693, 739, 740, 750, 765, 781, 788, 789;meeting room, 3, 69, 274, 298, 469, 518, 710;meets at Ashley Ferry, xix, 753–54, 755;members granted court leave, 317; membersinconvenienced by service in, 172, 191,400, 421; members ordered to attend, 113,162, 166, 221, 238, 267, 288, 337, 426, 441, 498,505, 510, 529, 576, 578, 582, 588, 590, 660, 754,760, 768; members qualified, 3–4, 5, 7–8, 10,16, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37,50, 51, 241, 243, 247, 320, 321, 765, 766, 768,769, 791–92, 796; method of auditing publicaccounts, 267; political factions in, xix;privileges of, xx, 5, 317, 450–51, 492, 718, 738–39, 766–67; procedural dispute with UpperHouse, 507; prorogation of, 408, 409,761; qualifications of members defined,239–40, 248, 344; refusal of elected personsto qualify, 18–19, 21–22, 769, 770, 772, 786,787; rules of order, 9, 773; thinness of attendancein, 15; votes of members solicitedfor public offices, 547; votes tallied, 36,138, 193, 228, 249, 341, 464, 557, 624, 797, 809.See also Addresses; Cashier of the CommonsHouse; Clerk of the CommonsHouse; Committees; Messages; Messengersof the Commons House; Petitions;Reports; Resolutions; Speaker of theCommons House; SpeechesCongaree River, 110, 249; ferry over, 182; petitionof inhabitants on, 412–13Congaree Road, 413

844INDEXCongarees, 87, 110, 119, 157, 275, 276, 279, 302,303, 304, 307, 308, 442, 446, 494, 524, 525, 597,619, 638, 640, 641, 647, 663, 664, 668, 669,670, 680, 681, 685, 700, 701, 756, 775, 777Coningham, Andrew: account, 277, 299, 328,386Coningham’s Wharf, 299Conners, John, 124Consall, Corporal _____, 617Constables, 120, 193, 310, 432, 524; accounts, 58,60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 77, 91, 92,106, 107, 121, 124, 129, 130, 141, 142, 149, 150–51, 153, 154, 155, 159, 213, 214, 268, 269, 270, 271,273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280, 297, 298, 299,300, 303, 304, 308, 310, 311, 312, 389, 390, 468,469, 477, 491, 512, 515–16, 518, 519, 521, 522, 554,704, 705, 706Contingent fund, 250, 753, 800; allowances for,15, 36, 44, 221, 394, 711, 712, 737, 749, 752, 805,806; applied to sundry uses, 91, 96, 121, 155,195; depleted by governor’s expenditures,xxi, 6, 249, 250, 251–53, 254, 259–61, 531–32,536, 537, 541, 556–57, 744; resolutions forraising, 556, 559; special grant for Lytteltonexpedition, 431, 439, 441, 443, 446;treasurer’s accounts of, 746, 749Contractors. See Supply contractorsController of His Majesty’s customs, 195Controller of the country duties, 241; applicantsfor office of, 29–30; appointment of,27, 30–31; at Beaufort, 246; books of, 73;office of, 320Conway, Thomas: account, 129, 214, 277, 299,327, 389Cooke, Cornelius: account, 271, 299, 327, 390Cookley, Cornelius: account, 65, 96, 97, 195,204, 269, 306, 332, 478. See also Cokely,CorneliusCoomer, George: account, 278, 299, 327, 386Coone, John: account, 60, 71, 88, 120, 127, 215Cooper. See Glen, Cooper, and CompanyCooper, James: account, 515, 526, 705; petition,487Cooper, John: account, 478, 569, 721Cooper, William: account, 470, 568, 720Cooper River: ferries over, 114Coopers, 153, 157, 568Coosawhatchie, 266Coppock, James, 82, 206; account, 272, 310, 335Corker, Thomas: account, 77, 118Corn, 72, 77, 96, 154, 306, 384, 477, 478, 489, 493,512, 513, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 580, 581, 585,586, 595, 596, 597, 627, 628, 629, 630, 632, 633,634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 655,656, 657, 658, 659, 799, 802Corn blades, 477, 493, 571, 572, 579, 581, 637Corn house, 121Coroners, 60, 270; accounts, 58, 67, 107, 147,161, 213, 310, 335, 340, 388, 491, 704Coulter, Anthony: account, 490, 597, 728Council: advises declaring war against Cherokees,447; chamber, 60, 87, 119, 129, 153, 219,273, 303, 468, 517, 710; journals and minutesof, xxii, 87, 200, 382, 697. See also UpperHouse of AssemblyCounterfeiting, 184, 280Country duties. See DutiesCountry waiters, 30; appointment of, 199Court of common pleas, 223, 317; held in StateHouse, 514Court of general sessions, 223; criminal prosecutionsin, 106, 121, 213; held in StateHouse, 514; sermons at, 697Court of vice-admiralty, 514; register of, 29–30Courtonne, Jerome: account, 61, 70, 84, 215,468, 517, 527, 707Courts, 104, 321; expenses for, 201, 383, 697; forback country, 180, 291–92, 295; in StateHouse, 105, 237, 549, 551Courts of justices and freeholders, 223, 274;orders drawn by, 62, 90, 157, 268, 269, 271,279, 298, 299, 302, 309, 311, 312, 554Courts of quarter session of Great Britain, 292Couturier, Peter: account, 598, 641, 653, 735Coytmore, Richard: account, 298, 327, 384; certificatesby, 523, 524; journal of, 455; lettersfrom, 423, 433, 455, 459; letters to, 433Cranmer, Mary: account, 60, 71, 88, 207Cranmore, Mary: account, 272, 299, 328Craven County, 90, 176, 764; coroner, 58, 67,213; proposal for division of, 180, 291Craven County Regiment, 585Craven’s Bastion: gunner of, 202, 383, 698*Crawford, _____, 108, 226, 233, 425; committeeassignments, 35, 110, 133, 170, 185, 224,235, 236, 254, 290, 295, 416, 434, 453, 482; reportsby, 418–19, 483*Crawford, Daniel, 78; account, 81, 92, 115, 142,158, 167, 196, 210, 394; administers oaths,453–54; attends, 3, 29; committee assignments,32, 56, 123, 141, 169, 176, 239, 292, 293,313, 324, 325, 342, 378; death reported, 616;takes oath, 30Crawford, Hugh: account, 469, 516, 526, 706

INDEX 845*Crawford, John, 39, 145; account, 489, 569, 615,641, 653, 721, 735; attends, 33–34; committeeassignments, 180, 290, 314; plantation of,364; returned, 31; stores and ammunitionof, 569; takes oath, 34Creek Indians: aid solicited against Cherokees,431, 508, 509, 530, 533, 534, 540, 737; presentsand entertainment for, 58, 61, 76–77,89, 91, 150, 157, 276, 278, 301, 468, 511, 534, 535,540, 554, 707, 715, 716, 717, 718, 779; relationswith French, 592; rescue agent’s clerk, 90;temper and disposition of, xxi, 582, 584,665, 715, 743, 744; traders murdered by, 591,592, 690–91, 742; visit Charles Town, 520,708; woolen goods shipped to, 779, 780–81,782, 785. See also Wolf KingCreek Nation: agent to, 59, 60, 71, 77, 88, 90–91, 111–12, 215, 265, 308, 390, 518; fugitive apprehendedin, 160; traders in, 584, 591, 593;upper towns, 124; visited by British superintendent,227–28Crell, Stephen: account, 58, 67, 74, 218Crim, Peter, 77, 205, 206; account, 60, 61, 95, 98,125, 150, 152, 162, 163, 207, 279, 299, 328, 359, 384,489, 569, 583, 595, 627, 637, 638, 647, 650, 721,727, 731, 734; certificates by, 632, 633, 638, 658Criminals: back country plagued by, 180; executionof, 515; expenses for, 59, 60, 64, 68,86, 89, 106, 129, 130, 141, 148, 149, 153, 155, 159,171, 213–14, 269, 271, 274, 277, 297, 298, 299,304, 310, 388–89, 467, 469, 478, 515–16, 518,519, 521, 524, 704–5; prison conditions of,323; rewards for apprehending, 672, 706–7. See also Slaves, criminal*Crockatt, James, 781; chairman of house, 781;returned, 764; takes oath, 766Croft, Childermas, xxiii, 3; account as clerk ofthe Commons House, 82, 92, 115, 274, 299,327, 467, 519, 529; leave of absence, 231; receiveselection returns for the CommonsHouse, 762, 764. See also Clerk of the CommonsHouseCrokatt, James, late agent in Great Britain:account of disbursements, 107, 120, 127,224; allowance, 201, 358–59; petition, 263–64, 342, 355. See also Agent in Great BritainCroome, Henry: account, 489, 628, 647, 731Crops, 591, 797; sale of, 626. See also Indigo;RiceCrosby, Timothy: account, 277, 299, 328, 386Crossman, Francis: account, 492, 640, 651, 735Crown, 50; arms supplied troops by, 304; artilleryand ordnance supplied by, 453, 456;exempt from country duties, 75, 76; forbidstransporting of Acadians, 751; governoranswerable to in military affairs, 260;Indian presents from, 228, 717, 718; instructionsfrom, 55; liability for transportcharges, xvi, 426, 501, 561, 785; military aidrequested by, xiii, xv, 410, 420; military assistanceby, 421, 433, 563, 575, 698; petitionto, 225; prerogative of, 55; prize sugars belongingto, 195; territorial rights of, 353, 614Crown office: inquests returned into, 58, 704.See also Clerk of the CrownCurling, Alexander, 225Curson, William. See Carson, WilliamCustoms officers, 195. See also Controller of thecountry duties; Country waiters; Receiversof country dutiesCutlasses, 134, 336, 513Cutler, Andrew: account, 493, 585, 726Da Costa and Farr, 523; account, 491, 596, 700,728Dalton, William, 62; account, 72, 89, 214Damask, crimson, 119, 219Dandridge, William, 275; account, 300, 329, 393Daniel, James: account, 270, 300, 329, 389Daniel Island, 114Daniel Island Ferry, 170, 171Dannelly, Edward: account, 273, 300, 392Dargon, John: account, 141, 157, 166, 196; petition,312, 313, 315–16Dargon, William: account, 493, 568, 720Darkins, _____: account, 636Darkins, William: account, 471, 636, 646, 734Dart, Benjamin, 762; account, 106, 121, 129, 155,195, 202Dart, John, 297Daugherty, Cornelius. See Doharty, CorneliusDavidson, Alexander: account, 567, 720Davidson, Susannah: account, 515Davis, Sergeant _____, 618Davis, Ambrose, 520, 637Davis, David, 240; account, 488, 570, 595, 722,727Davis, Joseph: account, 657, 729Davison, Alexander: account, 471Davison, Joseph: account, 657, 729Davison, Susannah: account, 276, 301, 329, 469,526Day, Besselieu, and Viart: account, 468, 515,526, 706

846INDEXDay, George: account, 468, 516, 526, 706Day and Besselieu: account, 468, 516, 526, 706Days Creek, 235, 266, 313Deans, Robert: account, 275, 300, 329, 393De Brahm, William Gerard, 118Debtors, insolvent, 317–18, 321, 347; relief of,245, 254–55. See also Bill No. 19Decemviri, 422Declaration of war: against Cherokees, 443,444, 447–48Deeds: for transferring treasurer’s estate, 405Deerskins, 143, 350, 568; duties on, 601, 603Delagaye, John: account, 278, 307, 387Demere, _____: account, 99; certificates by, 94Demere, Paul, 62, 63, 203, 205; account, 97, 129,130, 155, 165, 300, 329, 384; certificates by, 58,72, 82, 89, 95, 98, 149, 151, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159,269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 278, 279, 280, 298, 299,306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 329, 332, 333, 335,384, 385, 386, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 530, 554,642; letter quoted, 774; letters from, 423,433; reduces rations, 676; sends messengerto Charles Town, xvii, 645; senior IndependentCompany officer in CharlesTown, 260Demere, Raymond, 62, 63, 203; account, 62, 99,118, 129, 156, 165, 281, 328, 341, 384; certificatesby, 72, 95, 125, 152, 300; employs smiths andmasons, 281–82; petition, 281, 283, 284, 300,329, 340–41; sends Cherokee delegation toCharles Town, 100; supplies rum toCherokees, 476, 519Dempsey, James: account, 62, 118, 278, 300Deputy secretary of the province. See Murray,John; Murray, WilliamDeramas, George: account, 513Deramas, Joseph: account, 639, 651, 735Desaussure, Henry, 297Desertion, 22, 220, 301, 420, 531, 617, 618, 676–77. See also Bill No. 1Detering, Herman Christopher: account, 278,301, 329, 363, 392, 473, 490, 588, 643, 654, 725,727, 736Detering, Jacob: account, 493, 630, 648, 732Devaux, Magdalen: account, 280, 301, 329Dickall, George: account, 638, 650, 734Dickson, David: account, 656, 729Dickson, Gasper: account, 472, 489, 555, 640,643, 651, 653, 735, 736Dickson, William: account, 598, 641, 653, 735Dicksworth, Joseph: account, 488Disease, 460, 462, 550; laws to prevent spreading,xix, 246, 255. See also Bills Nos. 20, 33;Pneumonia; Smallpox; Syphilis; YawsDobbs, Arthur, governor of North Carolina,126, 423; authorizes treaty with Catawbas,778; letters from, 625Dodd, John: account, 62, 81, 92, 115, 215, 274,300, 329, 390, 467, 515, 526, 707Doharty, Cornelius, 203; account, 57, 67, 95, 96,98, 278, 310, 335, 385Doorkeeper of the Council: salary, 200, 382, 696Dorchester, 640, 641; French prisoners at, 120,297, 392; Indian conference at, 715, 717;powder magazine at, 610Dott, David: account, 130, 152, 163, 208; petition,29Douxsaint, Paul, 361Downes and Nicholson: account, 58, 67, 73, 202Doyley, Daniel, assistant commissary general,94, 636; arranges sale of public goods, 559;certificates by, 656; examined by housemembers, xvii–xviii, 48, 50–51, 150, 404, 647;presents papers, 38, 76–77, 168; questionedby speaker, 83Drainage, 82, 94, 296, 549, 555Drawbridges, 544Drayton, Thomas: account, 488, 595, 727*Drayton, William, 16, 26, 27, 33, 34, 37, 53, 75,76, 77, 108, 135, 137, 232, 370, 395, 402, 405,406, 417, 454, 462, 463, 479, 480, 482, 593, 689,741; arrested for contempt, 692; attends, 3;chairman of house, 33, 108; committee assignments,10, 22–23, 35, 56, 66, 75, 105, 141,170, 224, 235, 239, 319; ordered to attend,162, 588; petition, 694; reports by, 513; takesoath, 3–4Dreher, Godfrey: account, 471, 472, 473, 572,587, 627, 635, 650, 724, 727, 731, 733Drift, Jacob: account, 493Droze, Daniel: account, 62, 89, 111, 216Drums, 87, 119, 150Duckworth, Joseph: account, 642, 653Dudgeon, Richard, 411, 432, 433, 439, 447Duffels, 120, 149, 209, 779Dun, Lt. _____, 617Dunbar and Young: account, 632, 733Dupont’s Ferry, 114Dupree, Daniel: account, 471, 568, 720Durand, Rev. Levi: petition, 507Dutch Company, 638Duthy, Jane: account, 273, 300, 329, 383, 467, 518,527, 698Duties, 29; army provisions exempt from, 75,

INDEX 84776; on bread and flour, 140, 142; on deerskins,143, 350, 601, 603; on goods sold atauction, 145, 183, 352, 357, 609, 620; on indigo,320, 324; on leather, 143, 350, 602, 603;on slaves, 144, 350, 414, 418, 605, 606, 608,609; on sugars, 195; on transients, 144, 232,241–42, 291, 350, 351, 357, 604, 605; on wine,rum, bread, and flour, 607; shipwreckedgoods exempted from, 24. See also Controllerof the country duties; Countrywaiters; Receivers of country duties; TaxesDuties, powder, 487, 495Eagan, Dennis, 91Easton, Christopher: account, 478, 570, 722Eberley, John. See Aberley, JohnEchoe, 743Eddings, William: account, 62, 89, 111, 212Edisto, 68, 89Edisto Fork, 433Edisto Island, 157, 273; Acadians at, 218; ferryto, 189; petition of inhabitants, 103, 104,160, 177, 179, 185, 189. See also Bill No. 8Edisto River, 170; bridge over, 108, 109–10, 170;ferry over, 114Edmundsbury Chapel, 356. See also Bill No. 29Education. See Free schools; SchoolmastersEdwards, John, 277Edwards, Mary: account, 273, 311, 488Eiglebanger (Eichelberger), George, 734; account,513, 638, 650Eleazer, Stephen: account, 512, 586, 726Election laws. See Bills Nos. 15, 28Elections: addressees of writs, 502; double returns,5, 769; irregularities in, 11–12, 16–18; lawsprinted for parish officers, 547; original writsreturned, 4, 6–7, 762–64; qualifications ofvoters, 239, 247–48, 343, 372–73; request forspecial writ waived, 616; special writs issued,18, 19, 21–22, 231–32, 284, 483–84, 769–70, 772,773, 786, 787; special writs returned, 26–27, 31,240, 506; time for returning writs, 713; writsserved by provost marshal, 201, 383, 697. Seealso Committee to inspect the election lawElfe and Hutchinson: account, 129, 153, 163,219, 278, 301, 329, 393Elliott. See Gordon and ElliottElliott, Capt. _____, 573Elliott, Benjamin, 581, 617; plantation of, 599Elliott, Elizabeth, 79Elliott, John, 27, 65, 91, 98, 99, 204, 206; account,77, 91, 94, 95, 96, 112, 116, 124, 149, 151,155, 163, 219, 273, 488, 494, 523, 524, 525, 552,553; petition, 79–80*Elliott, Joseph, 233, 422, 678, 758; chairman ofhouse, 233; committee assignments, 79,101, 170, 503; ordered to attend, 288, 505,529, 588, 590; takes oath, 3–4Elliott, Samuel, 617, 637, 687; account, 493, 571Elliott, Thomas, 79; account, 470, 574, 725Ellis, Ephraim, 62, 98, 205Ellis, Henry, governor of Georgia, 534, 535; letterfrom, 530, 532Ellis, John: account, 62Ellis, Thomas: account, 62Ellis, Thomas, William, and Company: account,72, 88, 95, 116, 203–4Elmore, Matthew: account, 659, 730Elmore, Stephen: account, 658, 730Elmore, William: account, 658, 730Eney, Everard: account, 471, 491, 555, 627, 628,630, 636, 643, 654, 731, 732, 734, 736Engineers, 93, 137, 138, 139, 411, 432, 433, 439England, 805; clergy from, 319; constructionmaterials imported from, 379; governorembarks for, 482, 483. See also Great Britain;LondonEnoree River: fort on, 662, 667, 675Epting, Hans Adam: account, 513, 626, 638,647, 650, 730, 734Erhord, John: account, 493, 631, 649, 732Ernst, Anthony: account, 490, 628, 648, 731Erwin, Samuel. See Irwin, SamuelEstatoe, 744Estimates: for 1754–55, 165; for 1756–57, 147; for1757–58, 74, 80, 141, 199–221, 259, 320; for1758, 358, 359, 381–94; for 1759, 696–712; forCherokee expedition, 719–38Europe, 693Eutaw, 640Evans, Evan: account, 655, 728Exchequer of Great Britain, 566Executions. See Slaves, criminal: execution ofExpresses, 58, 91, 96, 121, 155, 195, 199, 253, 254,261, 508, 556, 571, 573, 586, 625, 641, 676; accountsfor, 78; cited as appropriate use ofcontingent fund, 252; hazard pay demandedfor, 531; to General Amherst, 454Extractum rudii, 365Factors, 188Fairchild, John, ranger captain, 436, 437; account,512, 639, 651, 709; muster roll of, 471,525, 553, 702

848INDEXFairweather, Robert: account, 82, 93, 115, 207,279, 301, 329, 702; petition, 476, 522, 539Fanning, James: account, 656, 728, 730Farr. See Da Costa and FarrFascines, 58, 98, 120*Faucheraud, Charles, 31, 33, 56; account, 512,586–87, 594, 687, 726; chairman of house,56; committee assignments, 10, 56, 113, 239,503, 589; takes oath, 3–4Fauquier, Francis, lieutenant governor of Virginia,676; letters from, 625Fauquier Papers, xxiiFaust, Gasper. See Foust, GasperFayerweather, Rev. Samuel: petition, 169Federhoff, Nicholas: account, 493, 513, 596, 631,649, 727, 732Fees and commissions: for granting land, 404;of attorney general, 106, 213, 478, 519, 704;of chief justice, 106, 213, 299, 388, 467, 518,704; of clerk of the Crown, 106, 213, 299,388, 467, 518; of governor, 125, 151, 302, 477,518, 697; of provost marshal, 272; of publictreasurer, 144, 145, 350, 351, 419; of secretaryof the province, 125, 151, 163, 201, 268, 302,382, 477, 518, 697; of surveyor general, 558–59, 560; report on, 364. See also ConstablesFelder, Henry: account, 655, 657, 728Fenwick, Edward: signs messages, 369, 624, 677Fergusons Swamp, 573Ferriage: of constables, 524; of Indians, 157,275; of soldiers, 141, 142, 157, 158, 160, 166,271, 280, 302, 303, 386, 571, 702; rates of, 198Ferries, 179, 185; at Georgetown, 302, 330, 363;committee report on various expired andexpiring, 113–15; from Boones Island toWhooping Island, 104; over Ashley River,66, 79, 85–86; over Black Mingo Creek, 543,544, 545; over Congaree River, 182; over PeeDee River, 364; over Santee River, 258–59,280, 293, 303, 313, 316, 364, 398–99; over SavannahRiver, 313; over Waccamaw River,286; to Edisto Island, 189. See also Bills Nos.9, 10, 23, 25Field, William: account, 632, 649, 732Fike, George: account, 636, 734Finch, Isabella: account, 277, 301, 330, 386Finck, Lewis: account, 279, 308, 385Fines, 353, 357, 610, 620; of church wardens andoverseers of the poor, 46; of commissary general,376; of election officials, 373; of militia,196; of tax collectors and assessors, 371Fire engines, 119, 219, 280, 307, 393, 486, 522, 711Fire–masters: accounts, 87, 119, 126, 219, 280,306, 393, 522, 539, 711Fires: legislation for controlling, 238; preventionof in Georgetown, 296Firewood, 38, 40, 42, 43, 48, 49–50, 51, 52, 53, 83–84, 87, 92, 125, 143, 152, 153, 157, 163, 171, 219,272, 307, 308, 386, 467, 468, 469, 495, 517, 525,701, 702, 703, 710, 794, 795, 796; for FortJohnson, 576–77, 578First Highland Battalion. See HighlandersFlags, 58, 67, 93, 202, 212, 273, 300, 309, 383, 384,467, 518, 698Flagstaffs, 68, 80, 89, 155, 202, 212Flatboats, 545Flax, 697Fleshover, Ludovic: account, 640, 651, 735Fletcher, Thomas: certificates by, 657Flints, 304, 340, 439, 446Flishore, Lewis: account, 493Floods, 544, 545Flour, 67, 68, 75, 77, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 120,121, 125, 140, 141, 142, 149, 157, 159, 270, 274,307, 385, 477, 478, 491, 492, 493, 494, 512, 513,520, 521, 554, 567, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 579,580, 581, 586, 587, 588, 596, 597, 607, 614, 636,637, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 646, 655, 656, 657,658, 659, 663, 664, 665, 668, 669, 671, 679,680–81, 682, 683, 684, 685, 700, 775, 789Foissin, Elias, 286Foissins Island, 115, 286Folk, Conrad, 637; account, 471, 489, 555, 573,627, 643, 647, 653, 724, 731Foose, Gasper: account, 629, 648, 732Forbes, John: expedition of, xv, 175Fort Augusta (Ga.), 118, 340, 421, 593Fort Duquesne (Pa.), 363Fort Frederica (Ga.). See FredericaFort Frederick: commander of, 374Fortification fund, 350–51, 353, 606, 607; appliedto sundry uses, 67, 69, 73, 138, 139;balances in, 143, 144, 350, 411, 412, 414, 415,417, 602, 603Fortification orders, 146, 165, 220, 351, 353, 614Fortifications, 468; damaged by hogs andgoats, 295; expenses for, 60, 67, 87, 93, 94,106, 135, 136; new works in Charles Town,395, 574, 575, 699; ordnance for, 15; plansfor, 137, 138. See also Commissioners of fortifications;FortsFort Johnson, 41, 42, 44, 210, 211; canoe for, 576,577, 578, 699; commander of, 201, 383; commanderto implement quarantine regula-

INDEX 849tions, 284; expenses for, 60, 120, 150, 172,201, 272, 304, 381, 383, 384, 467, 495, 518, 610,698; garrisoning of, 777, 784, 800, 804, 806;ordnance for, 15; repairs to commander’shouse, 576, 577, 578, 699; timber depletedon public acreage, 576–77Fort Loudoun, 100, 110, 423, 436, 444; besiegedby Cherokees, xvii, xxi, 431, 530–31, 645,676; capitulation and massacre of garrison,xxii, 767, 771, 774–75, 800, 803, 807;commissary of, see Chevillette, John; dependentsof garrison, 32, 61, 70; deserterfrom, 220; expenses for, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62,63, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, 82, 83,84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 106, 107,118, 119, 120, 121, 124, 125, 129, 130, 135, 136, 141, 152,154, 155, 156, 158, 179, 202–7, 270, 271, 273, 274,278, 279, 281, 282, 283, 289, 298, 299, 300, 306,307, 308, 310, 312, 320, 337, 340, 359, 384–86, 427,468, 469, 476, 477, 478, 487, 494, 512, 517, 519,520, 521, 522, 523, 554, 699–701, 711; fund appropriatedfor, 612, 620; Glen’s expedition tobuild, 525, 709; gunner of, 354, 356; lettersfrom, 433; measures for relief of, 459, 464, 465,466, 676, 679, 748, 752; method of financing,xv–xvi; state of provisions at, 440, 614, 620. Seealso Pearson, JohnFort Lyttelton, 309; commander of, 374; expensesfor, 272, 517, 523, 552, 599, 703; fundfor building, 611Fort Moore, 115, 274, 491, 531, 532, 593, 663, 756;expenses for, 77, 304, 643; gunner of, 202,383, 698Fort Ninety Six, 532, 636, 642, 684, 756, 805, 808Fort Prince George, 110, 423, 436, 444, 554, 664;besieged by Cherokees, 431, 452, 530–31;dependents of garrison, 159; encampmentnear, 621, 622, 676, 743; expenses for, 58, 59–60, 67, 69, 77, 86, 87, 90, 91, 95, 98, 101, 118,120, 121, 124, 125, 141, 142, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152,155, 165, 179, 202–7, 275, 279, 289, 301, 302,303, 305, 308, 310, 384–86, 427, 469, 470, 494,514, 515, 519, 523, 525, 583, 699–701; flour shipmentfor, 669–70, 680; insubordination ofgarrison, 676–77; interpreter at, 354, 356,515, 522; involved in prisoner exchangenegotiations, 804, 807; letters and papersfrom, 433, 455, 532, 801; letters to, 645; measuresfor relief of, 459, 463, 464, 466, 473,531, 663, 767, 771, 775, 777, 789, 790; methodof financing, xvi; new works at, 101, 119;scouted by rangers, 437, 440; treaty at, 452Forts: at Long Canes, 782; expenses for, 58, 64,67, 201–2, 252, 253, 254, 279, 383–84, 468, 517,658, 698–99; frontier, 662–63, 667, 675, 677–78, 738, 743, 745, 751, 756, 759, 797–98, 799,802; in Catawba Nation, 432, 440, 442, 447,779, 780; site surveyed in upper CherokeeNation, 271, 308. See also Broughton’s Battery;Craven’s Bastion; Fort Frederick;Fort Johnson; Fort Loudoun; FortLyttelton; Fort Moore; Fort Ninety Six;Fort Prince George; Fort William Henry;Gallman’s Fort; Granville’s Bastion;Pennington’s Fort; Raul’s FortForts, private: expenses disallowed, 586Fort Toulouse. See Alabama FortFort William Henry, 663, 667, 675Foskey, Bryan, 744Foster, Ensign _____, 618Foster, Sergeant _____, 618Foster, Henry, 734; account, 488, 637, 646Foster, Thomas, Cherokee interpreter, 204–5,354, 356, 699, 700; account, 77, 95, 469, 488,519, 523, 530, 552Fouquet, John, 618; account, 275, 301, 329, 630;certificates by, 632Foust, Gasper: account, 494, 574, 724Fowler, Gilbert: account, 494, 631, 649, 732Fowling pieces, 336Fox, George: account, 472, 638, 650, 734Fox, Henry, secretary of state for the southerndepartment, 751France, 8. See also FrenchFrancis, _____, 297Francis, Capt. _____, 618, 632Francis, James, 269; account, 552; certificatesby, 642; letter from, 532Frank, slave of Ann Blake, 672, 707Frederica, 190, 191, 192, 259, 260Free, Jacob: account, 621, 643, 654*Freer, John, 39, 85, 225, 228, 233, 243, 396, 401,763; committee assignments, 10, 56, 101,104, 239, 287, 290, 292; ordered to attend,337; takes oath, 7–8Free school in Charles Town: former building,15, 24, 25, 63, 102, 103, 105, 460; houserent for, 200, 359, 382, 697; petition ofcommissioners, 234–35, 237–38, 241Free school in St. Andrew, 66Freight, 320, 383, 487, 491, 522, 698. See alsoTransport chargesFrench: defeat of, 501; held captive by Cherokees,79, 94, 219; ports in America, 693, 717;

850INDEXprisoners of war, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68,70, 77, 86, 90, 91, 103, 106, 107, 118, 120, 121,124, 125, 129, 142, 148, 149, 153, 156, 157, 160,273, 274, 275, 279, 297, 300, 303, 304, 305, 307,308, 467, 469, 517, 521; relations with Indians,341, 420, 592, 691, 744, 779; seize Creekagent’s clerk, 90; threat to South Carolina,743. See also AcadiansFrench, Robert, 593French and Indian War, 44, 132; British fortunesin, 6, 8, 174, 767, 770; economic impacton South Carolina, 135, 136, 179,410–11, 417, 420, 556; political impact onSouth Carolina, xiiiFrentz, John: account, 89, 111, 216Friday, David: account, 635, 649, 733Friday, Gabriel, 391; account, 301, 302, 329, 330,340, 341, 390; certificates by, 275–76Friday, Jacob: account, 471, 629, 648, 732Friday, John: account, 276, 302, 330, 359, 386Friday, Martin: account, 276, 301, 330Friendship, ship, 320Frigates, 320Frimouth, John: account, 490, 629, 648, 732Frontier. See Back countryFrost, Mary: account, 82, 92, 115, 210Fry, Samuel, 74; account, 59, 68, 213Fulbright, Christopher: account, 274, 304Fullerton, Sergeant _____, 618Fullwood, William: account, 489, 580, 725Fulwood’s Ferry, 114Furniture: for Council chamber, 119, 129, 153,219; for storing public records, 106, 109,278, 301, 393Futhey, Henry: account, 470, 472, 568, 720*Gadsden, Christopher, 33, 39, 40, 54, 56, 61, 78,85, 184, 199, 226, 228, 232, 262, 282, 289, 348,367, 376, 400, 402, 405, 406, 412, 430, 436,448, 462, 474, 482, 540, 547, 599, 718, 741, 781;account, 471, 569, 579, 585, 586, 721, 725; attends,3, 765; chairman of house, 33, 289;committee assignments, 10, 22–23, 35, 38,56, 123, 185, 224, 232, 233, 235, 238, 239, 250,256, 286, 293, 296, 324, 338, 342, 364, 378, 380,399, 416, 435, 453, 463, 467, 492, 501, 504, 511,538, 540, 550, 561, 584, 620, 663, 716, 746, 751,768, 776, 795, 801; letter to, 770, 772; reportsby, 262, 267–68, 323, 422, 464, 466–67, 567–74, 617–19, 654–59; returned, 762; storesand ammunition of, 569; takes oath, 3–4,765Gaillard, Tacitus, 276Gaillard, Theodore, 258; plantation of, 124Gaillard’s Ferry, 115, 258Gallman, Lt. _____, 618Gallman, Henry, 87, 205, 681, 685; account, 58,60, 67, 68, 74, 95, 96, 98, 116, 126, 195, 203, 216,218, 279, 302, 330, 340, 341, 363, 386, 391, 469,471, 472, 473, 493, 494, 515, 524, 525, 526, 552,553, 580, 628, 630, 631, 641, 648, 653, 700, 701,708, 725, 731, 732; certificates by, 119, 276,572, 573, 579, 580, 581, 587, 596, 634, 638, 657,659; ordered to attend house, 440Gallman, Jacob, Jr.: account, 493, 572, 724Gallman, John, 88; account, 58, 63, 72, 96, 116,216, 279, 302, 330, 390, 471; ordered to attendhouse, 440Gallman, John, Jr.: account, 493, 572, 724Gallman, John and Henry: account, 205Gallman’s Fort, 573Gallows, 517, 706Gallway, Joseph, 205; account, 97, 117Galphin, George: account, 468, 515, 526, 707;letters from, 582, 593; sends presents toCreeks, 779Gaols: boarding of prisoners, 271, 274, 293, 310,393, 419, 519, 704; criminals confined in,706; criminals conveyed to, 59, 129, 148, 149,153, 214, 269, 277, 297, 298, 299, 304, 389, 469,518, 519, 704, 705; security and safety of, 323Garden. See Oliphant and GardenGarden, Rev. Alexander: petition, 507Garland, a British warship, 226Gartman, John: account, 630, 648, 732Gaunt, Israel: account, 659, 730Gazette, 288, 362, 365, 405, 588, 623, 711Geiger, Ensign _____, 618Geiger, Conrad: account, 580, 725Geiger, John Conrad, 700; account, 494, 524, 552General duty fund, 143, 145, 182, 220, 350, 351,352, 357, 548, 608, 619, 711; balance in, 143–44, 350, 602–4General tax, 46; balances in accounts of, 168,173, 352, 612; difficulties in collecting, 145;resolutions for raising, 140–41, 324, 567;sums applied in ease of, 183, 357, 363, 619–20; surplus in town and country proportionsof, 145, 183, 352. See also Tax collectorsGeorge, slave of _____ Weaver, 299George II, king of Great Britain, 8, 774; deathreported, xxi, 810. See also CrownGeorge III, king of Great Britain: proclaimed,810

INDEX 851Georgetown, 608; ferry at, 302, 330, 363; highroad to, 286; petition of inhabitants in,295–96; port of, 30; slave execution at, 268Georgia, 129, 192, 532, 799, 802; criminals conveyedto, 155; defense of, 146, 183, 220, 353;inhabitants to build scout boat, 190; negotiationswith Creeks, 530; road improvementsdesired by inhabitants of, 235; storesfurnished to, 252, 253, 260German Protestants: petition of, 337–38Germans, xviiiGermany, James: account, 82, 93, 116, 216Gibbes, John: account, 62, 72, 88, 215Gibbes, Robert, 240, 763Gibbes, William, 62, 65, 72, 98, 204, 205; account,97, 117; petition, 30, 795; tax collector,361Gibbets, 154, 469, 517, 526, 706Gibson, John: account, 82, 93, 106, 116, 121, 129,206, 275, 280, 303, 330, 331, 390Gibson, Luke: account, 657, 729Giessendanner, John: account, 63, 72, 88, 214,472, 571, 723Gilder, Henry: account, 598, 641, 653, 735Gill, Thomas, 736; account, 488, 643, 653; petition,801, 805, 808Gillespie, Matthew: account, 657, 729Gilzer, Sergeant _____, 617Giroud, David: account, 276, 302, 330Glacis, 269, 306, 522Glascow, slave of James Anderson, 279, 298Glass, 210Glaughenburgh, Jacob: account, 86, 120, 127Glaziers, 211, 517Glen, Cooper, and Company: account, 63, 72,88, 98, 117, 203Glen, James, late governor, xvi, 92, 337, 404;1756 expedition of, 525, 709; certificates by,68; examines French prisoners, 79; orderssurvey for Cherokee fort, 308; purchasesswivel guns, 150; redeems French captivesfrom Cherokees, 94Glen, John, 286Glen, William, 297; account, 271, 302, 330, 389Glen’s Ferry, 115Gloster, Margaret, 203; account, 63, 72Glover, John: account, 63, 72, 88, 218*Glover, Joseph, 16, 19–20, 25, 39, 105, 233, 250,372, 396, 399, 401, 448; chairman, 39; committeeassignments, 10, 38, 56, 65, 66, 105,113, 170, 239, 325, 457; ordered to attend, 337;takes oath, 7–8Goats, 295Godfrey, Benjamin: account, 124, 149, 153, 161,163, 216, 633, 636, 656, 730, 733, 734Godfrey, Thomas: account, 586, 596, 726, 727Godin, Capt. _____, 149Godwin, Jesse: account, 588, 727Golsan, Capt. _____, 618Goodwin, John: account, 473Goose Creek Bridge, 545Gordon, Capt. _____, 71Gordon, Ensign _____, 618Gordon, Sergeant _____, 618Gordon, Alexander, Jr., 404Gordon, Alexander, late clerk of the Council,xxii, 404Gordon, John: account, 124, 150, 162, 208, 269,272, 302, 330, 363, 386, 494, 524, 553, 702; petition,494–95, 524Gordon, Thomas: account, 59, 67, 74, 217, 219,298Gordon and Elliott: account, 62, 72, 88, 211,272, 302, 330, 363, 388Gorgets, 272; for Indians, 92Goudy, Robert, 64, 65, 204, 216; account, 92, 97,112, 187, 269, 306, 478, 487, 520, 521, 530, 538,641, 642, 653, 700, 708, 735; letter from, 455Goudy’s, 631Gouny, John: account, 638, 650Govan, Andrew, 655Governor: approves speaker, 5, 766; certificatesby, 90; correct form of titles for, 368;fees of, 125, 151, 302, 477, 518, 529, 697; houserent, 200, 382, 696, 716; instructions to, 55;salary, 200, 381, 411, 696, 716; tavern licensesissued by, 251, 256. See also Bull, William;Lyttelton, William HenryGovernor’s chair, 507Gowdey, Robert. See Goudy, Robert*Graeme, David, 39, 61, 85, 140, 228, 289, 396,401, 427, 764, 809; accounts as attorneygeneral, 106, 121, 127, 478, 519, 529; administersoaths, 769; attends, 27; chairman ofhouse, 140, 289; committee assignments,38, 56, 73, 113, 123, 141, 224, 254, 319, 344, 361,380, 412, 429, 434, 453, 463, 776, 801; declaresparish, 769, 772; ordered to remit money,27; petition, 11–12, 16–17; presents bill, 376;reports by, 455–56, 457–58, 804–5; returned,26, 763; takes oath, 27, 765. See also AttorneygeneralGrain, 797; export prohibited, 591, 593Grange’s Ferry, 114, 170

852INDEXGrant, James, 666, 794; account, 172, 208; expeditionagainst Cherokees, xxii, 793; lettersfrom, 621, 622, 689, 690, 691, 775Grant, James, ensign, 172Granville County, 90, 763; militia detachmentfrom, 617, 625, 655, 736Granville’s Bastion, 90, 120, 310, 517, 698Gray, _____, 190Gray’s Ferry, 114, 170, 171Grayson, John: account, 489, 570, 722Great Britain: arms imported from, 358, 399;clothing imported from, 183; prisoners ofwar sent to, 121, 142, 217, 709; proposal forsending Acadians to, 715, 717, 751. See alsoAgent in Great Britain; British government;Crown; EnglandGreat Warrior of the Cherokee Nation, 151Greenlage, Thomas, 732Green’s Ferry, 114Greer, John: account, 598, 633, 649, 733Gregg, John: account, 491, 568, 720Griffeth, James: account, 279, 302, 330Griffin, Richard, 110Grimball, Joshua: account, 59, 68, 74, 212, 218Grimes, Capt. _____: account, 637, 650Grimke, John Paul: account, 62, 81, 92, 95, 98,115, 116, 117, 205, 215, 272, 302, 330, 390Grinnan, John, ranger captain, 596; account,477, 521, 539, 696, 704–5; certificates by, 642,643, 657; muster roll of, 471, 525, 553, 702Grizzlehard, John: account, 488, 630, 648, 732Grosse, Felix: account, 490, 581, 585, 725Grossman, John: account, 489, 570, 722Groves, Charles: account, 487, 642, 653Gruel, 365Gruhlage, Thomas: account, 630, 648Guardhouse: repairs to, 59, 219, 400, 468, 469,710Guard in Charles Town, 468, 494, 517, 519, 523,525, 710, 777, 784, 795, 796Guardrooms, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 50, 52, 53Gudding, John: account, 568, 721*Guerard, John, 7, 29, 33, 39, 56, 113, 140, 189,225, 233, 258, 325, 372, 376, 399, 479, 480, 481,500, 506, 507, 510, 540, 542, 559, 563, 589, 590,616, 621, 622; account, 82, 92, 115, 125, 149,161, 205, 210, 277, 303, 330, 387, 471, 571, 723;attends, 3; chairman of house, 480; committeeassignments, 6, 10, 12, 23, 27, 32, 38,56, 106, 113, 123, 133, 176, 224, 232, 238, 239,249, 250, 256, 293, 325, 378, 380, 399, 416, 429,453, 498, 511, 538, 540, 550, 582, 645; presentsbill, 546; presents ordinance, 250; reportsby, 143–47, 173, 289, 323–24, 349–53, 362–63,601–14, 624; takes oath, 3–4Guerine, Isaac: account, 279, 303, 330, 392Guignard, Gabriel: account, 82, 93, 116, 129, 153,164, 207, 216Gum guiacum, 366Gun carriages, 275, 300, 393, 491, 522, 564, 574,575, 698Gunners: of the forts and bastions, 90, 201–2,354, 356, 381, 383, 698Gunpowder, 72, 226, 227, 269, 271, 278, 306, 312,386, 400–401, 515, 517, 521, 596, 619, 642, 643,700, 710; danger of storing, 296. See alsoPowder magazineGuns, 118, 336; match and wadding for, 202;repaired for Indians, 300. See also Armsand ammunitionGunsmiths, 438, 446; accounts, 62, 81, 83, 92, 94,116, 159, 171, 212, 215, 271, 273, 274, 310, 335, 391,478, 515, 520, 699, 704, 707Hacker, Andrew: account, 472, 725Hagabuck, Jacob: account, 494, 580, 587, 725,727Hagen, Dennis, 276, 731; account, 472, 488, 627,647Haggart, Ensign _____, 172; account, 209Haiglar, king of the Catawba Indians, 274, 528,657Hailes, Thomas, 62; account, 99, 117; petition,324Haines, John: account, 279, 303, 331, 390Haker, Andrew: account, 581Halberts, 134, 336, 513Hale, John, 226, 401Halfway Swamp, 289Hall. See Brunett and HallHall, Hugh: account, 471, 568, 631, 649, 720, 732Hall, William, 64; account, 97, 517, 527, 706, 710Halley’s Comet, xviiiHamilton, Capt. _____, 637Hamilton, Frederick, 756, 775, 777, 778, 794Hamilton, James: account, 471, 568, 720Hamilton, John: account, 512, 554, 565, 705Hamilton, Thomas, 454, 655; account, 489, 636,637, 646, 650, 734; certificates by, 656Hamlin, Sergeant _____, 617Handlin, Margaret, 467; account, 516, 527, 705Hannis, John: account, 278, 303, 331, 386, 473,639, 640, 641, 651, 653, 735Hansworth, William: account, 502, 586, 726

INDEX 853Hardin, Capt. _____, 93Harding, Capt. _____, 172, 301Hardy, Robert: account, 82, 93, 116Harness-makers, 438, 446Harris, James: account, 658, 730Harrison, Thomas, 90, 275; account, 57, 71, 88,99, 118, 155, 203, 303, 331, 384Hart, Charles: account, 512, 638, 650, 734; certificatesby, 638Hart, Simon: account, 638, 650, 734Hart, William: account, 492, 571, 723Hartley, Henry: account, 63, 89, 111, 218, 471,490, 583, 587, 632, 633, 649, 727, 733Hartman, Ruth: account, 82, 93, 116, 210Hartwell, Henry: account, 58Hartzog, Tobias: account, 655, 728Harvey, Benjamin, 404; account, 273, 303, 331,393, 468, 517, 527, 710; sends messages, 755Harvey, John: account, 82, 94, 116, 210Harvey, Mary: account, 468, 517, 527, 710Harvey, Maurice: account, 472, 570, 722Harvey, William: account, 467, 469, 517, 521,527, 539, 701, 702Harvey and Philp: account, 472, 525, 553, 702Haskins, Benjamin: account, 471, 524, 552, 553,702Hatchets, 72, 439, 446Hatton, John, 205, 699; account, 77, 95, 130, 155,165, 271, 312, 336, 386, 478, 520, 538; certificatesby, 195Hawkes, Martha, 81; account, 82Hawkins, Thomas, 65, 204; account, 96Hay, 92, 94, 149, 469, 521, 701Hayes, John: account, 63, 72, 88, 218Hayes, Mark: account, 59, 214Hayes, William: account, 494, 628, 647, 731Hays, Dennis, 734; account, 142, 158, 166, 310,493, 638, 639, 650, 651Hays, John: certificates by, 655Hazzard, Capt. _____, 587; account, 726Heatley, William: account, 63, 89, 111, 218, 277,303, 331, 392Hedges, 118, 278, 300Hemp, 697; bounty on, 374Hemsworth, William: petition, 361, 364, 365Henderson, James: account, 82, 93, 116, 124, 151,163, 210, 271, 303, 331, 363, 386, 467, 518, 529,701, 759Henderson, William, 234; account, 63, 89, 204;allowance for house rent, 200, 359, 382, 697Herring, Hugh: account, 489, 639, 651, 735Herrisperger, Lt. _____, 618Hertell, Henry: account, 218Hess, Emmanuel, 93, 137, 138, 139Hetley, Michael, 725; account, 493, 581Heyward, Daniel, 477; account, 570, 723; battalionof, 570, 722Heyward, Thomas: account, 107, 120, 127, 219Hicker, Andrew: account, 473, 627, 647, 731Hicks, George, 639Highlanders, xiii, xv, 14, 38, 61, 404, 416, 417,652; accounts for quartering, 58, 60, 69, 70,80, 81, 91, 92, 93, 94, 120, 121, 141, 149, 152, 158,171, 209, 276, 277, 278, 299, 301, 304, 307, 309,310, 311, 468, 476, 486, 702, 703; additionalpay for, 381, 387; entertainment for, 150;fraud attempted by quartermaster, xvii–xviii, 43, 47, 48, 50–51; regimental chaplain,121, 307; return of killed and wounded,689; to join Forbes expedition, 175Hill, Richard: account, 488, 597, 728Hills, Durham: account, 502, 586, 590Hiwassee, 269Hobcaw Ferry, 114, 170, 171Hodge, Thomas: account, 596Hoff, Ernest Hans: account, 490, 597, 728Hoff, Frederick: account, 471, 472, 570, 638, 650Hoffman, Melchior: account, 490, 493, 571, 632,649, 723, 733Hogs, 158, 295, 512, 568, 571, 593, 596, 642, 643,664, 665, 671, 680, 681, 682, 685Holland, Joseph: account, 478, 569, 721Hollinger, Martha: account, 658, 729Holman, Conrad: account, 270, 303, 331, 390,488, 523, 552, 568, 573, 586, 595, 627, 647, 708,720, 724, 726, 727, 731Holman, Jacob: account, 636, 734Holmes, Tobias, 82, 98, 206Holson, Christopher: account, 63, 89, 111, 215,277, 303, 331, 390, 516, 527, 773Holzendorf, Frederick: account, 63, 72, 88, 217Honisdon (Houston?), _____, 82Hoof, Frederick: account, 722Hooper, George: account, 488, 490, 569, 621,629, 637, 643–44, 646, 648, 654, 721, 732Hopkins, Samuel: account, 469, 519, 530*Horry, Daniel, 78; chairman of house, 78;committee assignments, 10, 73, 259, 286,287; leave of absence, 223; takes oath, 3–4*Horry, Daniel, Jr., 769, 781, 802; chairman ofhouse, 781; committee assignments, 801;returned, 764; takes oath, 765Horse hunters, 617, 625Horses, 58, 512, 513; hire of, 62, 68, 77, 78, 90, 91,

854INDEX95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 119, 120, 121, 148, 150,158, 275, 276, 303, 320, 384, 468, 469, 477, 490,492, 493, 512, 513, 516, 519, 524, 586, 597, 627,628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 639, 640,642, 643, 657, 702, 706; impressment of, 91,301, 432, 443, 477, 478, 487, 491, 501, 502, 512,513, 521, 526, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573,579, 580, 581, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 595, 596,598, 621, 622, 632, 634, 636, 637, 638, 640, 641,642, 643, 644, 646, 655, 656, 658, 659, 687; lostin service, 477, 493, 502, 570, 571, 577, 622,626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635,640, 641, 643, 656, 658, 659; pasturage of, 60,68, 100, 153, 271, 276, 298, 580, 581, 627, 629,636, 637, 641; theft of, 254Horton, Josiah, 63, 204; account, 89, 111Hospitals, 38, 52, 53, 209, 794, 795, 796House of Commons of Great Britain, 234; investigationof supply contractors, 344;journals of, 776; votes of, 346House rents: in estimates, 200, 382, 696–97Houston, Ensign _____, 94, 172; account, 116,208Howard, Lt. _____, 618Howard, Joseph: his cure for lame distemper,yaws, and corrupt blood, xviii, 292, 294,321, 360, 365–67, 394Howard, Martin: account, 469, 516, 526, 706Howarth, Probart, 63, 132, 667; account, 72, 99;commander of Fort Johnson, 576Howell, John: account, 494, 525, 553, 702Howell, Thomas, 110, 182; account, 493, 637,646, 734Howell, William: account, 141Huck, Michael: account, 472, 581, 725Hudson, John: account, 142, 160, 167, 196Huggins, Matthew: account, 657, 729Hughes, Catharine: account, 489, 595, 727Hughes, Hugh, 320; petition, 23–24Hume, John, 619; appointed ordnance storekeeper,564Hume, Robert: account, 124, 151, 162, 212Hunt, _____: ranger captain, 436Hunter, James: petition, 258, 259, 293, 314Hurricanes, 73, 542Hurst, Samuel, 246Hutcheson, John: account, 491, 570, 723Hutchinson. See Elfe and HutchinsonHutchinson, Thomas: account, 155Hyler, Bernard: account, 512, 586Hyler, Michael: account, 512Hyley, Jacob: account, 493, 579, 725Hyrne, Henry, 763; certificates by, 580, 595, 639;detachment of, 571, 723Indentured servants, 112, 693Independent Companies, xiii; arms for, 432;as only regulars to defend South Carolina,176, 417, 420; dependents of soldiers,32, 46, 61, 211, 270, 300, 386, 413, 467, 518, 522,558, 703; expenses for, xvi, 14, 56, 57, 154, 177,179, 183, 184, 251, 256, 276, 303, 304, 309, 340,403, 426, 518, 605, 794, 795, 796; garrison atFrederica, 260; garrisons in the Indiancountry, 97, 98, 99, 159; in Cherokee expedition,452; ineligible for pay as gunners,202, 383, 698; invalids, 32, 46, 61, 211, 270,300, 386, 413, 467, 518, 522; paid from duties,144, 145; placed on alert, 431; remainingtroops of, 748, 752Indexes: to House of Commons journals, 776Indian affairs: commissioner for, 215, 333, 390,707; papers and documents concerning,420, 421, 422, 423, 431, 454–55, 528, 532, 582,592–93; role of South Carolina in, 534, 535;superintendent of, 227–28, 270, 431, 778Indian Books, xxii, 200, 382, 697Indian corn, 154, 489, 493, 512, 513, 580, 597Indian expenses, 135, 136; accounts for, 57, 58,59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 77,78, 81, 82, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 101, 106,118, 119, 120, 124, 129, 130, 142, 148, 149, 151, 153,155, 157, 158, 159, 161, 195, 269, 270, 271, 272,273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 298,299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308,309, 310, 311, 343, 363, 467, 468, 469, 470, 478,487, 491, 514, 515, 520, 521, 523, 524, 525, 571,573, 583, 596, 617, 637, 638, 639, 640, 658, 659;report on, 27, 32; summarized in estimates,215–17, 390–91, 707–9. See also CherokeeexpeditionIndian Land, 114Indian presents, 132, 136, 227, 228, 716, 717, 718,719; accounts for, 64, 77, 78, 81, 83, 98, 118,124, 141, 142, 156, 158, 199, 215–16, 270, 271, 274,276, 279, 302, 303, 305, 307, 309, 340, 363, 384,390, 391, 467, 468, 469, 478, 494, 511, 514, 515,517, 524, 525, 554, 707, 708, 738; desired byGeorgia, 530; for allies against Cherokees,531, 534, 535, 540; sold by commissary general,27Indians: alarm caused by, 543; allies againstCherokees, 463; commissions to, 151; flagstaffsfor, 155; served wine by governor, 152.

INDEX 855See also Catawba Indians; Cherokee Indians;Chickasaw Indians; Choctaw Indians;Creek IndiansIndian Town, 542Indian traders, xvii, 100, 159, 160, 171, 584, 645,665, 670, 715; accounts, 90, 94; massacredby Cherokees, 452; murdered by Creeks,591, 592, 690–91; petitions by, 79; removedfrom Settico, 423Indian trading act, 333Indian trading goods, 804, 807Indian trading guns, 134, 277, 305, 513, 515, 532,533, 707Indian treaties. See TreatiesIndigo, 24, 179; duties on, 320, 324; method ofmaking, 169–70, 599–600, 686, 711Infinger, George: account, 493, 629, 648, 732Inglis and Pickering: account, 86, 148, 161, 210, 216Innes, Thomas, 114Innkeepers in Charles Town, 626; account,636, 650Inns of Court of Great Britain, 467Inoculation for smallpox, xix, 504, 712Inquests, 70, 71, 78, 91, 275, 279, 298, 300, 309,311, 516, 518, 554, 555; by coroners, 58, 60, 107,147, 213, 271, 277, 310, 340, 388, 491, 704Insane: commitment of, 64, 90Instructions to the governor: concerningbills, 55Interest: tax on, 187, 188, 221, 397Interpreters to the Indians, 72, 77, 93, 95, 96,97, 156, 203, 205, 216, 228, 269, 273, 306, 311,354, 356, 384, 385, 469, 477, 478, 515, 519, 520,522, 699, 700, 701, 708Invasions: by foreign enemies, 23, 104, 160, 190,260, 296, 693, 717Ioor, John: account, 141, 159, 167, 212Ironwork, 517Irwin, Joseph: account, 472, 628, 647, 731Irwin, Samuel, 733; account, 512, 586, 632, 649, 726Isamar, Philip: account, 490, 571, 723Isobell, Zachariah: account, 489, 628, 648, 731Izard, Henry, 672, 706Izard, John: account, 472, 489, 524, 553, 570, 708,722*Izard, Ralph, 39; account, 473, 490, 570, 722;attends, 28; committee assignments, 35,104, 110, 124, 133, 169, 170, 176, 235, 236, 239,254, 287, 288, 296, 319, 361, 768, 776, 798;leave of absence, 223; reports by, 400–401;returned, 762; takes oath, 28, 765*Izard, Walter, 18, 19, 39; committee assignments,10, 110, 124, 133; death reported, 284;ordered to attend, 238; takes oath, 5Jackson, George: account, 58, 71, 88, 216Jacobs, Sergeant _____, 618Jacobs, Philip: account, 490, 571, 723Jails. See GaolsJamaica, xxi, 481, 483, 497; fleet commander at,592, 593James, Francis: account, 274, 303, 331, 391, 491,523, 708James Island, 123, 196, 197, 297Jamieson, Neil: petition, 487Jeanes, Michael: account, 468, 517, 527, 710Jeanes, Samuel: account, 64, 90, 111, 218Jehni, Dr. _____: account for Acadians, 713Jenkins, Ensign _____, 172; account, 209Jenkins, James: account, 473, 569, 722Jenkins, John: account, 471, 569, 721Jocelyn, Capt. _____, 299Johns Island, 89Johnson. See McIntosh and JohnsonJohnson, Sergeant _____, 618Johnson, George: account, 471, 571, 723Johnston, Archibald: account, 491, 567, 720Jones, Elizabeth: account, 59, 71, 88, 156, 165, 210Jones, Mark, 110Jones, Samuel, 188Jones, Sarah: account, 477, 569, 721Jones, Usher, 148Jordan, Christopher: account, 280, 303, 331, 363,386Joyner, John: account, 86, 147, 161, 211, 272, 303,331, 388Joynes, Henry: sworn as clerk assistant, 450,453–54June, George, 59, 218; account, 68, 75June, Mary: account, 279, 303, 331, 392Junk, 698Juries, 268, 273, 275, 469; of inquest, 60, 213, 270,516, 518, 554, 704; summoned by provostmarshal, 201, 383, 517, 697Justices and freeholders, courts of. See Courtsof justices and freeholdersJustices of the peace, 273; administer oaths, 4,5, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 30, 34, 37, 51,241, 247, 320, 453–54, 506, 765, 766, 768, 769,791, 796; jurisdiction over Acadians, 46;jurisdiction over poor, 45; to examine vagrants,223; to hold summary courts inback country, 292; to issue impressmentwarrants, 432. See also Magistrates

856INDEXKalteisen, Michael: account, 470, 515, 628, 633,701, 731, 733Keating, Edward: account, 477Keiler, Adam: account, 86, 120, 127Keiler, Thomas: account, 58, 68, 98, 117, 206;petition, 320–21Keiner, John: account, 274, 304, 331Keiser, John Ulric. See Kyser, John UlricKeith, George: account, 490, 587, 630, 648, 726,732Keith, John. See Kith, JohnKeiting, Edward: account, 571Kelly, James: account, 655, 657, 728, 729Kelly, Patrick: account, 141Kelly, Timothy, 413Kelsey, William, 7Kener, John: account, 119Kennan, Henry: account, 64, 81, 90, 92, 111, 115,202, 207; petition, 30Kennerly, Thomas: account, 512, 596, 629, 648,727, 731Kennett, John, 60, 87, 205, 206, 725; account,60, 94–95, 119, 125, 126, 149, 155, 161, 206, 472,581Kenslar, Conrad: account, 494, 570, 634, 649,722, 733Keowee, 68, 91, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 119, 132,157, 159, 270, 274, 276, 279, 302, 307, 311, 385,517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 523, 524, 614, 620, 627,634, 640, 641, 644, 659, 699, 700, 708, 778,790; stores transported to, 60Kershaw, Joseph: account, 570, 722; lettersfrom, 528Kershaw, Joseph and Company: account, 489,657, 659, 729, 730, 779, 780Kesson, John: account, 303, 304, 331, 389, 390,472, 477, 491, 521, 522, 539, 552, 573, 706, 708,724; constable, 275Ketown, Lewis: account, 638, 650, 734Keyser, Lawrence: account, 647Kilby, Christopher, supply contractor, 344, 426.See also Baker, Kilby, and BakerKillingsworth, Lt. _____, 618Killingsworth, William: account, 599, 641, 653,735King, Susannah: account, 82, 94, 116King, William: account, 87, 148, 161, 212King Haiglar. See HaiglarKing of Prussia, ship, 487, 495Kinloch, Francis: account, 58, 213Kinloch’s Ferry, 114Kinsell, Conrad: account, 595, 727Kith (Kitt), John: account, 124, 160, 167, 171, 173,220, 478, 520, 530, 708Kitts, George, 597Knight, James, 639Knights, Sarah: account, 477, 569, 721Knives, 269Kogler (Kohler), Andrew: account, 492, 627,647, 731Kogler (Kohler), Christian: account, 494, 525,553, 704Kungler, Conrad: account, 640, 651Kyner, John: account, 490, 633, 649, 733Kyser, John Ulric: account, 493, 629, 648, 732Kyser, Lawrence: account, 490, 627, 730Laboratory, 527Laborers, 223Lacey, Ann, 736; account, 488, 643, 653Lacey, Joseph, 90Ladson, Jacob: account, 124, 150–51, 162, 215,276, 304, 331, 469, 516, 526, 706Ladson, James: account, 90, 111, 214Ladson, John: account, 64Laince, Peter: account, 659, 730*Lamboll, Thomas, 26, 39, 108, 193, 233, 409,444, 481, 482, 557, 689, 741, 762, 769, 772; attends,10; chairman of committee ofwhole, 589; committee assignments, 22–23,27, 32, 35, 56, 65, 66, 105, 106, 110, 123, 133, 141, 176,224, 235, 239, 254, 255, 256, 264, 290, 319, 324, 380,412, 434, 450, 453, 463, 498, 501, 504, 529, 536, 538,540, 550, 567, 574, 582, 591, 594, 645, 716; offeredtask of editing and publishing laws, 268, 288;presents bill, 142–43, 164, 263, 357, 574; presentsordinance, 27, 588; reports by, 32, 44–46, 85–86, 102–3, 108–9, 113–15, 177–79, 183–84, 314–15,403–5, 434, 437–40, 450–51, 550–51, 557–59; takesoath, 12; waives privilege, 317Lambton, Richard, 27, 157; account, 699Lame distemper, 360, 365–67, 394Lampriere, Clement: account, 468, 521, 539;allowance, 201, 383, 697Lance. See Ancrum, Lance, and LoocockLance, Lambert: account, 81, 92, 115, 209, 468,521, 539, 701Lander, Capt. _____, 172; account, 208Lands: as qualification for legislators, 240, 248;as qualification for voters, 239, 247, 248;fees and commissions for granting, 404;tax on, 222, 367, 369, 397, 398Langley, Mary: account, 64, 90, 111, 217, 512, 586,726

INDEX 857Lanterns, 41, 42, 44, 439, 447Larry, Elizabeth: account, 156, 165, 210Larry, Jacob: account, 555, 643, 654, 736Laurence, William: account, 125, 149, 161, 211Laurens. See Austin, Laurens, and Appleby;Austin and Laurens*Laurens, Henry, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 34, 39, 52, 56,108, 136, 137, 168, 195, 222, 258, 262, 291, 325,354, 372, 399, 401, 450, 464, 474, 481, 482, 503,510, 533, 585, 589, 624, 662, 678, 679, 717, 741,753, 762; attends, 3; chairman of house,481; committee assignments, 6, 10, 12, 22–23, 27, 35, 38, 56, 106, 113, 123, 133, 141, 169, 176,224, 232, 235, 238, 239, 250, 255, 290, 293, 324,325, 329, 338, 342, 358, 378, 380, 412, 429, 435,453, 467, 482, 504, 511, 538, 550, 620, 645, 674,716; empowered to import arms, 225, 432;motion by, 679; presents bill, 287, 659; reportsby, 177, 460–61, 507, 585–88, 679–82,683; takes oath, 3–4Laurens, James, 6–7; account, 710Laurens, James and Company, 93, 141; account,81, 92, 115, 116, 124, 155, 159, 165, 167,190, 191, 192, 202, 205, 210, 212, 215, 252, 253–54, 259–60, 269, 304, 331, 340, 341, 363, 383Laurens, Motte, and Company, 521; account,468, 539, 698, 700, 702, 707, 773Lavington, Samuel: petition, 414Lavington, Stephen, 414Lawrence, William: account, 472, 569, 721Laws: proposals for publishing, 180, 238, 268,288, 292, 323, 422, 466–67. See also Acts; BillsLawsuits, 145, 180, 291, 317Lawyers. See AttorneysLeacraft, Elizabeth: account, 87, 119, 126, 208Lead, 202Leanard, John, Sr., 110Leather, 568; duties on, 602, 603Legardere, Elias: account, 274, 304, 331, 392,467, 517, 527, 709, 710Legare, Daniel, 12, 17Leger. See Ward and LegerLeger, Peter: account, 81, 92–93, 115, 207Legge, Edward: account, 87, 119, 127, 142, 157,166, 216; legislature meets in his tavern,xix, 754, 755; petition, 79, 85–86, 103–4*Leigh, Egerton, 33, 56, 78, 284, 315, 341, 396, 401;appointed to Council, 484, 506; attends, 3;committee assignments, 6, 10, 12, 123, 141, 185,224, 235, 254, 290, 319, 429; fees as surveyor general,404, 558–59, 560; presents bill, 291; reportsby, 16–17, 293; takes oath, 3–4Lempriere, Clement. See Lampriere, ClementLenud’s Ferry, 580Lesesne, Peter: account, 470, 568, 720Lesley, James, 110Leslie, Capt. _____, 597, 658, 659Lessie, John, 617Levy, Joseph: certificates by, 581, 596, 597, 636,637, 639, 643, 655, 659Lewis, Robert, 188; account, 273, 304, 331, 390Licenses: for taverns, 144, 145, 244, 251, 256, 350,351, 357, 604, 619Liddle, Samuel: account, 494Lide, George: account, 733Lide, John, 725; account, 579, 585Lieutenant governor. See Bull, WilliamLightner, Michael: account, 489, 490, 570, 587,629, 648, 722, 727, 731Lightwood, Edward: account, 468, 517, 527,698; petition, 29Linder, Magdalen: account, 570, 722Linder, Margaret: account, 489Lingard, James: account, 468, 516, 527, 710Lining, Thomas: account, 129, 153, 163, 208, 277,304, 331, 486, 524, 702; petition, 486, 523, 539Liquors: supplied to Indians, 32, 95, 98, 100, 119,151, 158, 269, 301, 307, 476, 519, 523, 525, 571Little, Samuel: account, 581, 725Little Carpenter, a chief of the Cherokee Nation,100, 151, 271, 423Little Tennessee River, xviiLiver, Samuel: account, 493, 572, 724Lloyd, George: account, 632, 649Lloyd, John, 21–22; petition, 537, 615Lloyd, Joseph: certificates by, 72Lloyd, William: account, 472, 572, 724Logan, John: account, 493Logan, Martha: account, 470, 516, 527, 705Logan, William: petition, 29–30, 474, 547–48London (England), 566, 578, 776London Magazine, xvi, 344Long, Felix: account, 472, 626, 627, 628, 636,647, 730, 731, 734Long, John: account, 473, 631, 649, 732Long Canes: fortified and resettled, 781–82Loocock. See Ancrum, Lance, and LoocockLookouts: expenses for, 58, 59, 60, 62, 67, 68, 69,72, 87, 89, 106, 121, 148, 212, 279, 311, 383, 388, 703Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations,xx, 55, 234, 412; letter from, 227, 228Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 379Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 344,378, 426, 661; memorial to, 561

858INDEXLorimer, Samuel: account, 470, 568, 720Lorimer, Thomas: account, 470, 568, 720Loudoun, John Campbell, fourth earl of, 128;desires South Carolina to supply frontiergarrisons, xvi, 56–57, 426, 605; orders quarteringof troops, xiv; provides expensesfor Independent Companies, 154, 158, 426;solicits aid of Indians, 132–33, 135–36Love, James: account, 659, 730Lowndes, Charles: accounts as provost marshal,64, 141, 159, 167, 201, 213, 272, 304, 331, 388*Lowndes, Rawlins, 4, 26, 33, 39, 75, 78, 85, 105,107, 169, 226, 282, 289, 349, 367, 396, 453, 480,481, 552, 557, 616, 741, 754, 763; account, 394,619; breach of privilege against, 492; chairmanof committee of whole, 533, 534; chairmanof house, 283, 480; committeeassignments, 6, 10, 12, 23, 27, 32, 35, 56, 66,104, 123, 133, 141, 170, 185, 224, 238, 250, 254,356, 361, 378, 380, 399, 412, 429, 434, 450, 453,467, 584, 660, 746; ordered to attend, 238,337; presents bill, 191, 361; reports by, 251–53, 395, 534–35, 687; takes oath, 3–4; trusteeof treasurer’s estate, 405Lucas, Henry, 82, 206, 699; account, 98, 117,477, 478, 512, 519, 520, 521, 530, 538, 539, 587,594, 700Lundy, Abraham, 364; account, 490, 569, 721Lupton, William, 6–7Lutherans, 337–38*Lynch, Thomas, 10, 39, 44, 61, 75, 138, 291, 324,325, 344, 395, 400, 419, 430; administersoaths, 12, 20; appraises flour, 669; committeeassignments, 10, 12, 38, 56, 73, 105, 110,133, 176, 180, 185, 232, 236, 238, 239, 254, 259,286, 314, 364, 412, 434, 795; declares parish,769, 772; ordered to attend, 162; presentsbill, 339; reports by, 239, 241–42, 291–92; returned,764; takes oath, 7–8, 768Lynches Creek, 179, 188, 291, 542Lyttelton, William Henry, governor, 500, 508,556, 587, 626; account for entertainmentof, 573; addresses to, 8–9, 15, 444, 450–51,455–56, 483; appointed governor of Jamaica,xxi, 481, 483; appoints ordnancestorekeeper, 564; approves acting clerk ofthe Commons House, 231; asserts royalprerogative, xvi, xxii; authorizes treatywith Catawbas, 778; criticized for abuse ofcontingent fund, 252, 253–54; criticizes legislativesupport for Cherokee expedition,448, 450–51, 474; delivery of public accountsordered by, 20, 57, 234, 266, 458, 463;departure for England reported, 497; imposesextraordinary tasks on commissarygeneral, 651, 652; impresses provisions forfrontier forts, 662, 667; indisposition of,425; instructions to, 751; leaves contingentfund in debt, 531, 536, 557, 744; letters onCreek agency, 340; letters to, 423, 433, 454–55, 528, 532, 556, 661; messages from, 9–10,11, 20, 22, 24, 25, 49–50, 56–57, 63, 76, 101, 122,128, 132–33, 137–38, 174–76, 190, 196, 227–28,234, 249, 259–61, 282, 283, 354–55, 361, 370,410–11, 420–21, 422–23, 426, 430–33, 435, 436–37, 447–48, 458, 459, 473–74, 475, 484;mounted escort for, 577; mounts expeditionagainst Cherokees, xx, 431–33, 435, 442,443, 448, 452, 455, 652, 668, 669, see alsoCherokee expedition; offers to waive salary,411, 417; orders building of FortLoudoun, 300; orders payment of fees,404; orders provisions for Catawbas, 656;policy regarding Cherokees, xx; proclamationsby, 409, 430, 449, 521; prorogations,408, 409; role in quartering dispute,xiii–xiv; queried concerning supply contracts,348; rejected by house as commanderof relief expedition, 466; remitsmoney to agent, 575, 578; residence of, 9,444, 447, 457, 458, 484; salary and houserent settled, 716; speeches by, 5–6, 408, 448,452–53, 481–82; vetoes bills, 55; warrants by, 622,623. See also Contingent fund; GovernorMcAlpin, Alexander, 634McCall, John: account, 64, 93, 115, 202McCartan and Campbell, 64; account, 152, 163,216, 274, 304, 305, 331, 340, 341, 359, 391, 468,514, 526, 707McClood, Veel, 278McCluir, Sergeant _____, 618McConnell, John: account, 657, 729McCord, John, 413McCord’s Ferry, 413McCrary, Robert: account, 598, 641, 653McCree, John: account, 470, 568, 721McCree, Joseph: account, 470, 568, 720McCuhen, Robert: account, 477, 579, 725McCutchin, Hugh: account, 64, 90, 111, 214McDonald, _____, 82McDonald, Capt. _____, 69McDonald, Ensign _____, 94, 119, 121, 172; account,116, 208

INDEX 859McDonald, Sergeant _____, 618McDonald, David: account, 487, 642, 653McDonald, James, ensign of volunteers, 152McDonald, John: account, 487, 642, 653McDowell, Christopher: account, 489, 568, 720McDowell, Forges: account, 489, 568, 720McDowell, John: account, 477, 567, 720McDunnett, _____, surgeon’s mate, 172; account,209McEnfoot, Michael: account, 64, 97, 117, 332,385; petition, 281, 306McFaddon, Thomas: account, 655, 728McGillivray, Lachlan: account, 142, 158, 166,217; letters from, 530, 532, 582, 593, 665, 715;sends presents to Creeks, 779McGillivray, Spencer, and Company: account,275, 305, 332, 391McGirt, James: account, 655, 656, 728, 729; certificatesby, 656, 659McGregor, Alexander, 79, 94McGregor, Hannah, 148, 216; account, 59, 80,275, 305, 331, 391, 392McGregor, John: account, 272, 309, 335McHaffey, Oliver. See Mahaffy, OliverMcIlwain, James. See Macklewain, JamesMcIntire, Lt. _____, 618McIntosh, Alexander: account, 512, 596, 727McIntosh, Lachlan, 64, 94, 273; account, 96,281, 305, 332, 467, 511, 514, 526, 554, 565, 701;certificates by, 149, 151, 195, 310, 385, 519, 520,525, 583, 707; hires interpreter, 354McIntosh and Johnson, 216; account, 64, 90,111Mackay, William: petition, 487McKelvey, James: account, 129, 153, 163, 216, 277,305, 332, 391, 469, 473, 515, 526, 587, 708, 726McKelwin, James: account, 489McKennie, Mary: account, 656, 729McKennie, Nathaniel, 639; account, 471, 630,648, 732McKennie, William: account, 473, 627, 647, 730McKenzie, _____, 82McKenzie, Lt. _____, 119, 120McKenzie, Sergeant _____, 618McKenzie, Alexander, captain, 119, 279, 310McKenzie, Alexander, ensign, 93McKenzie, Hugh, 172; account, 208McKenzie, Robert: account, 82, 93, 116, 207McKenzie, Roderick, 153, 277, 304, 486, 523McKenzie, William, 172; account, 94, 116, 208McKiddy, John: account, 656, 729Mackin, William: account, 512Macklewain, James: account, 637, 646, 734McKnight, Alexander: account, 657, 729McKnight, William: account, 657, 729Mackreth, Thomas: petition, 801McLean, Dr. _____, 172McLean, Charles, 64, 204; account, 90, 111McMullen, Barnaby, 63, 203; account, 72, 88McPherson, Capt. _____, 617*McQueen, John, 39, 50, 51, 87, 108, 140, 193,226, 282, 313, 346, 396, 536, 593, 741, 759; account,96, 97, 478, 520, 530, 570, 723; attends,3; committee assignments, 10, 12, 23,56, 110, 113, 170, 224, 235, 238, 358, 380, 434,540, 582, 645, 716; takes oath, 3–4McQueen, John and Company, 117, 141, 142;account, 77, 90, 147, 159, 161, 167, 195, 204,210, 216, 269, 270, 305, 306, 332, 384, 391, 478,520, 521, 539, 699, 707, 708; accounts forsundry orders, 64–65McRary, Robert: account, 633, 649, 733Magistrates: certificates by, 518; to enlist vagrants,176, 192, 193. See also Courts of justicesand freeholders; Justices of thepeaceMahaffy, Oliver: account, 657, 729Maine, _____, 573Major Hardy, ship, 487, 495Mallet, Peter: account, 473, 587, 726Manigault, Gabriel: account, 280, 307, 332, 393,710; extends charity to Acadians, xix, 712–13*Manigault, Peter, 4, 19, 33, 47, 53, 54, 57, 85, 108,140, 142, 222, 224, 228, 233, 249, 261, 289, 367,402, 405, 406, 464, 474, 479, 480, 481, 482,547, 746, 758, 760, 809; account, 394, 619;administers oaths, 8, 16, 19, 765, 766, 768,796; attends, 3, 765; chairman of committeeof whole, 562, 563; chairman of house,85, 480; committee assignments, 6, 10, 22–23, 35, 42, 56, 75, 104, 123, 133, 141, 170, 199,224, 232, 235, 236, 238, 239, 250, 254, 295, 319,342, 344, 361, 378, 380, 399, 412, 434, 443, 450,463, 467, 482, 492, 538, 584, 746, 768, 795, 801;presents bill, 111, 285, 362, 541; reports by,76, 118–21, 184, 357, 500, 554–55, 579–81, 583–84, 595–97, 601, 626–44, 692–93, 803; returned,763; takes oath, 3–4, 765Mankiller of Nukassee, a chief of the CherokeeNation, 744Manning, Jethro: account, 488, 573, 724Manrow, Sergeant _____, 617Maple, Thomas: account, 657, 729

860INDEXMaps and plats, 404; fees for surveying, 558–59; of Charles Town market square, 551,560; of Cherokee fort site, 334; of roadfrom Days Creek to Savannah River, 313Marinten, Capt. _____, 275Marion, James: account, 64, 90, 111, 217Marion, John: account, 469, 515, 526, 706Market house for butchers: proposal for newbuilding, 537–38, 550–51, 559–60Marler, Thomas: account, 657, 729Marley, John: account, 125, 152, 163, 210, 219,270, 307, 332, 363, 386, 471, 640, 652, 653, 703,735; certificates by, 580, 581, 596, 597, 626,630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 640,655, 656, 657, 659; examined by committee,681Marlow, _____, carter, 48, 50–51Martin, Corporal _____, 617Martin, John, 269, 304; account, 277, 305, 331,391Martin, Priscilla: account, 106, 148, 161Martin, Samuel, 661Marton, John: account, 656Martyn, Rev. Charles: petition, 805Maryland, 175Mason, William: account, 82, 93, 116, 207Masons, 97, 281–82, 306, 385Master in chancery: salary, 200, 381, 696. Seealso Bassnett, JohnMather, John: account, 493, 571, 723Mathews, Daniel, 709; account, 488, 729, 730Mathis, Daniel: account, 656, 657, 658, 659Mathison, Benjamin, 62, 95, 205Matthewes, John: account, 81, 93, 115, 207Matthewes, William: account, 64, 89, 111, 219Maurice, slave of Henry Izard: rewarded, 672,706–7Maxey, Joseph: account, 272, 304, 331, 383Maxwell, William: account, 141, 157, 166, 219Maybank, David, 4; account, 155, 212Mayne, Charles: petition, 320, 323–24Mayne’s Wharf, 69*Mazyck, Isaac, 10, 12, 33, 39, 182, 189, 193, 226,289, 339, 346, 375, 401, 474, 480, 561, 691, 718,741, 768, 771, 772, 781; account, 394; chairmanof house, 474; committee assignments,6, 10, 12, 32, 35, 56, 65, 75, 110, 123, 124,133, 141, 169, 176, 180, 199, 224, 238, 239, 255,259, 264, 288, 290, 292, 293, 296, 313, 314, 319,324, 338, 364, 412, 429, 434, 453, 498, 503, 504,511, 529, 536, 538, 540, 550, 582, 594, 663, 716,776; presents bill, 164, 243, 561, 567; presentsordinance, 221; reports by, 131, 182,294, 360, 584, 712–13; returned, 763; takesoath, 3–4, 765Mazyck’s Ferry, 114Medicine. See Disease; Hospitals; Howard, Joseph;Inoculation for smallpox; Physicians;Smallpox; SurgeonsMedicine chests, 439, 446, 523, 700, 792Medicines, 278; for Acadians, 269, 276, 301, 308,392, 565, 712; for criminals, 310, 393, 519; forIndians, 148; for prisoners of war, 120, 134,157, 217, 275, 307, 392; for soldiers, 517, 552,572Meeke, John: account, 627, 636, 734Mellichamp, Thomas: allowance, 711; petition,147, 169–70, 426, 599–600, 686Mercer, Capt. _____, 172, 299Mercer, George, xvMerchants, xix, 106, 212; taxation of, 188. Seealso Storekeepers; TradesmenMercier, Elizabeth: account, 106, 120, 127, 216,470, 477, 491, 492, 569, 579, 587, 595, 596, 600,631, 649, 722, 727, 732Messages:1.From the governor to thank the CommonsHouse for its address (ResolutionNo. 2), 9–102.From the governor to transmit two papersfrom Lt. Col. Bouquet relatingto the quartering of HisMajesty’s troops, 10–11. See also ReportNo. 23.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolution for buildingbarracks, and that this housewill defer his other recommendationsto the consideration of afuller House (Resolution No. 5), 15.See also Message No. 104.To the governor and Council to desirewrits for electing members for St.Stephen, St. Mark, St. James GooseCreek, and Christ Church parishes,195.From the governor to acquaint thishouse that His Excellency has orderedthe accounts of the publicdebt to be called in, and to be laidbefore the Commons House bythe public treasurer, 206.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has resolved

INDEX 861Messages:to provide £7,000 for importing warlikestores into this province (ResolutionNo. 7), 217.To the governor and Council to desirea writ for electing a member for St.John Colleton parish, 21–228.From the governor to desire that thishouse will order a committee to sitduring the recess and prepare a billto regulate the quartering of soldiersand to prevent desertion, 22–23. Seealso Bill No. 1; Message No. 99.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has ordereda bill to be prepared agreeable tohis desire (Message No. 8), 2310.From the governor to desire clarificationof the house resolution forbuilding barracks (Message No. 3),24. See also Resolution No. 911.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the intentions of thishouse respecting the quartering ofprivate men and subaltern officers(Resolution No. 9), 24–2512.From the governor giving this houseleave to adjourn, 2513.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions that thishouse adopted upon debating thecommittee report on provisioningthe troops (Resolutions Nos. 11, 12,13, 14), 43–44. See also ResolutionNo. 15; Message No. 1414.From the governor protesting the inadequacyof the resolutions passedby this house for provisioning HisMajesty’s troops (Message No. 13),49–50. See also Resolutions Nos. 17,18, 19, 20, 2115.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the fraud intendedupon the public by AlexanderMontgomery, and to desire that hewill prevent like attempts for thefuture (Report No. 9), 50–5116.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the latest resolutions ofthis house for provisioning HisMajesty’s troops (Resolutions Nos.17, 18, 19, 20, 21), 53Messages:17.From the governor to desire that thishouse will provide for the expense ofsending provisions to the IndependentCompanies in the back settlements,57. See also Resolution No. 2218.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has resolvedto provide for the expense of sendingprovisions to IndependentCompanies in the back settlements(Resolution No. 22), 57. Seealso Message No. 3519.From the governor to transmit estimatesfor the expense of constructingbarracks and for fittingup the old free school house asquarters, 63. See also Report No. 1420.From the governor to transmit a list ofpresents for the Creek Indians andan estimate of the expense thereof,75–76. See also Resolution No. 2421.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has resolvedto defray the expense of presentsto the Creek Indians (ResolutionNo. 24), 76–7722.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill order the commissaryto contract for firewood only withsuch persons as will supply thesame to the public upon the easiestterms, 83–8423.From the governor to desire that thishouse will provide for the accountsof Lieutenant Lachlan Shaw andEnsign John Bogges during thetime they commanded at FortPrince George, 10124.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has resolvedto construct a row of barracks nearthe new barracks (Resolution No.25), 10525.To the Upper House to desire a conferencecommittee for destroyingthe old bills of credit, public orders,and tax certificates, 113. Seealso Message No. 2726.From the governor to transmit a letterfrom Lt. Col. Bouquet and to desirethat this house will provide for

862INDEXMessages:quartering officers, 122. See also ReportNo. 1827.From the Upper House agreeing to aconference committee for destroyingthe old bills of credit, publicorders, and tax certificates (MessageNo. 25), 12528.From the governor to acquaint thishouse that five companies of RoyalAmericans and two companies ofVirginians will soon depart thisprovince, 12829.From the governor to desire that thishouse will equip and compensatethe Cherokee Indians for servingagainst His Majesty’s enemies inVirginia and Pennsylvania, 132–33.See also Report No. 2130.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the provisions that thishouse will make for quartering officers(Report No. 18), 134–3531.To the governor advising His Excellencythat £20,000 should be takenfrom the fund for raising theSouth Carolina regiment and usedto equip a party of Cherokee Indians(Report No. 21), 13632.From the governor to desire that thishouse will provide an allowance toLieutenant Hess and Mr.Strodtman for their services withthe fortifications and the artillery,137–38. See also Resolutions Nos. 30,31, 32, 3333.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions of thishouse relating to Lieutenant Hessand Mr. Strodtman (ResolutionsNos. 30, 31, 32, 33), 138–3934.From the governor excerpting lettersfrom the Right Honorable WilliamPitt and Maj. Gen. Abercrombie,and desiring that this house willmake provision for completing theregiment of this province, 174–76.See also Report No. 3035.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill order the commissarygeneral to discontinue the additionalpay to the IndependentMessages:Companies (Message No. 18), 18436.From the governor desiring that thishouse will provide several sumsrelating to scout boats and suppliesfor the garrison at Frederica,190. See also Message No. 3937.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill order the treasurer togive notice to the public creditorsthat this house has resolved to providefor the charges of the currentyear from March 25, 1758 to December31, 1758, 191–9238.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the opinion of thishouse on raising and continuingthe South Carolina Regiment (ReportNo. 30), 191–9239.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house will providefor the expenses of the scout boatsbut will not provide for supplyingthe garrison at Frederica (MessageNo. 36), 19240.From the Upper House proposing severalamendments to the bill vestingAshley Ferry in the publictreasurer, 194–95. See also MessageNo. 4141.To the Upper House disagreeing withtheir Honors’ amendments to thebill vesting Ashley Ferry in thepublic treasurer (Message No. 40),195. See also Message No. 4442.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill order that severalsums be paid out of the contingentfund and out of the fund for theCarolina Regiment, 195–9643.From the governor to desire that thishouse will pass an act for amendingthe militia law, 196. See also MessageNo. 4644.From the Upper House proposing anew list of amendments to the billvesting Ashley Ferry in the publictreasurer (Message No. 41), 196–97.See also Message No. 4545.To the Upper House disagreeing totheir Honors’ amendments to thebill vesting Ashley Ferry in the

INDEX 863Messages:public treasurer, and proposing anew list of amendments (MessageNo. 44), 197–9846.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house cannot reconsideramending the militia lawduring the present session (MessageNo. 43), 198–9947.From the governor to acquaint thishouse that Edmund Atkin hasbeen appointed southern Indiansuperintendent and to desire thatthis house will provide for his expensesin the Indian nations, 227–28. See also Resolution No. 4848.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions of thishouse regarding Mr. Atkin’s expenses(Resolution No. 48), 22849.To the governor and Council to desirewrits for electing members for St.John Colleton and St. Mark parishes,23250.From the governor to acquaint thishouse that His Excellency has orderedthe accounts of the publicdebt to be called in, and to be laidbefore the Commons House bythe public treasurer, 23451.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has resolvedto provide for a housekeeper forthe State House, and to desire thatHis Excellency will post a sentinelat the great door thereof (ResolutionNo. 50), 23652.From the governor to desire additionalmoney for contingent services,249. See also Report No. 3853.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions of thishouse respecting the contingentfund (Report No. 38; ResolutionNo. 54), 253–54. See also MessageNo. 5454.From the governor to justify HisExcellency’s management of thecontingent fund (Message No. 53),259–6155.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill order certain laws toMessages:be delivered to the committee appointedto print such laws as arenot yet printed, 26256.From the governor in relation toamending the militia act, 282. Seealso Message No. 7057.From the governor to recommendthat Capt. Raymond Demere’smemorial be granted (PetitionNo. 44), 28358.To the governor and Council to desirea writ for electing a member for St.George Parish, 28459.To the Upper House to desire a conferencecommittee for destroyingthe old bills of credit, tax certificates,and public orders, 324–2560.From the Upper House proposing anamendment to the bill for allowingof discounts, 347. See also MessageNo. 6161.To the Upper House agreeing to anamendment to the bill for allowingof discounts (Message No. 60), 34862.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill discover whether theBritish contractors have boundthemselves to transport provisions,at their own expense, to the garrisons(Report No. 56), 348. See alsoMessage No. 8163.From the governor to desire that thishouse will provide for a gunner atFort Loudoun and an interpreterat Fort Prince George, 354–55. Seealso Resolution No. 6564.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house will not providefixed salaries for a gunner atFort Loudoun and an interpreterat Fort Prince George (ResolutionNo. 65), 35665.From the governor to desire that thishouse will bring in a bill allowing furthertime to the tax assessors andcollectors, 361. See also Bill No. 3166.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill order payment to theseveral persons therein mentioned,36367.From the Upper House to propose

864INDEXMessages:several amendments to the bill restrainingthe too frequent sales ofgoods, wares, and merchandise,368–69. See also Message No. 6868.To the Upper House agreeing to theamendments to the bill restrainingthe too frequent sales of goods,wares, and merchandise (MessageNo. 67), 369–7069.From the governor to desire that thishouse will bring in a bill to repealthe clause regarding the locationof a new powder magazine, 370. Seealso Report No. 6270.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has inserteda clause in the revival billrespecting the militia (MessageNo. 56), 377–7871.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill appoint new commissionersto execute the actregulating buildings erected inCharles Town, 37872.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has postponedconsideration of a billrespecting a new powder magazine(Report No. 62), 400–40173.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill order £2,163 transferredfrom the South CarolinaRegiment fund to the treasury todefray the cost of duffel blankets(Report No. 64), 405–674.From the governor upon the conveningof the Assembly, July 5, 1759,410–11. See also Message No. 7575.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill order that the accountsof the South CarolinaRegiment fund and the fortificationfund be laid before this house(Message No. 74), 412. See also ReportNo. 6576.To the governor in answer to HisExcellency’s message relating tothe South Carolina Regiment (ReportNo. 65), 416–17. See also MessageNo. 7777.From the governor to desire that thisMessages:house will raise or continue a regimentin service (Message No. 76),420–21. See also Message No. 7878.To the governor to desire informationrelating to the outrages committedin North Carolina by the CherokeeIndians and what steps HisExcellency has taken in consequence(Message No. 77), 421–22.See also Message No. 7979.From the governor to transmit papersrelating to the murders committedby the Cherokees (Message No.78), 422–23. See also Report No. 6880.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions of thishouse regarding the South CarolinaRegiment and the Cherokeeoutrages (Resolution No. 72), 42581.From the governor to acquaint thishouse with the details of the contractregarding carriage of provisionsto the garrisons (MessageNo. 62), 426. See also ResolutionNo. 7382.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolution of thishouse regarding carriage of provisionsto the garrisons (ResolutionNo. 73), 42783.From the governor on the outbreak ofthe Cherokee War, 430–33. See alsoReport No. 6984.To the governor to inquire how manymen His Excellency may thinknecessary to be drafted from themilitia to repel the Cherokees (ReportNo. 69), 434–35. See also MessageNo. 8485.From the governor to acquaint thishouse with the number of mendrafted from the militia (MessageNo. 84), 43586.To the governor to desire informationrespecting the two troops of rangersraised to patrol the back settlements,435–36. See also Message No.8787.From the governor to acquaint thishouse with His Excellency’s ordersrespecting the two troops of rangers

INDEX 865Messages:(Message No. 86), 436–37. See alsoMessage No. 8888.To the governor to desire that HisExcellency will order the troop ofrangers to patrol as far as Fort PrinceGeorge (Message No. 87), 43789.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions thishouse came to in response to hismessage of October 6 (Report No.70), 445–4790.From the governor to acquaint thishouse that His Excellency will deferdeclaring war against theCherokee Indians (Address No. 2),447–4891.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house will defray theexpense of sending an express toGeneral Amherst by sea, 45492.From the governor to acquaint thishouse that His Excellency has orderedthe accounts of the publicdebt to be laid before the CommonsHouse by the public treasurer,45893.From the governor to solicit relief forFort Prince George and FortLoudoun, 459. See also Report No.7594.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions of thishouse for defending this provinceagainst the incursions of theCherokee Indians (Resolution No.81), 461–6295.To the governor to desire that His Excellencywill allot barracks for thereception of the Acadians (ResolutionNo. 82), 462–6396.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencythat this house has set areward of £25 current money forthe scalp of any Cherokee man(Resolution No. 83), 463–6497.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions of thishouse for relieving Fort PrinceGeorge (Resolutions Nos. 84, 85),465–66. See also Message No. 9898.From the governor in answer to twoMessages:recent messages of this house (MessageNo. 97; Address No. 3), 473–7499.From the governor to desire that thishouse will vote an increase of payto the private soldiers of the seventroops of rangers, 475. See also ResolutionsNos. 86, 87100.To the governor to acquaint His Excellencywith the resolutions of thishouse regarding the seven troopsof rangers (Resolutions Nos. 86,87), 475–76101.To the governor and Council to desirea writ for electing a memberfor St. Peter Parish, 484102.From the governor to thank theCommons House for its address(Address No. 5), 484103.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will enable himto impress and hire wagons forColonel Montgomerie’s army, 500–501. See also Message No. 107104.From the lieutenant governor tothank the Commons House for itsaddress (Resolution No. 92), 503105.From the Upper House to proposean amendment to the ordinancefor impressing and regulating thehire of wagons for His Majesty’sservice, 505. See also Message No.106106.To the Upper House disagreeing totheir Honors’ amendment to theordinance for impressing andregulating the hire of wagons(Message No. 105), 505–6107.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor that this househas passed an ordinance for impressingand regulating the hire ofwagons (Message No. 103), 506108.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will providecommissions for officers to leadthe Chickasaws and Creeks againstthe Cherokees, 508. See also ResolutionsNos. 93, 94109.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionsof this house regarding

866INDEXMessages:commissions for officers to lead theChickasaws and Creeks, and rewardsfor Cherokee scalps (ResolutionsNos. 93, 94), 509110.From the lieutenant governor totransmit several papers relating tothe Catawba Indians and their dispositiontowards assisting the provinceagainst the Cherokees, 528. See alsoReport No. 81111.From the lieutenant governor totransmit papers relating to theCherokee War, and to desire thatthis house will provide presents toreward Indian allies for servicesagainst the Cherokees, 530–31. Seealso Report No. 82112.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will appropriatemoney for the contingentfund, 531–32. See also Resolution No.101113.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutions ofthis house regarding the CatawbaIndians (Report No. 81), 532–33114.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionsof this house regardingcarrying on the war with theCherokee Indians (Report No.82), 536. See also Message No. 115115.From the lieutenant governor to desirea conference committee to assistHis Honor in distributingpresents to the Creek Indians(Message No. 114), 540. See alsoMessage No. 116116.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor that this househas appointed a conference committeeon Indian presents (MessageNo. 115), 540117.From the lieutenant governor totransmit two letters from SecretaryPitt and General Amherst, 555. Seealso Message No. 118118.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor that this province cannotfurnish any men to join the king’sforces (Message No. 117), 556Messages:119.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionof this house regarding thecontingent fund (Resolution No.101), 556–57120.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will provide asalary for an ordnance storekeeperand carriages for guns, 563–64. See also Resolution No. 104121.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionsof this house regarding anordnance storekeeper and guncarriages (Resolution No. 104), 575122.To the lieutenant governor to desirean account of the £2,000 sterlingtransmitted by Governor Lytteltonto James Wright for outfitting theSouth Carolina Regiment, 575–76.See also Message No. 124123.From the lieutenant governor to recommendthat this house will providerepairs, a canoe, and firewoodfor Fort Johnson, 576–77. See alsoResolution No. 105124.From the lieutenant governor totransmit an account of the £2,000sterling placed in James Wright’shands for outfitting the SouthCarolina Regiment (Message No.122), 578125.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionsof this house for providingrepairs, a canoe, and firewood forFort Johnson (Resolution No. 105),578–79126.From the lieutenant governor totransmit several letters relating tothe Creek Indians, 582. See alsoMessage No. 127127.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor that this househas appointed a conference committeeon Creek Indian affairs(Message No. 126), 582. See also ReportNo. 90128.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will pass a billpreventing the export of grain and

INDEX 867Messages:provisions from this province, 591.See also Message No. 130129.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will provide forhiring two small vessels to carrydispatches from His Honor toGeneral Amherst and the commanderof His Majesty’s fleet atJamaica, 591–92. See also ResolutionNo. 107130.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the measurestaken by this houseregarding export of provisions andsending dispatches (Message No.128; Resolution No. 107), 593131.To the Upper House objecting totheir Honors’ procedure inamending the bill for finishingand repairing the drain in ElliottStreet, 615–16. See also Message No.134132.From the lieutenant governor totransmit Colonel Grant’s letterconcerning the success of HisMajesty’s troops against the Cherokees,621–22. See also Message No.133133.To the lieutenant governor to thankHis Honor for the agreeable informationof the successful operationsagainst the Cherokees(Message No. 132), 622134.From the Upper House to explaintheir Honors’ procedure inamending the bill relating to thedrain in Elliott Street (MessageNo. 131), 624135.From the lieutenant governor totransmit letters from the governorsof Virginia and North Carolina,625. See also Message No. 136136.To the lieutenant governor to thankHis Honor for the advices fromVirginia and North Carolina (MessageNo. 135), 644–45137.From the lieutenant governor to recommendthat this house will freethe slave Abram as a reward for hisservices to the public, 645138.To the lieutenant governor to desireMessages:must rolls for the South CarolinaRegiment and the seven troops ofrangers, 661–62. See also MessageNo. 141139.From the lieutenant governor to desirerelief for the men, women,and children in the frontier forts,662–63. See also Report No. 102140.From the lieutenant governor totransmit a letter from LachlanMcGillivray relating to Creek Indianaffairs, 665141.From the lieutenant governor totransmit muster rolls for the SouthCarolina Regiment and the rangers(Message No. 138), 666142.From the lieutenant governor to desirerelief for the Acadians, 673–74143.From the lieutenant governor in relationto the progress of the waragainst the Cherokees and to recommenda further provision forpaying the troops, 676–77. See alsoResolution No. 112144.From the Upper House to proposeamendments to the bill establishingthe artillery company, 677. Seealso Message No. 146145.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionsof this house to provide relieffor the frontier forts (ResolutionNo. 111), 677–78146.To the Upper House agreeing to theamendments to the bill establishingthe artillery company (MessageNo. 144), 678147.To the lieutenant governor to thankHis Honor for the intelligence regardingthe Cherokees and to acquaintHis Honor with theresolution of this house continuingthe pay of the provincials andrangers (Resolution No. 112), 678–79148.From the lieutenant governor to recommendthat Colonel RichardRichardson receive pay for his serviceson the Cherokee expedition,684–85. See also Resolution No. 114149.From the lieutenant governor to

868INDEXMessages:transmit papers relating to ColonelMontgomerie’s expedition, 689.See also Resolutions Nos. 115, 116150.From the lieutenant governor tothank the Commons House for itsaddress and to assure the housethat he will consult with ColonelMontgomerie (Address No. 7),692. See also Message No. 156151.From the lieutenant governor totransmit the latest advices relatingto affairs in the Creek andChoctaw nations, 714–15. See alsoReport No. 109152.To the lieutenant governor to desirethat His Honor will order allAcadians now in this province tobe sent to Great Britain, 716–17. Seealso Message No. 159153.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionof this house regardingpresents for the Creek Indians(Report No. 109), 718154.From the Upper House to propose anamendment to the tax bill, 718. Seealso Message No. 155155.From the Upper House to protestagainst this house sending a verbalmessage in response to a writtenone (Message No. 154), 738–39. Seealso Resolution No. 119156.From the lieutenant governor totransmit Colonel Montgomerie’sletter relating to the continuanceof His Majesty’s troops in this province(Message No. 150), 742–44157.From the lieutenant governor to applyfor a further grant to the contingentfund, 744. See also ReportNo. 110158.From the lieutenant governor to acquaintthis house of his correspondencewith General Amherst andto desire that this house will providefor enlisting men in the provincialregiments, 744–45. See alsoReport No. 110159.From the lieutenant governor to acquaintthis house that he cannotsend the Acadians to Great BritainMessages:without incurring the displeasure ofthe Crown (Message No. 152), 751160.From the lieutenant governor totransmit an account of provisionsimpressed to subsist the poorpeople in the frontier forts, 751161.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor that this househas resolved to grant a further£3,000 for contingent services (ReportNo. 110), 752162.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionsof this house relating to thedefense of this province (ReportNo. 110), 752–53163.To the lieutenant governor to desirethat His Honor will adjourn theGeneral Assembly to meet at ShemTown on the Ashley River, 754164.From the lieutenant governor to acquaintthis house with the measureshe has taken to cover theback settlements, 755–56. See alsoResolution No. 121165.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor that this househas resolved to provide for thepoor in the frontier forts (ResolutionNo. 121), 759166.To the lieutenant governor andCouncil to desire writs for electingmembers for St. Philip, St. Andrew,St. James Goose Creek, St. Thomas,St. Helena, Prince William,and Prince Frederick, 772167.From the lieutenant governor to theCommons House to answer its address(Address No. 8 or Report No.111), 773–76168.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will provide forseveral services for completing theestablishment of the provincialregiment, 776–77169.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will prepare theCharles Town barracks to receivesick soldiers from the Royal Scotscamp at the Congarees, 777. Seealso Resolution No. 129

INDEX 869Messages:170.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor that this househas agreed to repair the barracks(Resolution No. 129), 778171.From the lieutenant governor to desirea fort and provisions for theCatawba Indians, 778–79. See alsoResolution No. 130172.From the lieutenant governor to desireadvice and consent to exportclothing to the Creek Indians, 779.See also Message No. 174173.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionsof this house relating to theCatawba Indians (Resolution No.130), 780174.To the lieutenant governor to adviseHis Honor to supply the Creek Indianswith clothing (Message No.172), 780–81. See also Message No.176175.From the lieutenant governor to desirethat this house will enable HisHonor to commission an officer tohead a party of Chickasaw Indians,781–82. See also Resolution No. 131176.From the lieutenant governor to desireclarification of his authority toexport provisions (Message No.174), 782. See also Message No. 178177.To the lieutenant governor to acquaintHis Honor with the resolutionof this house relating to theChickasaw Indians (ResolutionNo. 131), 782178.To the lieutenant governor to adviseHis Honor regarding exportingprovisions (Message No. 176), 785179.To the lieutenant governor to transmitthe report relating to theSouth Carolina Regiment (ReportNo. 112), 786–87180.To the lieutenant governor andCouncil to desire a writ for electinga member for St. Mark Parish,787Messenger of the Council: salary, 200, 382, 696Messengers of the Commons House: arrestwarrants served by, 229–30, 660, 666, 693–94; election of, 9, 768; oath of, 9, 768; salary,200, 382, 696. See also Badger,Jonathan; Weyman, EdwardMesser, John: account, 488, 631, 649, 732Mestizos: tax on, 187, 397Michau, Henry, 149; certificate by, 154Mick, John: account, 730Mickle, John: account, 512, 586, 726Mickle, Joseph: account, 657, 729Mickler, Daniel: account, 490, 597, 637, 646,728, 734Middleton, Henry: committee assignments,674Middleton, Richard: account, 656, 729*Middleton, Thomas, 26, 27, 31, 37, 39, 44, 55,56, 75, 139, 398, 419, 479, 481, 482, 483, 484,615, 689, 768; account, 619; arrested forcontempt, 691–92; committee assignments,22–23, 27, 32, 35, 56, 65, 66, 104, 105,106, 113, 170, 176, 224, 232, 235, 239, 325, 415,778; empowered to import arms, 225; orderedto attend, 238, 498, 529; petition, 694;presents bill, 28; reports by, 40; returned,763; takes oath, 18, 765Middleton, William: declines agency, 264; letterfrom, 358Middleton and Brailsford: account, 280, 306,332, 384Middleton’s Regiment, xvMiglar, Nicholas: account, 473, 580, 725Miles, Aquila: account, 470, 567, 720Military affairs. See Armory, public; Arms andammunition; Artillery; British army;Charles Town Artillery Company; Desertion;Fortifications; Forts; Militia; Musterrolls; Rangers; South Carolina ProvincialRegiments; Supply contractors; Transportcharges; Virginia provincial troopsMilitary discipline, 531, 536. See also Bills Nos.1, 34; Desertion; Mutiny actMilitia: amendment of law, 282, 283, 374–75,377, 378; arms for, 225, 442, 446, 619, 620;drafted for active duty, 431, 434, 435, 438,439, 440, 441, 443, 445, 446, 447; drafts from,176, 183, 192; exemptions from muster, 196;guard duty by, 468, 494, 525, 710; in CharlesTown, 374, 377, 378; in Cherokee expedition,452, 477, 478, 486, 511, 600, 617–19, 647,668, 670, 684, 685, 686, 687; officers, 282,283, 375, 378; plans for better regulation of,196, 198–99; raised on alarm, 64, 89, 141, 157,219, 431, 432; supplies, wagons, and horses

870INDEXimpressed by, 432, 443; to reinforce prisonerescort, 775. See also Muster rollsMilitia laws. See Bill No. 12Miller. See Brunett and MillerMiller, Sergeant _____, 618Miller, Jacob: account, 488, 586, 726Miller, John Francis: account, 277, 305, 332, 391Miller, Martha: petition, 513–14Miller, Martin: account, 64, 97, 117, 332, 385;petition, 281–82, 306Miller, Samuel: account, 513–14Millers, 805Milligen, Dr. George: in Cherokee expedition,572Milliss, John, 413Mills, Thomas, 148, 203; account, 59, 86, 87, 119,126Miln, Alexander, 519; letters from, 530, 532, 801Milner, John: account, 87, 159, 167, 171, 173, 212,271, 305, 331, 388, 477, 583, 704Ministers of the gospel. See ClergyMinnick, Christian, 64, 71, 118, 204; account,90; plantation of, 109Minnick, Christopher: account, 492, 571, 723Mississippi River, 592Mitchell, Sergeant _____, 618Mitchell, James: account, 636, 734Mitchell, Moses: account, 58, 71, 88, 207Mitchell, Thomas: account, 87, 119, 126, 219Mitchuson, William: account, 269, 304, 331, 389Moat, 699Mobile (Ala.), 90, 592Mock, Frederick: account, 636, 646Molasses, 366Monck, Joanna: account, 471, 571, 724Moncks Corner, 652, 668; British encampmentat, 497, 500Moncrief, Richard: account, 280, 305, 307, 332,387, 393, 486, 522, 711; tax collector, 361Money. See Paper currencyMonk, Thomas: account, 584, 641, 653, 735Monro, Capt. _____, 93, 524Monro, Lt. _____, 92, 119Montgomerie, Archibald, xv, 172, 777, 778; account,208; embarks for New York, 756,775; expedition against Cherokees, xxi,497–98, 500–501, 508, 621, 644, 645, 666, 676,685, 689, 742–44, 745, 779, 790; letterquoted, 742–44; letters to, 744; pressed toremain in South Carolina, 690–91, 692,742, 749, 755–56; to join Forbes expedition,175Montgomery, Alexander, Highlander quartermaster:fraud attempted by, xvii–xviii,47–48, 50–51; office rent for, 157Montz, Bernard: account, 488, 633, 649, 733Moody, Joseph: account, 471, 523, 552, 702Moon, James, 148, 203; account, 59, 86Moore, James: account, 121, 129Moore, John, 85, 238, 346, 395, 401, 402, 405, 474,565, 763, 770, 772; attends, 28; committeeassignments, 38, 56, 239, 457, 467, 660, 674,746; ordered to attend, 337, 498; takesoath, 28Moore, Samuel: account, 64, 90, 111Moore, William, 277, 297, 389Morf, Jacob: account, 276, 304, 331, 391Morgandollar, Gasper: account, 502, 644, 654, 736Morris, Robert Hunter, 234Morrison, Capt. _____, 618Mortars, 564, 574, 575, 698, 791, 792, 793, 795Morton, John: account, 729Motte. See Laurens, Motte, and Company*Motte, Jacob, Jr., 557, 619, 764; committee assignments,801; members attend, 791; petition,548Motte, Jacob, public treasurer: accounts, 129,142, 157, 165–66, 201, 211, 214, 216, 217, 220,280, 306, 332, 360, 387, 389, 392, 393, 394, 512,583, 697, 701, 705, 706, 709, 711, 737, 738;demands additional duties on slaves, 414;examined by house, 625–26; letter to, 224;orders and instructions to, 224, 226, 232,249, 250, 255, 259, 265, 334, 358, 371–72, 419,427, 436, 441, 443, 444, 462, 475, 495, 527, 538,540, 560, 561, 581, 617, 618, 622–23, 624, 626,675, 690, 691, 714, 716, 746, 759, 760, 773, 802,805–6, 807, 808; trustees discharged frommanagement of estate, 405. See also Committeeon the accounts of the public treasurer;Public treasurer*Moultrie, John, 669, 781, 787; chairman ofhouse, 765; committee assignments, 776,801; returned, 762; takes oath, 765*Moultrie, William, 21, 39, 168, 226, 228, 233, 238,240, 241, 262, 324, 325, 348, 435, 454, 474, 479,480, 645; attends, 18; committee assignments,56, 105, 124, 169, 233, 236, 239, 259,290, 292, 314, 325, 453, 503, 504, 529, 536, 561,589, 660, 683; ordered to attend, 162, 337,498; takes oath, 19Mouncey, John: account, 472, 570, 632, 722, 733Mulattoes: tax on, 187, 397Mullryne, John: account, 491, 570, 723

INDEX 871Munro, Harry, 278; account, 307, 332Murder. See Slaves: murder of; Whitecotton,GeorgeMurph, Jacob: account, 492, 587, 630, 648, 727, 732Murphy, Archibald: account, 490, 633, 649, 733Murray, David, 94Murray, James, 258, 259, 293, 314*Murray, John, 9, 16, 21, 22, 26, 37, 38, 50, 54, 123,193, 261, 283, 284, 289, 315, 339, 348, 354, 373,375, 401, 404; attends, 3; committee assignments,10, 56, 224, 235, 239; leave of absence,373; letters to, 433, 455; petition,105–6, 108–9; takes oath, 3–4Murray, John: accounts as deputy secretary,151–52, 200, 201, 382, 697Murray, Joseph, 258, 259, 293, 314Murray, Robert: account, 598Murray, William: account, 488, 523, 552, 700;signs proclamations, 430, 449Murray’s Ferry, 114, 258–59, 293, 364, 398–99Murray’s Ferry Road, 123–24. See also Bill No.6Musgrove, Capt. _____, 618Musgrove, Edward: letter from, 663, 675Muskets, 134, 166, 220, 336, 432, 439, 442, 446, 513,618, 619, 647; imported from Great Britain,225, 620Muster rolls: for Creek agent’s escort, 59, 71,88; for Fort Johnson, 806; for militia, 110,473, 511, 576, 577, 578, 585, 617–19, 624–25, 719,736; for rangers, 471, 525, 553, 660–61, 666,702; for South Carolina Provincials, 599,660–61, 666Musters, 317, 374, 377, 378Mutiny act, 441, 445, 749, 753Naval stores, 544Nealan, John, 597Neartz, Jacob: account, 512, 629, 648, 731Negro cloth, 596, 600Negro courts. See Courts of justices and freeholders;Slaves, criminalNegroes. See SlavesNegroes, free: execution of, 89; in militaryservice, 790; tax on, 187, 188, 397Neilson, James: account, 86, 120, 127, 208Neilson, Jared: account, 515, 526Neilson, Joseph: account, 469Neilson, Matthew, 764Nelson, Samuel: account, 473, 587, 726Nequassee. See NukasseeNesmith, Lemuel: account, 491, 555, 566Neufville, Edward: account, 710Neufville, John and Edward: account, 77, 81,93, 98, 116, 117, 202, 206Newman, John, 188New Orleans (La.), 592New Providence Island, 195New Savannah, 431, 508, 509, 737Newton, Benjamin: account, 472, 572, 724New Windsor Township, 78, 115New York (NY), 128, 428, 501, 556, 689, 793Neyle. See Bremar and NeyleNicholson. See Downes and NicholsonNicholson, Francis, late governor, 180Nicholson, George, 62; account, 99, 117, 124,130, 149, 155, 161, 165Nightingale, Sarah: account, 59, 66, 67, 73, 74,82, 93, 116, 124, 149, 161, 209, 216, 271, 307, 332,391, 467, 515, 526, 627, 636, 708, 731, 734Nightingale, Thomas: account, 82, 94, 116, 124,149, 161, 215, 269, 270, 271, 307, 333, 385, 391,470, 595, 709, 727Ninety Six, 455, 530, 532, 596, 636, 637, 638, 639,642, 659, 664, 687; flour shipment at, 669–70, 679, 680–81, 683, 684; prisoner exchangeat, 775; role in frontier defense,437, 663, 666, 685, 743, 756, 805, 808Noey, Nicholas: account, 490, 571, 723Norman, Joseph: account, 58, 71, 88, 218, 491,555, 643, 654, 736Norman’s Rice Field, 124North, Capt. _____, 617North, John: account, 77, 91, 112, 218, 276, 307,333, 392North Carolina, 175, 421, 423, 530, 800; aid solicitedagainst Cherokees, 431, 625, 644, 767, 771, 775North Edisto River, 114Northern colonies, 175, 183, 186, 192, 500, 620;commerce with French, 592Norwood, Theophilus: account, 512, 586, 726Noulan, John, 736; account, 488, 643, 653Nukassee, 744Nurses, 712Nutt. See Smith and NuttNutt, Joseph, commissary for Cherokee expedition,618; accounts, 473, 541, 622–23; accountssettled, 674, 679–83, 684, 685–86;agent for contractors, 440, 785; allowance,737; certificates by, 572, 574, 579, 580, 587,596, 597, 637, 641, 642, 643, 656, 657; conductinvestigated by legislature, 594, 599, 623,663, 665, 671, 672, 673, 674; instructions to,619; memorial of, 668–71

872INDEXOaths: by transients, 241; of acting clerk, 231;of clerk assistant, 128, 454; of electors, 373;of house members, 248; of tax assessors,189. See also Commons House of Assembly:members qualifiedOats, 586, 597Ogeechee River (Ga.), 265Ogilvie and Ward: account, 86, 87, 119, 120, 126,216O’Hair, Samuel, 617Ohio River, 431Oldfield, Thomas: account, 280, 308, 333, 392Old Hop, a chief of the Cherokee Nation, 423*Oliphant, David, 793; appraises flour, 669;committee assignments, 795, 801; returned,764; takes oath, 791Oliphant and Garden: account, 87, 134, 148,157, 161, 165, 217, 269, 275, 307, 333, 392Olivier, Margaret: account, 124, 151, 156, 163, 165,216, 217, 274, 307, 333, 392, 469, 521, 539, 709O’Neale, Frederick, 62, 203; account, 99, 117,588, 727O’Neil, John Neil, 596, 639Orangeburg, 170, 491, 643; petition of bridgecommissioners, 108, 109, 110Orangeburg Township: Acadians in, 219; petitionof inhabitants in, 102Orange Garden, 460Orchards, 296Ordinances:1. Ordinance appointing MortonBrailsford Esq. controller of thecountry duties in the province ofSouth Carolina, the ports ofGeorgetown Winyah and BeaufortPort Royal excepted, 27, 30‒31, 34‒35, 37, 38‒392. Ordinance to appoint Mr. HenryBedon country waiter for the portof Charles Town, 199, 221-22, 224,225, 226, 2293. Ordinance to rectify mistakes in thenames of two of the inquirers, assessorsand collectors in the townshipof Saxe Gotha and the forksbetween the Congree and WatereeRivers and places adjacent, appointedby the last tax act, 249, 250,258, 261–624.Ordinance impowering the governor,His Majesty’s Council, and theother persons therein named, toOrdinances:settle and regulate the trade to be carriedon from the province of SouthCarolina with the Creek Indians,267–685.Ordinance for appointing WilliamMiddleton, late of this province,Esquire, agent for solliciting theaffairs of the inhabitants of thisprovince in Great Britain, 2686.Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire and ascertainingthe value of waggons, carts,horses and drivers to be employedin His Majesty’s service, 501, 503,504, 505, 505-6, 507, 508–9, 510, 7947.Ordinance to appoint James Reid Esqr.Powder Receiver of this province,538, 541, 548, 554, 557, 564, 565, 5668.Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire, and ascertainingthe value of waggons, carts, horsesand drivers to be employed in HisMajesty’s service, 795–96, 796–97, 801,801–2, 802, 807–8, 808, 809Ordnance. See Board of Ordnance of GreatBritainOrdnance supplies, 15, 20, 21, 166, 225, 453, 456,517, 619, 698, 791, 792, 793, 795, 803, 806;storekeeper for, 563–64, 574, 575. See alsoArms and ammunitionOrr, Henry: account, 77, 92, 115, 215Osborne, William: account, 58, 66, 73, 214, 512,554, 565, 706Osburn, Alexander, 423Osnaburgs, 71, 186, 569, 596, 600, 641, 642, 657,658, 797Otterson, James, 733; account, 472, 632, 649Outerbridge, White, 156; account, 77, 91, 112,216, 274, 309, 334, 391, 667, 709; letter from,421Overseers, 185, 188, 223Owen, Richard: account, 471, 581, 725Oxen, 505, 587Oxton, John: account, 129, 154, 164Oyston, John: account, 701Packhorsemen, 593Pack horses, 633, 643Pacolet River: settlers murdered by Cherokees,437Page, John: account, 477, 571, 724

INDEX 873Paine, John: account, 656, 729Pallachucola Ferry, 114Palmer, Joseph: account, 58, 67, 74, 218Pamor, John: account, 470, 516, 527, 584, 641,653, 705, 735Paper currency: counterfeiting of, 184; engraverpaid from, 154. See also Bills ofcredit; Proclamation money; Public orders;Tax certificatesParker, Corporal _____, 617Parker, John and Company: account, 587, 726Parker’s Ferry, 114, 170Parks, George: account, 657, 658, 660, 729Parliament: money voted for military servicesby, 175, 433, 566, 574, 661. See also House ofCommons of Great BritainParliament, acts of: concerning bankruptcy,318; concerning calendar, 172; concerningnaturalization, 239, 248; relating toAmerica, 346Parnham, John: account, 82, 93, 116, 210Parsonages: in Prince George Winyah, 186,213; in St. Bartholomew, 129, 155, 212; in St.George Dorchester, 141, 159, 212; in St.James Goose Creek, 124, 151, 212; in St.James Santee, 78–79, 92, 212; in St.Michael, 316, 319, 338, 350, 351, 602, 603, 607;in St. Peter, 186, 213*Parsons, James, 771, 780, 781, 793, 807, 809;administers oaths, 765; committee assignments,768, 782, 795; reports by, 785; returned,763; takes oath, 765Parsons, Joseph: account, 489, 569, 721Patrols, 287, 343, 375Patton, James, Jr., 110Patton, James, Sr., 110Pawley, _____, 268, 585Pawley, George, 279; battalion of, 567, 720;certificates by, 311; regiment of, 641Pawley, Percival, 596Pearson, Capt. _____, 597Pearson, John: account for surveying fort site,271, 308, 334, 385; certificates by, 89, 637, 657,658, 659Peas, 477, 569, 571, 669Peaseley, Rev. William: petition, 414, 502–3Pee Dee River, 114, 542; ferries over, 115, 286,364; petition of inhabitants on, 176, 179,180, 233, 247, 285, 286, 291–92, 295, 361, 364–65; vestry at, 414, 502Pegguin, Peter: account, 77, 91, 112, 217Pendarvis, John, 516Pennington, Lt. _____, 618Pennington, Abraham: account, 636, 734Pennington, Isaac, 421Pennington’s Fort, 532, 587Pennsylvania, 132, 174, 175, 428Pensacola (Fla.), 591Pensions and annuities, 187, 201, 220, 294, 360,383, 393, 397, 697, 711, 808; tax on, 187Pepper, 41, 42, 43, 93, 210, 272, 274, 297, 701Pepper, Daniel, agent to the Creek Nation,60, 64, 271, 299; account, 59, 71, 77, 88, 90–91, 111–12, 171, 173–74, 215, 308, 341, 390; certificatesby, 68, 91, 96, 97; clerk seized byFrench, 90; interpreter for, 93; petition,265, 333, 340Perkins, Samuel: account, 77, 91, 112, 207, 577,585, 726Peronneau, Mary: account, 473, 573, 724Perry, Edward: account, 77, 91, 112, 218, 274,308, 333, 392Pest house, 144, 145, 350, 351, 605, 606, 608Peters, William: account, 276, 308, 333Petit Versailles, 460Petitions: rejected as improperly addressed, 147Petitions:Petitions:1. Of David Graeme complaining of severalirregularities in the late electionin Christ Church Parish, andpraying that the return of the saidelection be set aside, 11–12; See alsoReport No. 32. Of the artillery company praying to beconstituted and established by law,23; See also Bill No. 23. Of Hugh Hughes praying for remissionof duties on indigo saved from thewreck of the ship Clinton, 23–24; Seealso Resolution No. 84. Of Edward Lightwood to be appointedcontroller of the country duties, 295. Of James Reid to be appointed controllerof the country duties, 296. Of David Dott to be appointed controllerof the country duties, 297. Of Peter Timothy to be appointed controllerof the country duties, 298. Of Robert Williams to be appointedcontroller of the country duties, 299. Of William Logan to be appointedcontroller of the country duties,29–30

874INDEXPetitions:10. Of Morton Brailsford to be appointedcontroller of the country duties,30; See also Ordinance No. 111. Of Henry Kennan to be appointedcontroller of the country duties, 3012. Of William Gibbes to be appointedcontroller of the country duties, 3013. Of the vestry and church wardens ofSt. Philip Parish praying relieffrom the burdens of office imposedby unprecedented numbersof Acadians and military dependentsrequiring parochial assistance,31–32; See also Report No. 814. Of the inhabitants of St. Andrew Parishpraying that the profits ofAshley Ferry be applied toward theerection of a free school in the saidparish, 66; See also Report No. 1215. Of the inhabitants of Christ ChurchParish praying for a law requiringthat Butler’s Bridge be kept in repair,7316. Of Lt. Col. Henry Bouquet praying forremission of duties on provisionsimported for His Majesty’s forces,75; See also Report No. 1117. Of the church wardens and vestry ofSt. James Santee Parish prayingthat £700 be granted for finishingthe parsonage in the said parish,78–7918. Of Edward Legge praying that AshleyFerry be vested in him, 79; See alsoReport No. 1219. Of John Elliott, Indian trader, prayingan allowance for lodging twoFrench prisoners ransomed fromthe Cherokees, 79–80, 9420. Of Captain John Stuart praying reimbursementfor his expenses in attendinga number of Indians fromthe Cherokee Nation to CharlesTown, 100–121. Of the inhabitants of OrangeburgTownship praying to be erectedinto a separate and distinct parish,10222. Of the inhabitants of Edisto Islandpraying that a ferry be establishedfrom Boones Island to WhoopingPetitions:Island, 104; See also Report No. 24;Petitions Nos. 30, 3423. Of John Murray, acting secretary ofthe province, praying that his officein the State House be furnishedin a decent manner, 105–6;See also Report No. 1524. Of the commissioners for buildingand keeping in repair a bridgeover Edisto River, praying that theinhabitants of the forks of Edistobe liable to maintain but a singleroad and bridge through theswamp and across the said river,109–1025. Of the inhabitants on the south sideof the Wateree River, praying thatThomas Howell’s road be continuedfrom Rice Creek as far as theWaxhaw settlement, 110; See alsoReport No. 2926. Of the commissioners of roads in St.John Berkeley and St. Stephen parishes,praying that a road be establishedfrom Tippicut Law old fieldto Murray’s Ferry Road, 123–24; Seealso Report No. 1927. Of Lt. Col. Adam Stephen praying remissionof the duty on bread andflour imported to pay the debts ofthe Virginia Regiment, 140; See alsoResolution No. 3428. Of Samuel Fayerweather, rector ofPrince George Winyah Parish,praying a continuance of his salaryto enable him to depart the provincefor the recovery of his health,169; See also Resolution No. 3929. Of Thomas Mellichamp, praying tobe rewarded for his discovery of amethod for making finest qualityindigo, 169–70; See also Report No.9330. Of several inhabitants of Edisto Island,praying that the petition forestablishing a road and ferry to themainland may not be granted (PetitionNo. 22), 179; See also ReportNo. 3231. Of the subscribers, inhabitants onPedee in St. Mark Parish, praying

INDEX 875Petitions:that the said parish be divided, 179;See also Report No. 4132. Of the inhabitants of Pedee in CravenCounty praying that the saidcounty may be divided, that the1721 court act may be put in execution,and that the laws of this provincemay be printed, 180; See alsoReport No. 4133. Of the inhabitants on the north sideof Black River in St. Mark Parish,praying for the appointment ofroad commissioners, 18834. Of Joseph Ash praying that the proposedferry from Edisto Island toBoones Island be vested in him(Petition No. 22), 18935. Of Thomas Wright, member of thishouse, praying pardon for his failureto attend the business of thehouse, 229–3036. Of the commissioners of the freeschool in Charles Town, prayingthat a sum may be provided forpurchasing a tract of land anderecting a new schoolhousethereon, 234–3537. Of Jermyn and Charles Wright prayingthat a road may be establishedbetween Days Creek and SavannahRiver, and that a ferry over SavannahRiver may be vested in the petitioners,235; See also Petition No.43; Report No. 4338. Of John Chevillette praying that hisaccount of hides and tallow soldmay be passed by the house, 23639. Of James Hunter, executor of the lastwill and testament of JosephMurray, praying that Murray’sFerry may be vested in him for theuse and benefit of the infant JamesMurray, 258–59; See also Report No.4440. Of James Crokatt, late agent in GreatBritain, praying for a settlement ofhis salary prior to James Wright’sarrival as his successor, 263–64; Seealso Report No. 5441. Of Margueritte Chiffelle, widow of theReverend Henry Chiffelle, prayingPetitions:the final half year’s allowance for hissalary and house rent, 264; See alsoResolution No. 5542. Of Daniel Pepper praying for the balanceof the money due him asagent to the Creek Nation, 26543. Of the inhabitants of St. Peter Parishpraying to be exempted fromworking on the road petitioned forby Jermyn and Charles Wright (PetitionNo. 37), 266–67; See also ReportNo. 4344. Of Capt. Raymond Demere in relationto the expenses of FortLoudoun (text not found), 281; Seealso Message No. 5745. Of Michael McEnfoot, blacksmith,praying that his certificate for workat Fort Loudoun may be allowed,28146. Of Jacob Raugh, blacksmith, prayingthat his certificate for work at FortLoudoun may be allowed, 28147. Of Martin Miller, mason, praying thathis certificate for work at FortLoudoun may be allowed, 281–8248. Of the inhabitants of the neck betweenPedee and Black rivers inPrince George Winyah Parish,praying for a road and ferry establishinga shorter route toGeorgetown, 28649. Of the inhabitants of St. James SanteeParish, praying an amendment ofthe patrol law, 286–87; See also ReportNo. 5550. Of the commissioners of St. Mark Parish,praying for relief towardsbuilding the parish church, 289–90; See also Report No. 4251. Of the inhabitants of Georgetownpraying for an act to relieve theirmany inconveniences and wants asa town, 295–9652. Of John Dargan and the upper inhabitantsof Wateree River, Waxhaws,and Yadkin settlements, prayingfor a ferry over Santee River, 313;See also Report No. 4853. Of the church commissioners for St.Michael Parish praying for a bill

876INDEXPetitions:empowering them to acquire a parsonagelot and to dispose of pews,318–1954. Of Charles Mayne praying relief with respectto the drawback on indigosaved from the wreck of the Clintonfrigate, 320; See also Report No. 5155. Of Thomas Keiler praying for paymentof a certificate omitted fromthe schedule of the previous year’stax bill, 320–2156. Of Isham Clayton praying that his certificatefor service at Fort Loudounbe allowed, 33757. Of the German Protestants residing inCharles Town, praying assistancein building a church, 337–3858. Of William Hemsworth and others,praying that a public ferry be establishedon his land on the southside of Pee Dee River, 36459. Of the inhabitants on both sides ofPee Dee River, praying that a ferrybe established on AbrahamLundy’s land, now occupied byJohn Crawford, 364–6560. Of the commissioners for building astate house, praying that thishouse will inspect their accounts ofmoney spent on the said building,379–80, 529; See also Report No. 8361. Of the inhabitants of the fork betweenthe Congaree and Wateree rivers,praying for a road through thesaid fork, 412–1362. Of the church wardens of the parishof St. Philip Charles Town, prayingrelief for invalid soldiers, widowsand orphans of soldiers, andAcadians, 41363. Of William Peaseley, minister of St.Mark Parish, praying payment forservices on Pee Dee, 414; See alsoPetition No. 7164. Of Samuel Lavington, praying thattwenty-six slaves imported by himfrom Antigua be exempted fromthe duty of £10 current money onimported slaves, 41465. Of John Chevillette, praying reimbursementof £200 for ten kegs ofPetitions:rum supplied to the commander ofFort Loudoun, 47666. Of Robert Fairweather, praying thathis account for lodging RoyalAmerican and Highland officersbe allowed, 47667. Of Thomas Shoemaker, praying compensationfor the death of a slavenamed Scipio, killed in the serviceof the public, 476–7768. Of Thomas Lining, praying compensationfor rooms rented to CaptainRoderick McKenzie, 486–8769. Of James Cooper, master of the shipMajor Hardy, William Mackay, masterof the ship Resolution, and NeilJamieson, master of the ship Kingof Prussia, praying exemption fromthe powder duty, 487; See also ResolutionNo. 8970. Of John Gordon, praying compensationfor rooms rented as soldiers’quarters, 494–9571. Of William Peaseley, minister of St.Mark Parish, praying payment forservices on Pee Dee (Petition No.63), 502–372. Of various inhabitants of CharlesTown, praying that measures betaken to prevent the spread ofsmallpox, 504; See also Report No.7973. Of Levi Durand, rector of St. JohnParish, and Alexander Garden,rector of St. Thomas Parish, prayingthat their salaries may be continuedduring their absence, 50774. Of Martha Miller, praying payment ofthe balance due her late husband’sestate for carpentry work on theState House, 513–1475. Of the commissioners of the publicmarkets in Charles Town, prayingthat this house will provide forbuilding a new meat market, 537–38; See also Report No. 8476. Of Charles Woodmason, praying permissionof the legislature to lay afloating bridge across Black MingoCreek, 542–46; See also Report No.103

INDEX 877Petitions:77. Of James Reid to be appointed powderreceiver, 54778. Of William Logan to be appointedpowder receiver,547–4879. Of Samuel Prioleau to be appointedpowder receiver, 54880. Of Jacob Motte, Jr., to be appointedpowder receiver, 54881. Of the inhabitants and the majority ofproperty owners on Elliott Streetin Charles Town, praying for a lawregulating the drain in the saidstreet, 549–5082. Of several of the inhabitants ofCharles Town, praying reimbursementfor supplying Acadians withprovisions, 564–6583. Of William Pinckney, commissary general,praying compensation for hisextraordinary duties relating tothe Cherokee expedition, 651–52;See also Resolution No. 10984. Of James Stobo to be released fromthe custody of the house messenger,66685. Of Joseph Nutt to explain his conductas late commissary to the Cherokeeexpedition (Report No. 101),668–71; See also Report No. 10486. Of James Stobo to be released fromthe custody of the house messenger,693–9487. Of Thomas Middleton and WilliamDrayton to be released from thecustody of the house messenger,69488. Of Thomas Gill, praying compensationfor a wound he received whilefighting the Cherokee Indians,805; See also Report No. 11989. Of the Reverend Charles Martyn, rectorof St. Andrew Parish, prayingthat his salary be continued duringhis trip to England, 805; See alsoResolution No. 134Petrie, Alexander: account, 77, 91, 95, 112, 116,118, 126, 204–5, 215, 271, 386, 553; petition,525–26Philadelphia (Pa.), 11, 13, 14, 28, 36, 669; ordnanceimported from, 15, 20Phillips, Lt. _____, 172; account, 208Phillips, Thomas, 7, 12, 17Phillips, Timothy: account, 77, 92, 115, 218, 219Philp. See Harvey and PhilpPhysicians, 169, 181; proposed questioning regardinginoculation, 511; treatment ofAcadians by, 32, 413, 712; treatment of Indiansby, 87, 217; treatment of poor by, 45Pickering. See Inglis and PickeringPiggott, _____, 581, 636Pignonblane, Laurence Gutear, 273Pilot boat: for Port Royal, 189Pilulae ex duobus, 365*Pinckney, Charles, 9, 19, 33, 39, 85, 285, 326, 373,406, 425, 450, 481, 482, 483, 505, 506, 576, 616,624, 671, 717, 746, 758, 773, 781, 785, 787, 796,797, 807, 809; administers oaths, 506; committeeassignments, 6, 10, 22–23, 35, 38, 73,75, 106, 123, 141, 185, 224, 232, 288, 293, 319,378, 380, 399, 429, 453, 463, 482, 503–4, 511,529, 540, 645, 716, 746, 751, 776, 782, 795, 801;election disputed, 11–12, 18; presents bill,754; reports by, 336, 783–85; returned, 762;takes oath, 3–4, 765Pinckney, William, 403, 404; accounts as commissarygeneral, 130, 143, 171, 172, 173, 174,210, 217, 270, 308, 309, 334, 387, 467, 583; certificatesby, 520, 626, 627; illness of, 38; petitionas commissary general, 651–52, 659Pine Tree Hill, 528Pine Tree Hill, treaty of, 778Pioneers, 783Pistols, 134, 336, 513Pitt, William, secretary of state for the southerndepartment, 176; aid solicited againstCherokees, 433; letters from, 174–75, 368,410, 411, 416, 555, 556; memorial to, 412Pittsburgh (Pa.), 431Plats. See Maps and platsPlatt, John: account, 570Pledger, Philip, 727; account, 502, 586, 596, 630,648, 726, 732Ploughman, John, 724, 730; account, 472, 490,573, 627, 647Plummer, Micajah, 617Plunkett, Thomas: account, 468, 517, 519, 527,529, 710Plynas, Christopher: account, 275, 308, 333, 387Pneumonia, 323Pock root, 366Poffman, Joseph: account, 494, 635–36, 650, 733Poinsett, Elisha: account, 129, 152, 163Poisoning: by slaves, 90, 154

878INDEXPoll tax, 188Pompey, slave of William Glen, 271, 274, 277,279Pon Pon, 273Pontoon bridges, 543–46, 675Poole, Elizabeth: account, 129, 153, 163, 208*Poole, Joseph, 75, 77; attends, 35, 36; chairmanof house, 75; committee assignments,38, 73, 101, 169, 180; death reported,232, 240; ordered to attend, 162; returned,31; takes oath, 36–37Poole, Philip: account, 275, 333, 391Poor: maintenance of, 31–32, 45–46, 61, 70, 219,270, 300, 537, 662–63, 667, 675, 677–78, 738,751, 759, 797–98, 799, 802. See also Bill No. 3Porcher, Ensign _____, 617Porcher, Peter, 763; account, 471, 567, 720Porcher, Samuel: account, 276, 308, 333, 392Pork, 151, 155, 537, 614, 641, 642Portner, Lewis: account, 490, 635, 650, 733Port Royal, 17, 158, 189, 309, 519; defenses of, 611.See also BeaufortPort Royal Island, 114Postell, Capt. _____, 581*Postell, Elijah, 39, 76, 85, 87, 140, 250, 322, 339,402; account, 490, 570, 722; chairman ofhouse, 39; committee assignments, 290,292, 293; ordered to attend, 162; takes oath,3–4Postell, James (John?): account, 150, 162, 206Postell, John: account, 478, 490, 520, 538, 571,699–700, 723Postell, Judith: account, 59, 67, 74, 217, 274, 308,333, 392, 468, 514, 526, 708, 710Postell, Mary: account, 77, 91, 112, 218Potatoes, 477, 569, 570, 571, 573, 581, 636, 639, 657Potts, John: account, 478Potts, Thomas: account, 470, 567, 720Pou, Gavon, 433; account, 494, 524, 553, 708Powder duties, 290; remission of, 487, 495Powder magazine, 226, 401, 619; at Dorchester,610; at Georgetown, 296; at Ninety Six, 663;proposal for building, 370, 378, 395, 400Powder receiver, 227, 401, 619; applicants foroffice of, 547–48; appointment of, 538, 548,557. See also Committee on the accounts ofthe powder receiver*Powell, George Gabriel, 682, 686; account,502, 586, 726; account for battalion expenses,486; battalion of, 568, 569, 586, 587,590, 596, 622, 641, 642, 655, 656, 657, 668, 721,729; certificates by, 596, 641, 656, 657; letterfrom, 770, 772; muster roll of, 618, 625, 719,736; ordered to assemble regiment, 431;receipt from, 623; regiment of, 291Power, George: account, 489, 597, 639, 651, 728,735Pownall, Thomas: appointed governor ofSouth Carolina, 482, 483, 497Pox. See SyphilisPoyas, James: account, 279, 308, 333, 385Prerogative rights. See CrownPrescott, James: account, 276, 308, 333, 392Price, Aaron, 596; account, 487, 642, 653; expressrider, 641Price, Hopkin: account, 710; attends, 765;cashier, 773; chairman of house, 765; returned,763; takes oath, 765Price, Jane: account, 141, 158, 167, 208Price, John: account, 657, 729Price, Rice: account, 82, 93, 116, 207, 276, 308,334, 387Primus, Humphry, 516Prince Frederick Parish: boundary of, 179;election in, 764, 769, 772; members attend,7–8; reduced tax base of, 543Prince George Winyah Parish: Acadians in,87, 219, 392; accounts of church wardens,269, 328; election in, 6–7, 764, 769, 772;members attend, 7–8; parsonage in, 186,213; petition of inhabitants in, 285, 286; rectorof, 169Prince William Parish: Acadians in, 219, 709;election in, 7, 763, 769, 772; members attend,18, 26, 791; taxes on, 189*Pringle, Robert, 26, 39, 56, 61, 78, 85, 108, 138,140, 226, 230, 243, 247, 339, 346, 395, 456, 533,548, 559, 565, 566, 579, 598, 738; account, 64,90, 111, 204; administers oaths, 27, 28, 30, 33,37, 51, 247, 791; attends, 3; cashier, 9, 236;chairman of house, 3; committee assignments,6, 10, 22–23, 35, 56, 106, 224, 232, 235,236, 239, 255, 256, 264, 287, 293, 319, 416, 453,529, 536, 540, 589, 716, 776, 801; presents bill,337; reports by, 66–72, 147–60, 171–72, 343,423–24, 532, 619; returned, 764; takes oath,3–4, 765Printers, 34Printing, public, 129, 154; laws, 238, 262, 267–68,285, 287–88, 547, 588; paper money, 220Prioleau. See Warham and PrioleauPrioleau, Magdelen: account, 59, 71, 88, 207Prioleau, Samuel: account, 143, 171, 173, 209,549; petition, 435, 548, 795

INDEX 879Prioleau’s Ferry, 114Prisoners of war, 103, 135, 136, 771; accounts for,59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 72, 77, 86, 90,91, 106, 107, 118, 120, 124, 125, 129, 134, 148, 149,153, 156, 157, 217–18, 273, 274, 275, 279, 297,300, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 392, 467, 469, 514,517, 521, 709–10; held by Cherokees, 767,775, 801, 803–804, 807, 809; sent to GreatBritain, 121, 142, 160, 217Prisons. See GaolsPritchard, James, 422; account, 275, 308, 333, 391Privileges, 317. See also Committee on privilegesand elections; Commons House ofAssembly: privileges of; Upper House ofAssembly: privileges ofPrivy Council of Great Britain, 234, 412Probate laws: revision of, 318–19, 322–23. See alsoBill No. 26Proclamation money, 46, 64, 174, 239, 240, 248,249, 371, 373, 376, 470Proclamations. See Bull, William: proclamationsby; Lyttelton, William Henry: proclamationsbyProfessions and faculties: tax on, 370Provost marshal: accounts, 64, 141, 159, 167, 201,213, 271, 272, 312, 336, 383, 388, 389, 469, 697,704; deputy of, 323Public debt. See Committee on petitions andaccounts; EstimatesPublic officers: allowances to, 200, 381–82, 696Public orders, 220; issued to finance CherokeeWar, 534, 712; printing of, 129; sinkingof, 112, 113, 125, 143, 146, 201, 325, 351, 353, 358,362, 367–68, 383, 420, 607, 613, 614, 620, 697Public records: accounts for binding, 87; inclerks’ accounts, 92, 200–201, 299, 382, 467,697; press or closet for, 106, 109; security of,237. See also Laws: proposals for publishingPublic treasurer: account mislaid by, 299; accountspaid by, 69, 298, 516, 518, 522, 558, 798,799; collects duties on transients, 242;commissions of, 24, 144, 350, 351, 419; demandsduties on army provisions, 75;emergency military grants from, 431, 432;exposes counterfeiting ring, 184; loansmoney to market commissioners, 551;money remitted to, 27, 405; orders on, 93,160, 171, 297, 414, 502; presents accounts oftreasury funds, 414; public accounts deliveredby, 20, 57, 234, 266, 458, 463; refusesdrawback, 320, 324; reports on contingentfund, 249–50, 252, 253, 541; to advertisehouse resolution, 192; to pay transportcharges, 177, 181. See also Committee onthe accounts of the public treasurer;Motte, JacobPuhl, Philip, 78, 205; account, 97, 308, 493, 572,724Pumps. See Wells and pumpsPurry, Charles, 246Purrysburg, 102, 302Purrysburg Township, 266Purvis, John: account, 599, 641, 653, 735Quartering disputes. See British army: quartersforQuash, John: account, 82, 94, 116, 208Quash, Robert: account, 125, 149, 162, 217Queens delight, 366Quinnian, Dennis: account, 488, 640, 651, 735Rae, _____, surgeon’s mate, 121Rae, John: account, 77, 97, 205Rae and Barksdale: account, 77, 118, 126, 215Ragnous, John, 77, 206; account, 118, 126, 493,634–35, 649, 733Rangers, 464, 745; accounts for, 642, 643; areaspatrolled by, 437, 440, 756; as supply escort,790; at Ninety Six, 685; commandant of,777, 784, 786; continuance of establishment,676, 678, 679, 789, 790, 792, 799, 804,805, 806; expenses for, 491; muster rolls of,471, 525, 661, 666, 667, 702, 737; pay discharged,690, 691; resolutions for raising,424, 425, 457, 458–59, 461, 475, 534, 535, 792;status of, 436, 437; to reinforce prisonerescort, 775Rantowle, _____, 271Rantowle, Alexander: account, 130, 154, 165, 217Raper, _____, 145Rattlesnakes: cure for bites of, 220, 360, 393, 711*Rattray, John, 5, 54, 75, 85, 225, 347, 395, 401, 412,427, 429, 476, 479, 480, 481, 484, 510, 557, 582,719; account, 394, 619; administers oaths, 4, 5,18, 241; attends, 3; committee assignments, 6,10, 12, 22–23, 27, 32, 35, 56, 66, 104, 123, 133, 141,170, 176, 224, 235, 249, 250, 251, 255, 259, 264, 288,313, 318, 319, 338, 378, 380, 412, 429, 434, 450, 453,463, 482, 503–4, 529, 538, 540, 574, 582, 594, 620,663, 716, 746; presents bill, 312, 398; reports by,8–9, 13–15, 20, 131, 226, 243–47, 599–600, 747–49;takes oath, 3–4Raugh, Jacob: account, 86, 121, 129, 309, 334, 385,491, 555; petition, 281

880INDEXRaul, John: account, 626, 631, 646, 647, 649, 730Raul’s Fort, 586, 587, 638, 639Raven, William: account, 467, 516, 527, 705;breach of privilege complaint against, 492Ravenel, Henry: account, 488, 586, 726Ravenel, James, 4Rawl, John: account, 472, 473, 488, 513, 732Rawlins, Robert: account, 142, 160, 167, 209,656, 659, 730Receivers of country duties: at Beaufort, 246Recruiting officers, 184, 186, 192Reece, John: account, 493, 630, 648, 732Reedy River: patrolled by rangers, 437Rees, Henry: account, 488, 735Reid, James, 35; account, 82, 94, 116, 202, 208;appointed powder receiver, 548, 557; petition,29, 547; receipt as powder receiver,619Reid, Robert: account, 627, 628, 730, 731Reilly, Patrick, 735, 736; account, 159, 167, 204,487, 642, 653Reilly, Terence: account, 512, 586, 587, 627, 647,727, 730Religion: as qualification for legislators, 240,248; as qualification for voters, 239, 247. Seealso Churches; Clergy; German Protestants;ParsonagesRembert, Isaac: account, 468, 516, 526, 706Remington, John: account, 491, 517, 527, 555,701Remington, John, Jr.: account, 157, 165, 210Reports:1.From the committee appointed to preparean address of thanks to thegovernor (Resolution No. 1), 7–8.See also Resolution No. 22.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message relatingto quartering His Majesty’stroops (Message No. 2), 13–15, 35–36. See also Resolution No. 53.From the committee on privileges andelections to whom the petition ofDavid Graeme was referred (PetitionNo. 1), 16–17. See also ResolutionNo. 64.From the committee to inquire whatquantity of stores will be necessaryfor the artillery in this province,20. See also Resolution No. 75.From the committee appointed to considerwhat allowance may beReports:proper for entertainment of Indianson the road to and fromCharles Town, 326.From the committee to whom was referredthe bill regulating the quarteringof His Majesty’s forces (BillNo. 1), 407.From the committee to whom were referredthe governor’s orders to thecommissary for supplying HisMajesty’s forces in Charles Town,40–41, 41–42. See also ResolutionsNos. 11, 12, 13, 148.From the committee to whom the memorialof the vestry and churchwardens of St. Philip parish was referred(Petition No. 13), 44–46, 48–49. See also Resolution No. 16; BillNo. 39.From the committee to whom were referredthe governor’s orders to thecommissary for supplying HisMajesty’s forces, in relation to anintended fraud upon the public,47–48, 49. See also Message No. 1510.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts fromMarch 25, 1757 to March 25, 1758,66–72, 73–75, 80–81, 84–85, 87–89. Seealso Report No. 1311.From the committee to whom the petitionof Lt. Col. Henry Bouquetwas referred (Petition No. 16), 76.See also Resolution No. 2312.From the committee to whom the petitionof the inhabitants of St. AndrewParish and the petition ofEdward Legge were referred (PetitionsNos. 14, 18), 85–86, 103–0413.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts fromMarch 25, 1757 to March 25, 1758(Report No. 10), 89–100, 111–12, 115–17. See also Report No. 1714.From the committee to inquire into theexpense of the new barracks latelyconstructed and into what progresshas been made toward fitting up theold barracks, (Message No. 19), 102–03. See also Resolution No. 2515.From the committee to whom the

INDEX 881Reports:memorial of John Murray, actingsecretary of the province, was referred(Petition No. 23), 108–09. Seealso Resolution No. 2616.From the committee to inspect the severallaws for establishing ferries inthis province, 113–15, 170–71. See alsoResolution No. 4017.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts fromMarch 25, 1757 to March 25, 1758(Report No. 13), 118–21, 126–27, 128–29. See also Report No. 2318.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message andLt. Col. Bouquet’s letter in relationto quartering officers (MessageNo. 26), 131, 133. See also MessageNo. 3019.From the committee to whom was referredthe petition of the commissionersof roads in St. JohnBerkeley and St. Stephen parishes(Petition No. 26), 13120.From the committee appointed toview the arms in the public armory,and to report the state andcondition of the same, 13421.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message inrelation to equipping and compensatingthe Cherokee Indians(Message No. 29), 135–36. See alsoMessage No. 3122.From the committee appointed to auditthe public treasurer’s accounts,143–4723.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts fromMarch 25, 1757 to March 25, 1758(Report No. 17), 147–60, 160–62,162–64, 164–66, 166–67. See also ReportNo. 2524.From the committee to whom the petitionof the inhabitants of EdistoIsland was referred (Petition No.22), 16025.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts fromMarch 25, 1757 to March 25, 1758(Report No. 23), 171–72, 173–74Reports:26.From the committee appointed to auditthe public treasurer’s accounts,173, 182. See also Resolution No. 4327.From the committee appointed toconsider the most effectual andcheapest method of carrying provisionsto the several garrisons inthe back country, 177, 181. See alsoResolution No. 4228.From the committee appointed to auditthe commissary general’s accounts,177–79, 18329.From the committee to whom the petitionof the inhabitants on thesouth side of the Wateree Riverwas referred (Petition No. 25), 18230.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message inrelation to making provision forthe Carolina Regiment for oneyear longer (Message No. 34), 183–84, 185. See also Message No. 3831.From the committee appointed to prepareand bring in an estimate ofthe public debt from March 25,1757 to March 24, 1758, 184, 186–87,199–22132.From the committee to whom the petitionof several inhabitants ofEdisto Island was referred (PetitionNo. 30), 18533.From the committee appointed to auditthe powder receiver’s accounts,22634.From the committee to whom was referredthe memorial of the commissionersof the free school inCharles Town (Petition No. 35),237–38, 24135.From the committee appointed to inspectthe election law, 239–40, 247–49. See also Resolution No. 5236.From the committee appointed to inspectthe laws taxing transient persons,241. See also Resolution No. 5137.From the committee appointed to inspectwhat laws are expired or nearexpiring, 243–47, 250–51, 254, 25538.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message desiringadditional money for

882INDEXReports:contingent services (Message No.52), 251–53. See also Resolution No.54; Message No. 5339.From the committee appointed toprint the acts of the General Assemblywhich have not yet beenprinted, 267–68, 287–88. See alsoResolutions Nos. 57, 58, 5940.From the committee appointed toaudit the public treasurer’s accounts,28941.From the committee to whom were referredthe petitions of the inhabitantsof Pedee in St. Mark Parishand of the inhabitants of Pedee inCraven County (Petitions Nos. 31,32), 291–92, 29542.From the committee to whom the petitionof the commissioners of St.Mark Parish was referred (PetitionNo. 50), 29243.From the committee to whom the severalpetitions of Jermyn and CharlesWright and of the inhabitants of St.Peter Parish were referred (PetitionsNos. 37, 43), 293, 31344.From the committee to whom the petitionof James Hunter, executor ofJoseph Murray, was referred (PetitionNo. 39), 293, 31445.From the committee appointed to inquireinto Joseph Howard’s cures,294–95. See also Resolution No. 6046.From the committee appointed toaudit the public accounts fromMarch 25, 1758 to December 31, 1758,297–312, 326–28, 328–29, 330–4, 334–6, 342–43. See also Report No. 5347.From the committee to whom the relatingto discounts was committed,314–1548.From the committee to whom the petitionof John Dargan and the inhabitantsof Wateree, Waxhaws,and Yadkin settlements was referred,315–1649.From the committee appointed to considerwhat amendments are necessaryto the “act against bastardy” andthe “act for making more effectualwills and testaments,” 322–23Reports:50.From the committee appointed to inquireinto the state and conditionof the common gaol, 32351.From the committee to audit thetreasurer’s accounts, to whom thememorial of Charles Mayne wasreferred (Petition No. 54), 323–2452.From the committee appointed toview the arms in the public armory,and to report the state andcondition of the same, 336. See alsoResolution No. 6453.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts fromMarch 25, 1758 to December 31, 1758(Report No. 46), 339–4154.From the committee appointed toconsider the memorial of JamesCrokatt (Petition No. 40), 342, 35555.From the committee to whom the petitionof the inhabitants of St.James Santee Parish was referred(Petition No. 49), 343, 37556.From the committee to inquire howthis province can be eased of theexpense of carrying provisions tothe garrisons in the out settlements,344, 345. See also MessageNo. 6257.From the committee appointed to auditthe public treasurer’s accounts, 349–53, 357. See also Resolution No. 6658.From the committee appointed to prepareand bring in an estimate ofthe public debt from March 25,1758 to December 31, 1758, 35759.From the committee to whom JosephHoward’s cures were referred, 360,365–6760.From the committee to consider sinkingthe public orders issued since1753 and to examine the treasurer’saccount of money granted for theSouth Carolina Regiment, 362–63,367–6861.From the committee on the account ofJames Wright, agent in Great Britain,380–8162.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message relatingto constructing a powder

INDEX 883Reports:magazine (Message No. 69), 395. Seealso Message No. 7263.From the committee on the accountsof the powder receiver, 400–0164.From the committee on the accountsof the commissary general, 403–05.See also Message No. 7365.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message relatingto the South CarolinaRegiment (Message No. 75), 414–16. See also Message No. 7666.From the committee appointed toconsider of ways and means toraise money for paying the threecompanies to be continued in theservice of this province, 418–1967.From the committee appointed to receiveproposals for methodizingthe laws of this province, 42268.From the committee of the whole inrelation to the continuance of theSouth Carolina Regiment and inrelation to the Cherokee outrages(Message No. 79), 423–24. See alsoResolution No. 7269.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message relatingto the Cherokee outrages(Message No. 83), 434. See also MessageNo. 84; Report No. 7070.From the committee to whom was referredthe governor’s message relatingto the Cherokee outrages(Report No. 69), 437–40, 441–42,443. See also Message No. 8971.From the committee appointed to preparean address to the governor regardinghis speech of October 13,1759 (Speech No. 3), 450–5172.From the committee appointed toprepare an address on the subjectmatter of the governor’s speech(Resolution No. 79), 455–56. See alsoResolution No. 8073.From the committee appointed toconsider the most effectual measuresfor defending the provinceagainst the incursions of theCherokee Indians, 457–58, 458–59,459–60. See also Resolution No. 81Reports:74.From the committee appointed to inquireinto the present state of theFrench Acadians in Charles Town,460–61, 462. See also Resolution No. 8275.From the committee to whom thegovernor’s message relating toFort Prince George was referred(Message No. 93), 464. See alsoResolutions Nos. 84, 8576.From the committee appointed toprepare an address on the subjectmatter of the governor’s speech(Speech No. 5), 48377.From the committee appointed to preparean address on the subject matterof the lieutenant governor’sspeech (Resolution No. 91), 498–500.See also Resolution No. 9278.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts from January1, 1759 to December 31, 1759, 500,514–27, 529–30, 538–40, 552–53. See alsoReport No. 8579.From the committee to whom was referredthe petition of various inhabitantsof Charles Townregarding the spread of smallpox(Petition No. 72), 507, 51180.From the committee appointed to viewthe arms in the public armory, 51381.From the committee to whom was referredthe lieutenant governor’smessage relating to the CatawbaIndians (Message No. 110), 532–33.See also Message No. 11382.From the committee of the whole towhom was referred the lieutenantgovernor’s message relating to providingpresents to the Creek andChickasaw Indians for servicesagainst the Cherokees (Message No.111), 534–36. See also Message No. 11483.From the committee to whom the memorialof the commissioners forbuilding a State House was referred(Petition No. 60), 548–49, 55184.From the committee to whom the petitionof the commissioners for themarkets in Charles Town was referred(Petition No. 75), 550–51, 559–60

884INDEXReports:85.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts from January1, 1759 to December 31, 1759(Report No. 78), 554–55, 565–66. Seealso Report No. 8786.From the committee appointed to auditthe commissary general’s accounts,557–59, 560–6187.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts from January1, 1759 to December 31, 1759(Report No. 85), 567–74, 576, 577–78, 579. See also Report No. 8988.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts from January1, 1759 to December 31, 1759(Report No. 87), 579–81. See alsoReport No. 8989.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts from January1, 1759 to December 1, 1759(Report No. 88), 583–84. See alsoReport No. 9190.From the conference committee onCreek Indian affairs (Message No.127), 58491.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts from January1, 1759 to December 1, 1759(Report No. 89), 585–88, 590–91,594–95. See also Report No. 9292.From the committee appointed to auditthe public accounts from January1, 1759 to December 1, 1759(Report No. 91), 595–97, 600, 614–15. See also Report No. 9693.From the committee to whom the petitionof Thomas Mellichamp wasreferred (Petition No. 29), 599–600, 686. See also Resolution No. 11394.From the committee appointed toprepare and bring in an estimateof the public debt from January 1,1759 to December 31, 1759, 60195.From the committee appointed to auditthe public treasurer’s accounts,601–15, 619–20. See also Report No.9896.From the committee appointed toaudit the public accounts fromJanuary 1, 1759 to December 1, 1759Reports:(Report No. 92), 617–19, 624–25. See alsoReport No. 9997.From the committee on the accountsof the late powder receiver, 61998.From the committee appointed to auditthe public treasurer’s accounts(Report No. 95), 62499.From the committee appointed toaudit the public accounts fromJanuary 1, 1759 to December 1, 1759(Report No. 96), 626–44, 645–47,647–51, 652–54100.From the committee to whom the accountof Ancrum, Lance, andLoocock was recommitted, 654–59,660101.From the committee to inquire intothe conduct of Joseph Nutt whilehe was commissary on the Cherokeeexpedition, 663–65, 672–73, 674.See also Petition No. 85102.From the committee to whom thelieutenant governor’s message relatingto Fort William Henry wasreferred (Message No. 139), 667,675. See also Resolution No. 111103.From the committee to whom thememorial of Charles Woodmasonwas referred (Petition No. 76),674–75104.From the committee appointed tosettle the accounts of Joseph Nutt,commissary on the late expeditionagainst the Cherokees (PetitionNo. 85), 679–83. See also Report No.105105.From the committee appointed tosettle the accounts of Joseph Nutt,commissary on the late expeditionagainst the Cherokees (Report No.104), 683–84, 685–86106.From the committee appointed toprepare a schedule of the chargesof the late Cherokee expedition,687–88107.From the committee appointed to inquireinto the present state of theAcadians in Charles Town, 692–93,715108.From the committee appointed to inquireinto the present state of the

INDEX 885Reports:Acadians in Charles Town, 712–13, 713–14.See also Resolution No. 117109.From the committee appointed toconfer with the lieutenant governorregarding presents for theCreek Indians (Message No. 151),717. See also Message No. 153110.From the committee to whom werereferred the lieutenant governor’smessages relating to the contingentfund and the provincial regiments(Messages Nos. 157, 158),747–49, 749–50, 750–51. See also MessagesNos. 161, 162111.From the committee appointed toprepare an address of thanks tothe lieutenant governor (ResolutionNo. 124), 770–71. See also MessageNo. 167112.From the committee to inquire whatprovision should be made for theSouth Carolina Regiment otherthan what is appointed by law, 783–85, 785–86. See also Message No. 179113.From the committee to whom was referredthe lieutenant governor’smessage relating to quarteringtroops (Message No. 183), 795–96.See also Message No. 184114.From the committee to whom was referredthe lieutenant governor’smessage relating to frontier fortsand the Chickasaw Indians (MessageNo. 185), 798–99. See also MessageNo. 189115.From the committee to whom was referredthe lieutenant governor’smessage in relation to CaptainJohn Stuart (Message No. 187), 803.See also Message No. 191116.From the committee to whom werereferred the accounts of the artillerystores for the provincial regiment,803117.From the committee to whom was referredthe lieutenant governor’smessage relating to Cherokee captives(Message No. 188), 803–04. Seealso Resolution No. 133118.From the committee to whom was referredthe lieutenant governor’sReports:message concerning pay for the rangersand other matters (Message No. 186),804–05. See also Message No. 190119.From the committee to whom the petitionof Thomas Gill was referred(Petition No. 88), 808. See also ResolutionNo. 135Repp, John: account, 629, 648, 732Resolution, ship, 487, 495Resolutions:1.That an address be prepared to thankthe governor for his speech(Speech No. 1), 6–7. See also AddressNo. 1 or Report No. 12.That the address of thanks to the governorbe presented to His Excellencyby the whole House(Address No. 1 or Report No. 1), 9.See also Message No. 13.That Jonathan Badger and EdwardWeyman be messengers of thisHouse, 94.That Robert Pringle be cashier of thisHouse, 95.That this House will provide for the expenseof building barracks for onethousand men upon the publicland near the old free schoolhouse (Report No. 2), 15. See alsoMessage No. 36.That Charles Pinckney Esq. is dulyelected for the parish of ChristChurch (Report No. 3), 187.That this House will provide £7,000 toimport warlike stores from thenorthern colonies for the defenseof this province, and that the saidsum be borrowed from any fundin the public treasury (Report No.4), 20–21. See also Message No. 68.That the duties upon indigo saved outof the ship Clinton be remitted(Petition No. 3), 249.That this House will provide for repairingthe free school house for quarteringsubaltern officers tocommand troops at the nearbybarracks (Message No. 10), 24. Seealso Message No. 1110.That the controller of the countryduties be chosen by ballot, 30

886INDEXResolutions11.That this House will provide seven shillingsper day to each subaltern officerof His Majesty’s forces in lieuof quarters until barracks shall beconstructed (Report No. 7), 4112.That four cords of wood per monthand ten pounds of candles perweek be allowed to each companyof one hundred effective troops(Report No. 7), 4213.That this House will provide for sucharticles to be supplied the troopsas are not already purchased (ReportNo. 7), 4214.That this House will provide one duffelblanket for every two soldiers(Report No. 7), 4215.That this House will provide for no expensewhatever respecting the officersof His Majesty’s forcesexcepting such expenses as arecomprehended in its message tothe governor (Message No. 13), 4416.That this House will provide a sum notexceeding £300 for purchasingclothes for such poor Acadians aswere not bound apprentice pursuantto law (Report No. 8), 4817.That this House will provide two blanketsfor each bed in the barracks(Message No. 14), 52. See also MessageNo. 1618.That an addition of one cord of woodper week be allowed to each companyof the forces till the first ofApril (Message No. 14), 52. See alsoMessage No. 1619.That this House will not provide forthe expense of small beer or rumfor the forces (Message No. 14), 52.See also Message No. 1620.That the hospitals and guardrooms besupplied with wood, candles, andvinegar out of the allowance alreadyagreed to be made (MessageNo. 14), 52. See also Message No. 1621.That His Excellency be desired to orderthe commissary to contract with personsliving in the country for supplyingwood to the forces (Message No.14), 52. See also Message No. 16Resolutions22.That this House will provide for theexpense of sending provisions toIndependent Companies in theback settlements in lieu of additionalpay (Message No. 17), 57. Seealso Message No. 1823.That all provisions that have been orshall be imported for His Majesty’sforces be exempted from duties(Report No. 11), 7624.That this House will provide the sumof £1960:2:6 for the expense of presentsto the Creek Indians (MessageNo. 20), 76. See also MessageNo. 2125.That this House will grant His Majestya sum not exceeding £3750 for constructinga row of barracks at oneend of the new barracks (ReportNo. 14), 105. See also Message No. 2426.That this House will provide for a cypresspress to be placed in thesecretary’s office to hold suchrecords as the other presses willnot contain (Report No. 15), 10927.That the clerk of this House send lettersto the several absent membersat their own expense, 11328.That this House will provide for thepassages of all such French prisonersas the governor shall order tobe sent to Great Britain, 12129.That this house will admit WilliamWintle to act as the clerk’s assistant,12830.That Lieutenant Hesse be allowed £30per week out of the fortificationfund for the time he has been employedas an engineer for this government(Message No. 32), 138. Seealso Message No. 3331.That Lieutenant Hesse be allowed £21per week for the time he shallhereafter be employed as an engineerfor this government not exceedingtwelve months (MessageNo. 32), 138. See also Message No. 3332.That Mr. Stradman be allowed £200for his past services in proving theartillery (Message No. 32), 138. Seealso Message No. 33

INDEX 887Resolutions33.That Mr. Stradman be allowed £9:6 perweek for the time he shall hereafterbe employed by this governmentas an artillery officer(Message No. 32), 138, 226–27. Seealso Message No. 3334.That the petition of Lt. Col. AdamStephen be granted (Petition No.27), 140, 14235.That this house will grant to His Majestya sum sufficient for defrayingthe charges of this governmentfrom March 25, 1757 to March 24,1758, 140–4136.That the petition of ThomasMellichamp be rejected, beingimproperly addressed, 14737.That the clerk of this house send lettersto the several absent membersat their own expense, 162, 16638.That £350 be allowed to the public treasurerfor his trouble in receivingand issuing several sums for thepublic, 16639.That the salary of the Rev. SamuelFayerweather be continued duringhis absence from this provincenot exceeding eight months (PetitionNo. 28), 16940.That Bassnett’s Ferry, Gray’s Ferry,Parker’s Ferry, and Scott’s Ferry bevested in trustees for the use of thepublic (Report No. 16), 17041.That Mr. Thomas Wright has behavedin an indecent manner to thishouse, and unbecoming a memberof the house, 18142.That the public treasurer pay all suchcertificates for carriage of provisionsto the garrisons as shall becountersigned by Benjamin Stead,the contractor’s agent, not exceeding£1,500 in the whole (ReportNo. 27), 18143.That various sums in the public treasurybe applied to specific uses inthe tax bill (Report No. 26), 18244.That sending recruiting officers to enlistmen in the northern colonies willfurther tend to the speedy raising ofthe South Carolina Regiment, 186Resolutions45.That a tax of 2/ 6d per head be imposedand levied on all calvesmarked in and throughout thisprovince, 18746.That Mr. Speaker, Mr. Austin, Mr.Middleton, and Mr. Laurens sell atprime cost the 1,000 muskets orderedby the late Assembly for thebetter arming the militia, and thatthey do use the proceeds to purchase500 more, 22547.That the accounts of the powder receiverdo pass, 22748.That this house will provide for the expenseof carrying His Majesty’spresents to the several Indian nations(Message No. 47), 228. See alsoMessage No. 4849. That William Roper be cashier of thishouse, 23650. That this house will allow £100 perannum for a housekeeper for theState House, 236. See also MessageNo. 5151. That a tax be imposed on all transientpersons bringing goods ormerchandize into this province forsale (Report No. 36), 241–4252. That the qualification of electors beone hundred acres of land, housesor town lots to the value of £60proclamation money, or a tax of10/ proclamation money the precedingyear (Report No. 35), 247–4853.That the appropriating clause in the additionalact for regulating tavernsand punch houses be altered, 25154.That £1,800 be granted as an aid to HisMajesty for contingent services forthe year ensuing (Report No. 38),253. See also Message No. 5355.That the public treasurer do payMargueritte Chiffelle the salaryand house rent due to her latehusband (Petition No. 41), 26556.That the public accounts be read tothe house by title only except inthe case of an approved motionthat an account be read article byarticle, 267

888INDEXResolutions57.That two hundred copies of the acts ofthe General Assembly be printed,(Report No. 39), 28758.That a new edition of all the acts of theGeneral Assembly now in force beprinted, together with an indexand the titles of such acts as arenot to be printed (Report No. 39),28859.That a sum of money not exceeding£1,000 be provided for such personor persons as shall undertake toprepare a digest of all the laws nowin force in this province (ReportNo. 39), 288. See also Resolution No.6260.That the sum of £3,000 be given as agratuity to Joseph Howard for afull discovery of his cures (ReportNo. 45), 294–9561.That the committee to inquire into thestate and condition of the commongaol be a standing committee,29562.That the resolution of this house forproviding a sum not exceeding£1,000 for preparing a digest of thelaws be extended to examining,correcting, and making marginalnotes and references to the saidlaws (Resolution No. 59), 32363.That this house will grant to His Majestya sum sufficient to defray thecharges of this government fromMarch 25, 1758 to December 31, 1758,32464.That all the bayonets in the armory befurnished with scabbards (ReportNo. 52), 33765.That this house will not provide fixedsalaries for a gunner at FortLoudoun and an interpreter atFort Prince George (Message No.63), 356. See also Message No. 6466.That various sums in the treasury beapplied to specific uses in the taxbill (Report No. 57), 357–5867.That the public treasurer advance thefurther sum of £1,500 currency forcarriage of provisions to the garrisonsin the out settlements, 358Resolutions68.That a bounty of six shillings given forevery hundred weight of hemp becontinued for three years, 37469.That a tax be imposed on black cattle,39770.That the accounts of the powder receiverdo pass, 40171.That this house will provide for replacing£15,000 paid out of the townshipfund for discharging the payof three companies belonging tothe South Carolina Regiment thatare to be continued in service, 41972.That this house will provide for twotroops of rangers, each consistingof twenty men, to patrol such partof the back settlements as the governorshall think necessary (ReportNo. 68), 424–25. See alsoMessage No. 8073.That this house will provide for reimbursing£2,000 to the public treasurerfor carrying provisions to thegarrisons, but that, notwithstanding,it is the opinion of this housethat this province ought not to beburdened with the expense (MessageNo. 81), 427. See also MessageNo. 8274.That this house will reimburse thepublic treasurer a sum not exceeding£1,000 for carrying provisionsto the garrisons, 43675.That this house will provide for payingthe account of Jonathan Badger,messenger, 44176.That this house will provide for replacing£4,000 paid out of the publictreasury for contingent services ofGovernor Lyttelton’s expeditionagainst the Cherokee Indians, 44377.That this house will reimburse thetreasurer a further sum of £1,000for carrying provisions to the garrisons,44478.That this house will Henry Joynes toact as the clerk’s assistant, 45079.That an address be prepared on thesubject matter of the governor’sspeech (Speech No. 4), 453. See alsoAddress No. 4 or Report No. 72

INDEX 889Resolutions80.That the address to the governor bepresented to His Excellency by thewhole house (Address No. 4 orReport No. 72), 45681.That this house will provide for raising525 men to serve as rangers to patrolin the back parts of this province(Report No. 73), 458–59. Seealso Message No. 9482.That the governor be desired to allotbarracks for the reception of theAcadians, and that this house willreimburse the public treasurer fortheir subsistence (Report No. 74),462. See also Message No. 9583.That a reward of £25 current money begiven for the scalp of every Cherokeeman produced by Indians,Negroes, or others, 463. See alsoMessage No. 9684.That this house will provide for raisinga regiment of one thousand mento relieve Fort Prince George andchastise the Cherokee Indians (ReportNo. 75), 464–65. See also MessageNo. 9785.That it is the opinion of this house thatFort Loudoun cannot be relievedby this province (Report No. 75),465. See also Message No. 9786.That the pay to the private men of therangers be increased five pounds permonth to each man (Message No.99), 475. See also Message No. 10087.That this house will reimburse thepublic treasurer money advancedto private soldiers enlisted in therangers (Message No. 99), 475. Seealso Message No. 10088.That the address to the governor bepresented to His Excellency by thewhole house (Address No. 5 orReport No. 76), 48389.That the ships Major Hardy, Resolution,and King of Prussia be exemptedfrom the powder duty(Petition No. 69), 48790.That this house will reimburse thepublic treasurer £200 for cartingfirewood for the provincial troopsin Charles Town, 495Resolutions91.That an address be prepared on thesubject matter of the lieutenantgovernor’s speech (Speech No. 6),498. See also Address No. 6 or ReportNo. 7792.That the address to the lieutenant governorbe presented to His Honorby the whole house (Address No.6 or Report No. 77), 500. See alsoMessage No. 10493.That this house will provide £50 permonth to such persons as the lieutenantgovernor shall commission tolead the Chickasaws and Creeksagainst the Cherokees (Message No.108), 509. See also Message No. 10994.That this house will provide £35 as a rewardfor the scalp of any CherokeeIndian man (Message No. 108),509. See also Message No. 10995.That the pay to the militia who wenton Governor Lyttelton’s Cherokeeexpedition be continued to January10, 1760, 51196.That no public accounts be read afterthis day, April 23, 1760, during thepresent session of the General Assembly,51397.That this house will reimburse thetreasurer £161 currency paid to soldiersof the Royal Regiment of Artilleryfor their services in thelaboratory, 527–2898.That this house will reimburse thepublic treasurer for £3,500 advancedfor carrying stores and provisionsto the outposts, 53899.That this house will provide for the expenseof printing copies of theelection laws for use in the parishes,547100.That provision be made for raising£3,572:6:4 for paying several sumsdue from the commissioners ofthe State House, 551101.That this house will provide £2,500 forcontingent services (Message No.112), 556. See also Message No. 119102.That a new market house be erectedon the north side of the marketsquare, 560

890INDEXResolutions103.That this house will grant His Majestya sum sufficient to defray thecharges of this government fromJanuary 1, 1759 to December 31,1759, 567104.That this house will provide £3,500 toenable the fortifications commissionersto purchase materials for gun carriagesand repair the new works inCharles Town (Message No. 120),574. See also Message No. 121105.That this house will provide repairs, acanoe, and firewood for FortJohnson (Message No. 123), 577. Seealso Message No. 125106.That the treasurer pay no person forany article impressed for theCherokee expedition except uponoath that the article has neitherbeen returned nor accounted for,581–82107.That this house will provide meansfor the lieutenant governor tosend dispatches to GeneralAmherst and the commander ofHis Majesty’s fleet at Jamaica (MessageNo. 129), 593. See also MessageNo. 130108.That various sums be applied in aidof the general tax and that varioussums be provided to the publictreasurer on account of specificfunds, 619–20109.That £700 be allowed to WilliamPinckney, commissary general, forhis services (Petition No. 83), 659110.That £25 be given to the slave Mauriceand £10 to the slaves Frank andTom as rewards for apprehendingcriminals, 672111.That this house will provide a sum notexceeding £5,000 for the relief ofpoor and distressed men, women,and children in the frontier forts(Report No. 102), 675. See also MessageNo. 145112.That this house will provide for continuingthe pay of the provincialsand the rangers until December 1,1760 (Message No. 143), 678. See alsoMessage No. 147Resolutions113.That this house will provide a £1,000reward to Thomas Mellichamp fordiscovering a method of makingindigo (Report No. 93), 686114.That this house will provide £1,000 toColonel Richard Richardson and£275 to Major William Thomsonfor their services on the Cherokeeexpedition (Message No. 148),686–87115.That an address be prepared to desirethat the lieutenant governor willprevail on Colonel Montgomerieto continue his forces in this province(Message No. 149), 690. Seealso Message No. 150116.That this house will reimburse £10,000to the public treasurer to pay therangers and provincial forces nowin the service of this province(Message No. 149), 690117.That this house will reimburse the publictreasurer £3,235:12:10 for subsistingAcadians (Report No. 108), 714118.That this house will provide a sum notexceeding one shilling threepence per day for superannuatedor infirm Acadians, and Acadianchildren, 715–16119.That this house will not consider themessage from the Upper Houserelating to the tax bill (MessageNo. 155), 739120.That this house will reimburse £51:9 tothe public treasurer for a paymentomitted from the last tax act, 759121.That the account for the relief of poorpeople in the frontier forts be paid(Message No. 164), 759. See alsoMessage No. 165122.That this house will reimburse thepublic treasurer £350 paid to ThomasBeamer as a reward for his serviceson the late Cherokeeexpedition, 760123.That Benjamin Smith be speaker ofthis house, 766124.That an address be prepared to thankthe lieutenant governor for hisspeech (Speech No. 7), 768. See alsoAddress No. 8 or Report No. 111

INDEX 891Resolutions125.That Jonathan Badger and EdwardWeyman be messengers of thishouse, 768126.That George Gabriel Powell be dischargedfrom being accountablefor eleven head of cattle, 772127.That Hopkin Price be cashier of thishouse, 773128.That Mr. Speaker send to London forrecently printed journals of theHouse of Commons, 776129.That this house will defray the expenseof repairing the barracks(Message No. 169), 778. See alsoMessage No. 170130.That this house will provide £700 fora fort and £1,000 for provisions forthe Catawba Indians (Message No.171), 780. See also Message No. 173131.That this house will provide pay for anofficer to lead the Chickasaw Indians(Message No. 175), 782. See alsoMessage No. 177132.That this house will provide for raising,paying, and equipping theranger companies (Message No.181), 792133.That this house will grant money forredeeming such British subjects asare now in captivity in the Cherokeecountry (Report No. 117), 804.See also Message No. 192134.That the Reverend Charles Martyn’ssalary be continued during his absence(Petition No. 89), 805135.That an annuity of £90 be granted toThomas Gill (Report No. 119), 808Retlisperger, Christian: account, 472, 525, 553,701Reynolds, David: account, 469, 526, 553, 706Rhode Island, 507; commerce with French,592Rice, 636, 680, 712; cultivation of, 179; impressmentof, 567, 568, 570Rice, John, 310; account, 107, 154, 164, 215Rice Creek, 110Richards, Edward, 134, 336Richardson, Elizabeth: account, 58, 71, 88, 207*Richardson, Richard, 356, 364, 396, 399, 638,764, 787; account, 281, 309, 334, 391, 472, 473,570, 583, 709, 722; attempts relief of FortPrince George, 531; attends, 240; battalionof, 570, 622, 656, 659, 660, 668, 722; certificatesby, 597, 655, 656, 657, 658; committeeassignments, 247, 259, 292, 314, 364; gratuityfor services, 686, 737; letters from, 530,532, 786; military services commended bygovernor, 684–85; muster roll of, 473, 576,578, 617, 624–25, 667, 736; ordered to assembleregiment, 431; receipt from, 623;regiment of, 291, 658; reports by, 315–16; returned,240; takes oath, 241Richburg, Claudius: account, 469, 515, 526, 708Richenbacker, Henry: account, 493, 571, 723Riddlehower, James: account, 489, 637, 646,650Rierden, Mary, 735; account, 487, 642, 653Rife, Frederick: account, 490, 634, 649, 733Rife, George, 634; account, 490Rigby, James, 467Right, John, 317Riser, Jacob: account, 488, 640, 735Ritnover, William: account, 490, 597, 728Rivers, Elizabeth, 317Rivers, Mallory: account, 276, 309, 334, 387Rivers, Robert, 781, 792; account, 491, 555, 643,654, 736; committee assignments, 798, 805;reports by, 808; returned, 762; takes oath,766Roads: from Black River to Charles Town, 188;from Charles Town to WilliamsburgTownship, 258; from Days Creek to SavannahRiver, 235, 266, 313; from Wateree Riverto Charles Town, 110, 182; in ChristChurch Parish, 73; in Orangeburg Township,110; in St. Paul Parish, 104; nearGeorgetown, 295; on Charles Town Neck,221, 711; on Edisto Island, 104, 179, 185;through fork of Congaree and Wateree,413Roat, Peter: account, 513, 596, 727Roberson, Joseph, 617Roberts, James, 213, 270; account, 58, 67, 74,277, 309, 334, 388Roberts, John, 477, 518, 521, 696, 704Robertson, _____, 82Robertson, Lt. _____: account, 94, 116, 208Robertson, Archibald, 172Robertson, James: account, 129, 155, 165, 214Robertson, Thomas: account, 272, 309, 334Robertson, William: account, 82, 94, 116, 208Robeson, John: account, 658, 730Robinson, Isabella: account, 58, 70, 88, 207

892INDEXRochford, James: account, 77, 91, 112, 215Rogers, Ann: account, 87, 119, 126, 208Rogers, George: account, 489, 490, 523, 552, 708Roof, Jacob, 617Rope, 202, 278, 310, 383*Roper, William, 16, 18, 28, 39, 55, 75, 78, 85, 182,199, 230, 282, 283, 396, 474, 479, 480, 481, 484,495, 510, 552, 563, 589, 691, 741, 765, 796, 797;cashier, 236; chairman of committee ofwhole, 541, 542; church warden, 558; committeeassignments, 10, 38, 56, 75, 106, 224,235, 238, 293, 416, 463, 467, 801; motion by,766; presents account, 599; returned, 763;takes oath, 3–4, 765Rose, Susannah: account, 82, 94, 116, 208Ross, Isaac, 413; account, 656, 729Rothe, William, 206; account, 124, 150Rothmahler, _____, 587Rothmahler, Major _____, 580Rough, Leonard: account, 569, 721Rouse, William, 277, 299Rowan County (NC), 421, 423Rowe, Christopher: account, 87, 119, 127, 219,468, 490, 514, 526, 655, 687, 707, 728Rowe, Michael Christopher: account, 573, 724Rowell, John: account, 512, 586, 726Rowlain, James: account, 471, 525, 553, 702Royal Americans, 11, 13, 14, 28, 36, 137, 138, 139,157, 303, 404, 416, 417, 652; accounts forquartering, 58, 60, 152, 209, 469, 476, 702,703; embark for New York, 128; encampmentsite, 59, 67, 209; entertainment for,150Royal Scots Battalion, 756, 777Roybold. See Tew and RoyboldRufus, Leonard: account, 492, 629, 648, 731Rum, 52, 53, 72, 77, 95, 98, 100, 150, 151, 158, 199,209, 210, 269, 275, 301, 307, 384, 387, 476, 519,525, 571, 603, 607, 642Rumph, Jacob: account, 77, 91, 112, 215, 655, 728Russ, Henry: account, 640Russell, Charles, 413; letters from, 532Russell, John, 413Russell, Joseph: account, 472, 581, 725Rye, 585Saddles, 270, 570; accounts for, 82, 94St. Andrew Parish, 196, 197; election in, 17, 762,769, 772; members attend, 10, 791; petitionof inhabitants in, 66, 79, 85–86, 103–4; plantationin, 599; rector of, 805St. Augustine (Fla.), 146St. Bartholomew Parish, 492; Acadians in, 77,83, 91, 218, 280; account, 165; chapel in, 356;election in, 4, 763; members attend, 7–8,16, 19; parsonage in, 129, 155, 212; slave trialsin, 157. See also Bill No. 29St. George Dorchester Parish: Acadians in,218; election in, 5, 18, 19, 284, 762; membersattend, 28, 320, 321; parsonage in, 141, 159,212St. George’s Company, 573, 724St. Helena Island: petition of inhabitants, 553–54St. Helena Parish: Acadians in, 218; accounts,58, 70, 84; election in, 763, 769, 772; taxeson, 189St. James Goose Creek Parish: Acadians in,218, 219; church in, 502, 584, 704; electionin, 5, 18, 19, 27, 762, 769, 772; members attend,31, 36; parsonage in, 124, 151, 212St. James Santee Parish: election in, 764; parsonagein, 212; petition of church wardensand vestry, 78–79, 92; petition of inhabitantsin, 115, 285, 286–87, 343, 375St. John Berkeley Parish: Acadians in, 218;election in, 4, 763; members attend, 7–8,18, 791; petition of road commissioners,123–24, 131; rector of, 507St. John Colleton Parish, 189; election in, 21–22, 26, 232, 240, 763, 769, 772; members attend,7–8, 33, 242St. Mark Parish: church in, 359, 388; creationof, 543; election in, 18, 19, 31, 232, 240, 764,786, 787; members attend, 33–34, 35, 791;organization of, 502; petition of churchcommissioners, 289–90, 292; petition ofinhabitants in, 176, 179, 188, 233, 247, 291–92, 295; rector of, 414, 502St. Michael Parish: parsonage in, 144, 338, 351,602, 603, 607; petition of church commissioners,316, 319; tax assessments on, 188,221, 222, 360, 361, 394, 688, 711. See also BillNo. 27St. Michael’s Church, 319; fund for, 143, 144,146, 350, 351, 353, 602, 603, 608, 613, 620;proximity to meat market, 537, 550St. Paul Parish, 189; Acadians in, 218; electionin, 763, 769, 772; members attend, 16;roads in, 104St. Peter Parish: church in, 276, 302; creationof, 102; election in, 483–84, 764, 769, 772;parsonage in, 186, 213; petition of inhabitantsin, 266, 293, 313; rector of, 264–65

INDEX 893St. Philip Parish: Acadians in, 218, 392, 564;accounts of church wardens, 61, 84–85, 211,269, 270, 300, 328, 386, 393, 467, 518, 519, 522,529, 530, 539, 558, 702–3, 709; election in, 6–7, 762, 769, 772; election waived, 616; legislativedelegation, 427; members attend,29, 791; petition of inhabitants in, 378; petitionsof church wardens and vestry, 31–32, 41, 42, 44–46, 48, 413; poor relief in, 219;tax assessments on, 188, 221, 222, 360, 361,394, 688, 711St. Philip’s Church, 319; proximity to powdermagazine, 395St. Stephen Parish: Acadians in, 218; electionin, 18, 19, 26, 764, 786; members attend, 50;petition of road commissioners, 123–24, 131St. Thomas and St. Dennis Parish, 4; electionin, 763, 772; ferries in, 114; members attend,28, 770, 796; rector of, 507Salaries: of public officers, 200, 381–82, 696Salt, 41, 42, 43, 58, 72, 125, 203, 272, 274, 297, 439,447, 478, 520, 521, 554, 570, 571, 588, 597, 614,642, 658, 664, 680, 682, 701Salters, Sergeant _____, 617Saluda, 628, 648Saluda Old Town, 622Saluda River, 159, 569, 721; inhabitants on, 110;letter from inhabitants, 454; patrolled byrangers, 437Sammat, Leonard: account, 490, 629, 648, 732Sampit River: ballast and rubbish dumped in,295Sampson, a freedman: allowance, 220, 360,393, 711Sanders, Lt. _____, 617Sanders, Thomas: account, 491, 555, 643, 654,736Sandiford, Ralph: account, 472, 571, 723Sandy, slave of Thomas Bradwell, 476–77Sandy River Camp, 657Sansom, Sergeant _____, 618Santee River, 141, 179, 289, 291; ferries over, 114,115, 258–59, 293, 303, 313, 316, 364; ferry overnorth branch, 280; vestry at, 414, 502Sarrazin, Moreau, 154; account, 129, 164Sarsparilla, 366Savage, Jeremiah: committee assignments,798; returned, 762; takes oath, 791Savage, John: account, 86, 120, 127, 150, 162,206, 210, 710Savage, William: account, 627, 731Savannah (Ga.), 235Savannah River, 260, 756; ferries over, 114, 115,235, 313Sawyers, James: account, 59, 67, 73, 216Saxby, George: Upper House committee assignments,125Saxe Gotha Township: Acadians in, 218; taxcollectors for, 249Scalps: reward for, 97, 437, 457, 461, 463, 508,509, 624, 737, 748, 750, 751, 778Scanlan, David: account, 638Schermerhoorn, Arnout: account, 86, 121, 129,208Schneider, Michael. See Snyder, MichaelSchoolmasters, 234, 237Schools. See Free schoolsSchooners, 120; hire of, 652; tax on, 371Scipio, slave of Thomas Shoemaker, 476–77Scop, Jacob: account, 629, 648, 731Scorbutical disorders, 294, 365–67Scott. See Smith and ScottScott, Ensign _____, 618Scott, John: account, 83, 94, 106, 116, 121, 128,142, 158, 167, 212, 215, 273, 310, 335, 391, 512, 586,726Scott, Jonathan: account, 87, 120, 127, 209, 278,309, 334, 387, 468, 517, 527, 710; petition, 458Scott, Mary: account, 130, 155, 165, 209Scott, Samuel: account, 488, 569, 721Scott, William, 596, 655; account, 78, 91, 112Scott’s Ferry, 114, 170Scout boats: expenses of maintaining, 62, 72,86, 147, 190–91, 211, 272, 302, 303, 387–88, 469,703; plans for building, 190, 191, 192Screven, Elisha: account, 470, 567, 720Screven, Hannah: account, 473, 568Screven, Henry: account, 720Screven, Joseph: account, 473, 568, 720Screven, Joshua: account, 472, 473, 491, 568, 720Screven, Susannah: account, 568, 720Scurlock, Catharine, 86; account, 157, 165, 208Seabrook, Joseph: certificates by, 157Seawright, William: account, 78, 87, 91, 97, 112,117, 119, 126, 205, 216, 278, 279, 309, 310, 334,335, 391, 491, 573, 588, 637, 646, 724, 727, 734Secretary of the province: fees of, 125, 151, 163,201, 268, 302, 330, 382, 477, 518, 529, 697; officefurnishings, 105–6, 109, 278, 301, 393Sentinels. See LookoutsSentry boxes, 275, 393Sestrunk, Henry: account, 58, 83, 94, 116, 218,494, 595, 727Settico, 423

894INDEXSettlers, 222–23Sewers, 549, 555Seymer, John, 597Sharp, James: account, 83, 94, 116, 218, 491, 571,723Shaw, Capt. _____, 618Shaw, John: account, 272, 310, 335Shaw, Lachlan, 64, 155, 643; account, 101, 102,107, 151, 152, 163, 165, 207; certificates by, 90,91, 94, 95, 119, 148, 155, 157, 275, 303; lettersfrom, 593Shealy, John: account, 472, 587, 630, 648, 727,732Sheather, William: account, 106, 149, 161, 214Sheed, George: account, 280, 306, 332, 393, 486,522, 711Sheep, 567, 568, 636Shelby, Moses, 658; certificates by, 655, 656Shem Town, 753, 754, 755, 760Sheppard, Margaret: account, 87, 119, 126, 208,279, 310, 335Shickle, Adam, 730; account, 626Shindler, John George: account, 493, 494, 525,553, 635, 650, 701, 733Shipe, Andrew: account, 471, 494, 523, 524, 552,553, 708Ships, 507; hired to carry dispatches, 592, 593;masters of, 241, 487; powder duties on, 290.See also Clinton; King of Prussia; Friendship;Garland, Major Hardy; Resolution;WinchelseaShipwrecks, 24, 320Shire, Conrad: account, 588, 727Shirer, Conrad, 731; account, 490, 627, 647Shirley, Thomas, 638; account, 489Shoemaker, Thomas: account, 468, 516, 527,529, 705; petition, 476–77, 519Sholl, Henry: account, 494, 572, 724Shooler, Nicholas: account, 488, 571, 723Shorey, William, Cherokee interpreter, 62, 65,203–4, 384; account, 72, 97, 129, 130, 154, 155,156, 165, 269, 273, 280, 306, 311, 384, 385, 477,522, 539, 700*Shubrick, Thomas, 796; committee assignments,798, 805; returned, 762; takes oath, 791Shuler, Nicholas. See Shooler, NicholasSigrist, Hans: account, 587, 726Sikes, George: account, 493Sikes, John, 309; account, 279, 334, 389Silver Bluff, 593Simmerman, Christian (Christopher?): account,627, 647, 730Simmons, Benjamin: account, 129, 153, 163, 217Simmons, Francis: account, 86, 118, 126, 217Simmons, John, 733; account, 490, 491, 494,628, 635, 647, 650, 731Simon, criminal slave, 526Simpson, William, 283, 404; accounts as clerkof the Council, 107, 147, 160; accounts asclerk of the Crown, 151; accounts as coroner,107, 147, 161, 213, 271, 310, 335, 340, 341,388; accounts attested before, 150; sendsmessages, 63, 137, 190, 193, 221, 234, 237, 249,257, 259, 261, 282, 285, 295, 312, 313, 324, 344,347, 349, 354, 361, 368, 370, 377, 379, 380, 397,401, 406, 454, 481, 528, 530, 547, 553, 555, 591,592, 666, 667, 673, 676, 677, 689, 714, 754,758, 759, 789, 793, 795, 797, 799, 809Sinclair, Capt. _____, 172; account, 208Single, John: account, 490, 571, 723Singleton, Benjamin, 642; account, 83, 98, 99,117, 206, 625, 737; battalion of, 501, 570, 722;certificates by, 574, 595, 597, 639, 643, 644,658; muster roll of, 502, 736Skeggs, James, 632; account, 488Skene, John: account, 78, 91, 112, 213, 622, 644, 654Slade, Sergeant _____, 617Slaves: additional tax on, 144, 414; as drummers,493; drafted for militia duty, 438, 445,748; duties on, 418, 605, 606, 608, 609; eligiblefor scalp bounties, 463; flatboatshandled by, 545; fugitive, 477, 519, 705; hireof, 90, 571, 574; hired for Council chamber,517; Indian presents carried by, 274; infectedby smallpox, 504; insurrections by,453, 693, 717; laws for managing and controlling,246, 287, 343, 375; manumitted forkilling and scalping Indians, 748; murderof, 299, 476–77, 519, 705; ownership requirementfor legislators, 240, 248; rewardedfor apprehending criminals, 672,706–7; taxes on, 350, 397; theft of, 297;working conditions of, 179. See also Abram;Frank; George; Glascow; Maurice;Pompey; Sandy; Scipio; Simon; TomSlaves, criminal: accounts for, 58, 60, 62, 63, 66,69, 72, 77, 90, 91, 92, 107, 120, 124, 129, 142,150–51, 154, 158, 214–15, 268, 271, 277, 299, 389–90, 468, 469, 491, 512, 516, 554, 705–7; executionof, 62, 63, 64, 72, 90, 141, 154, 157, 214,268, 269, 271, 274, 277, 279, 297, 298, 302, 303,309, 311, 312, 389, 467, 468, 469, 470, 477, 491,512, 516, 526, 554, 555, 566, 705; rewards forapprehending, 672

INDEX 895Small beer, 52, 53, 366Smallpox, 453, 456, 460, 461, 462, 498, 500, 504,626, 645, 673, 674, 712, 713, 754, 768, 786, 789;law to prevent spreading, 507, 511. See alsoBill No. 33Smith, Sergeant _____, 618Smith, Abraham: account, 278, 309, 334, 387,473, 491, 555, 640, 643, 653, 654, 735, 736*Smith, Benjamin, speaker: account, 87, 119,126, 219; administers oaths, 4, 9, 128, 765;asked to order books for legislative library,776; attends, 3, 765; elected speaker,4, 766; empowered to import arms, 225,432; returned, 762; signs messages, 232;takes oath, 3–4, 765. See also Speaker of theCommons HouseSmith, Benjamin and Company, 63; account,155, 156Smith, George: account, 512, 638, 650, 734Smith, Henrietta: account, 525, 700Smith, Henry: account, 78, 92, 112, 216Smith, James, 700; account, 478, 494, 524–25,553, 597, 728Smith, John: account, 598, 641, 653, 735; agentfor contractors, 427–28, 503, 669Smith, Nicholas: account, 489, 580, 725Smith, Richard, 63, 203; account, 72, 88, 98,274, 305*Smith, Thomas, 62, 205, 699, 762, 773, 792;account, 95, 270, 306, 332, 477, 478, 520, 522,539, 700; attends, 765; committee assignments,768, 776, 798, 801; declares parish,769, 772; reports by, 798–99; returned, 763;takes oath, 765Smith, Thomas, Jr.: account, 87, 119, 126, 215Smith, William, 617Smith and Brewton: account, 72, 78, 88, 91, 112,124, 129, 150, 162, 203, 210, 215, 269, 272, 309,310, 334, 335, 391, 467, 517, 527, 698, 703, 707,710Smith and Nutt, 658; account, 588, 595, 637, 663,665, 673, 680, 681, 734; certificates by, 520,554; entry book of, 669; purchase agreementby, 670Smith and Scott: account, 82, 98, 99, 117, 206,273, 309, 334, 384, 392Smithpeter, John George: account, 141, 159,167, 207, 279, 308, 385, 469, 471, 518, 527, 585,587, 630, 648, 699, 726, 727, 732Smith’s Ferry, 114Smizer, Paul: account, 78, 91, 627, 628, 731Sneether, Mary: account, 489, 580, 725Snell, Barnard, 77, 205; account, 78, 97, 117, 205Snipes, Elizabeth: account, 512, 554, 565, 705Snyder, Michael: account, 490, 493, 569, 631,649, 722, 732Sommerlin, Sergeant _____, 618Sommers, Adam. See Summers, Adam*Sommers, George: account, 129, 153, 163, 217;committee assignments, 798; returned,763; takes oath, 765Sommers, Humphry, 387; account, 130, 152, 163,259Soulagre, John James: account, 473, 571South Carolina Gazette. See GazetteSouth Carolina Provincial Regiments, 167;accounts for, 152, 158, 160, 166, 167, 271, 272,301, 302, 303, 304, 307, 308, 311, 329, 330, 335,340, 341, 343, 363, 367, 518, 523, 599, 703; accountsfor pay, 737, 738; additional appropriationsfor, 776, 778, 783–85, 786, 787;arms for, 336, 432, 442; artillery for, 791, 792,793, 795, 803, 806; at Fort Loudoun, 98, 99,612, 711, 800; at Ninety Six, 685; clothingand provisions for, 363, 456, 540, 575, 576,578, 671; continuance of establishment,410, 411, 415, 416–17, 418, 419, 420, 421, 424,425, 431, 439, 441–42, 446, 452–53, 456, 458,462, 676, 678, 679; fund appropriated for,358, 362, 363, 368, 405, 406, 411, 412, 414, 415,417, 517, 518, 575, 611, 620, 803, 804, 806, 807;hospital for, 38; muster rolls of, 660–61,666, 667; mutiny act applied to, 749, 753;pay and uniforms for horse soldiers, 790;pay discharged, 690, 691; placed on alert,431; provision for quartering, 11, 13, 405–6,495; raising and enlistment of, 135, 136, 174,176, 183–84, 185–86, 192, 195, 196, 201, 383, 415,464–65, 466, 473, 508, 534, 663, 667, 678, 697,745, 747–49, 750, 752–53, 767, 774, 775, 776–77, 783, 790; resolutions for raising, 535; stationedto protect back country, 756. Seealso Bills Nos. 11, 41South Edisto, 89South Edisto River, 114, 170Spanish brown, 517Speaker of the Commons House: casts decidingvote, 57, 228, 329, 341, 463, 624, 652, 683,687, 690, 714; issues reprimand, 230; presentsletters, 224, 225, 233–34, 566, 662, 769,786; procedure for signing legislation, 37;signs books, 227, 401; signs ordinance, 261;signs warrants, 191, 686, 692. See also Smith,Benjamin

896INDEXSpeeches:1.Of the governor to both houses uponthe convening of the Assembly,October 7, 1757, 5–6. See also ResolutionNo. 12.Of the governor to both houses uponthe prorogation of the Assembly,April 7, 1759, 4083.Of the governor to both houses uponthe adjournment of the Assembly,October 13, 1759, 448. See also ReportNo. 71 or Address No. 34.Of the governor to both houses uponthe convening of the Assembly,February 7, 1760, 452–53. See alsoResolution No. 795.Of the governor to both houses uponhis appointment as governor ofJamaica, March 11, 1760, 481–82. Seealso Address No. 5 or Report No. 766.Of the lieutenant governor to bothhouses upon beginning his interimadministration, April 16,1760, 497–98. See also ResolutionNo. 917.Of the lieutenant governor to bothhouses upon the convening of theAssembly, October 9, 1760, 767–68.See also Resolution No. 124Spencer. See McGillivray, Spencer, and CompanySpencer, John, 64; account, 90, 111, 215Spidel, John, 639Spigner, George: account, 493, 579, 725Splatt, John: account, 491, 722Spratt, James: account, 631–32, 649, 732Sprott, James: account, 489, 637, 650Spyglasses, 121, 212Stack, Anthony: account, 493, 572, 724Stanwix, John, brigadier general, 431Stanyarne, Archibald: account, 469, 516, 527, 705State House, 460, 529; accounts of commissioners,548–49, 551; allowance to commissioners,711; Assembly room in, 3, 237;carpenters accounts for, 514; courts heldin, 514, 549, 551; fund for, 144, 145, 350, 351,353, 517, 602, 603, 608, 613; housekeeper for,236–37, 468, 517, 710; ironwork for, 517, 527,549; memorial of commissioners for, 379–80; proximity to meat market, 537, 550, 560;secretary’s office in, 105–6, 109; sentinelfor, 236–37; speaker’s chamber in, 109Statt, William: account, 117Statutes, printed. See LawsStead, Benjamin, 140, 614; account, 57, 67, 74,86, 95, 96, 98, 116, 117, 121, 127, 150, 162, 202,203, 209, 215, 278, 310, 335, 383, 385, 387; agentfor contractors, 75, 177, 181, 428Stephen, Adam: account, 208; petition, 140,142Stephens, John, 62; account, 95, 130, 141, 154,164, 332, 539, 700Steuart, Lt. _____: account, 208Stevens, Col. _____, 301Stevens, Lt. Col. _____, 172Stevens, John, 65, 204; account, 97, 117, 159, 167,211, 270, 306, 477, 521Stevens Creek: inhabitants on, 110Stevenson, Charles, 361; account, 573, 724Stevenson, John: account, 141, 158, 167Steward, John: account, 627, 647Stewart, Adjutant _____, 172; account, 209Stewart, Capt. _____, 272, 641, 735Stewart, Lt. _____, 172Stewart, John: account, 472, 731Stewart, William: account, 502, 644, 654, 736Stobo, Archibald and Richard Park: account,515, 706*Stobo, James, 26, 33, 36, 198, 372; arrested forcontempt, 662, 686; attends, 19; committeeassignments, 27, 41, 65, 101, 104, 169, 170,176, 256, 290, 292, 296, 319, 356, 416; orderedto attend, 238, 337, 498, 529, 660; petition,666, 693; presents bill, 193; reports by, 160,185; takes oath, 20Stoll, Justinus: account, 82, 94, 116, 468, 494, 517,521, 525, 527, 539, 549, 551, 553, 698, 709Stone, John: account, 276, 309, 334, 387Stone, John, Jr.: account, 87, 120, 127, 202Stono River: ferries over, 114Storekeepers, 272, 309, 310, 715. See also TradesmenStout, John: account, 647*Stoutenburgh, Luke, 39, 51, 108, 315, 320, 321,326, 370, 436, 456, 466, 480, 481, 482, 506, 754;account, 141, 158, 167, 209, 579, 585, 725; attends,33; committee assignments, 38, 65,101, 239, 286, 325, 529, 589; ordered to attend,162; returned, 26; takes oath, 34Stouts, John: account, 488, 627, 730Stowman, Peter, 155Strawberry Ferry, 114, 170Strawder, William: account, 78, 98, 117, 206Stroble, Frederick: account, 469, 517, 527, 710

INDEX 897Strodtman, Benjamin, 138, 139, 226; account,221, 393Stromer, Henry: account, 513, 637, 646, 734Strother, Sergeant _____, 618Strouds, 779Stuart, Capt. _____, 640Stuart, Francis: account, 472, 570, 722Stuart, John, 97; account, 82, 98, 117, 158–59, 167,205–6, 217, 469, 477, 515, 526, 569, 722; certificatesby, 89, 95, 98, 118, 276, 302, 330, 359, 386,520, 521; commendation and reward for services,803, 807, 809; his company, 97, 121, 281,282, 302; letters from, 433; petition, 100–101;services recommended by governor, 800Stuart’s Ferry, 115Suelty, Michael: account, 280, 310, 335, 389Sugar, 199Summerall, Jacob: petition, 751Summers, Adam: account, 513, 587, 633, 649,727, 733Supply contractors, 75, 76, 177, 344, 345–46, 348,426, 428, 429, 440, 501, 503, 561, 620, 669, 785;agents for, see Nutt, Joseph; Smith, John;Stead, BenjaminSurgeons, 121, 438, 439, 441, 446, 465, 466, 596,599, 713, 737, 790, 792Surveyor general: fees of, 404, 558–59, 560Sustrunk, Henry. See Sestrunk, HenrySuther, Samuel: account, 275, 309, 334, 472, 571,723Sutherland, Lt. _____, 121, 172; account, 208Sutton, Jasper: account, 656, 659, 729, 730Swan, Robert: account, 636, 734Swan shot, 439, 446, 513, 640Sweet, Ebenezer: account, 273, 298Swint, John: account, 274, 310, 335, 393, 469, 519,530, 704Swivel guns, 98, 121, 150, 159, 206, 207, 756Swords, 336Syers, Israel, 515; account, 526, 705Syphilis, 366Tabb, Jacob: account, 513Tables, 59, 70Taffeta, 710Taige, Elias: account, 489, 580, 725Tailors, 150Tallow, 300Tammy, 273Tarraway, Stephen: account, 86, 121, 129, 195Tate, Alexander: account, 277, 280, 310, 335, 391,494, 572, 724Taverns: licenses for, 144, 145, 244, 251, 256, 350,351, 357, 604, 619Tax assessors, 188, 189, 249, 361, 369, 370, 397, 398Tax certificates, 371–72; default prevented bytrustees of treasurer’s estate, 405; destroyedpursuant to law, 112, 113, 125, 143,145–46, 325, 352, 353, 362, 368, 420, 613Tax collectors, 145, 249, 352, 361, 625; returnsdelayed by, 612, 620, 624, 626Taxes, 29; as qualification for voters, 239, 248;for poor relief, 46; on cattle, 187, 221, 367,397; on free negroes, mulattoes, and mestizos,187, 397; on interest, 187, 188, 221, 397;on lands, 222, 367, 369, 397, 398; on landsand slaves, 187, 188, 397; on merchants, 188;on schooners, 371; on stock in trade,factorage, faculties, and professions, 370;on town lots, wharves and buildings, 370.See also Duties; General tax; Poll taxTax laws: adjusted to New Style calendar, 172,191–92. See also Bills Nos. 7, 30, 31, 36, 37Tax lists, 675Taylor, Ensign _____, 190, 191Taylor, John, 62, 82; account, 97–98, 99, 117,469, 519, 530Taylor, Michael: account, 488, 570, 596, 722, 728*Taylor, Peter, 39, 444, 695, 781; account, 619;administers oaths, 768; attends, 36; committeeassignments, 37, 42, 101, 105, 110, 123,133, 176, 239, 254, 264, 287, 292, 295, 296, 338,412, 435, 453, 463, 498, 501, 503, 561, 567, 582,591, 594, 663, 716, 768, 776, 795, 801; presentsordinance, 796–97; reports by, 135–36, 342,415, 663–65, 770–71, 795–96, 803, 804; returned,762; takes oath, 36–37, 765Tebout, Tunes: account, 472, 597, 728Teel, Edward: account, 477, 569, 721Templeton, John: account, 622, 644, 654,736Tents, 77, 92, 100, 219, 465, 600, 676, 784, 800Tew and Bury: account, 469, 515, 526, 707Tew and Roybold: account, 57, 67, 74, 125, 150,162, 215, 280, 311, 335, 391Theus, Christian: account, 512, 586, 594, 726Theus, Simeon: account, 87, 118, 126, 216, 277,311, 335, 391, 490, 573, 724Thomas, Andrew: account, 513, 639, 651Thomas, Samuel, 700; account, 273, 310, 385,471, 473, 489, 524, 525, 553, 568, 708, 720Thompson, Major _____, 658Thompson, Henry: account, 658, 729Thompson, John, 275

898INDEXThompson, Moses, 618; account, 492, 595, 727;certificates by, 639; receipt from, 623Thompson, Samuel: account, 656, 728Thompson, William, 618Thompson, William, Indian trader: letterfrom, 715Thomson, Major _____, 637Thomson (Tompson), Dr. James: account,491, 523, 552, 599, 703Thomson, Moses, 597; certificates by, 638Thomson, Samuel: account, 655, 729Thomson, William: account, 471, 567, 720;commandant of rangers, 777, 784, 790;gratuity for services, 686, 737; military servicescommended by governor, 685Threadcraft’s Ferry, 115Threadcroft, George, 286Tickle, George: account, 490, 573, 724Ticklenburgs, 679, 682Timber, 119, 272, 574, 575Timberman, Christopher: account, 490Timberman, Martin: account, 489, 631, 649,732Timmons, John: account, 274, 311, 335, 390Timothy, Peter: contract for printing laws,262, 267; petitions, 29, 34Tippicut Law Old Field, 124Tobacco, 596, 638Tobler, John: account, 59, 214Tobler, Ulrick: account, 59, 214; letter from,454Tom, slave of Ann Blake, 672, 707Tomahawks, 273, 310Tookerman, _____, 17Toover, Frederick: account, 490, 573, 724Topogolah (Choctaw Nation), 715Townsend, Paul: account, 581, 700, 725Townsend, Paul and Company, 627, 730; account,273, 310, 311, 335, 385, 391, 524, 596, 626,635, 638, 639, 730, 731, 733, 734Township fund, 404, 557, 560, 804, 805, 806;applied to paying troops, 418, 419; balancesin, 144, 145, 178, 350, 351, 403, 605, 606,608Trade: in Prince Frederick Parish, 543Tradesmen: fixed salaries disallowed at frontiergarrisons, 334Traft, Jacob: account, 631, 649, 732Transients, 31, 232, 241–42, 291, 350, 351, 357, 604,605. See also Bill No. 14Transport charges, 56–57, 154, 169, 177, 181, 183,184, 255, 288, 289, 290, 344, 345–46, 348, 358,426, 427, 428, 429, 436, 444, 501, 538, 561, 614,784–85, 794, 796; accounts for, 57, 58, 59, 60,61, 67, 68, 70, 72, 77, 87, 89, 90, 95, 96, 97,98, 99, 101, 107, 118, 119, 125, 141, 142, 149, 151,157, 159, 279, 301, 304, 307, 308, 310, 311, 312,340, 360, 384, 385, 386, 394, 477, 478, 491, 512,517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 523, 524, 525, 554, 652,699, 700, 701*Trapier, Paul, 33, 34, 36, 39, 61, 85, 193, 233, 282,289, 315, 395, 399, 409; administers oaths, 34,320; committee assignments, 10, 12, 35, 42,56, 73, 110, 133, 141, 180, 236, 238, 250, 254, 286,296, 314, 342, 364, 412; leave of absence, 223;presents bill, 375; reports by, 89–100, 297–312, 339–41, 380–81; takes oath, 7–8Treasury funds: borrowed for importing ordnance,21. See also Contingent fund; Fortificationfund; General duty fund;Township fundTreaties: with Catawbas, 778; with Cherokees, 452Treuk, John: account, 62Troops, 120Troops of horse, 573, 577, 585Trotts Point, 460Troy, Patrick: account, 58, 67, 74, 203Tulliken, Major _____, 121, 172Turner, Sergeant _____, 618Turner, John: account, 155, 207Turner, William: account, 473, 569, 721Tweedy, Robert, 413Tyler, Jacob: account, 87, 119, 126, 206, 492, 587,630, 648, 726, 732Ulmer, Sergeant _____, 618Ulmer, Frederick, 65; account, 97, 117Upper House of Assembly: committee to distributeIndian presents, 540; committeeson Indian affairs, 582, 584; committees onthe treasury, 112, 113, 125, 325, 352, 353; privilegesof, 738–39; procedural dispute withWilliam Wragg, 507; proposals to amendlegislation, 47, 55, 194–95, 196, 197, 347, 348,368–69, 505–6, 615–16, 623–24, 677, 678, 718,738–39. See also Council; MessagesUsman, George: account, 490, 629, 648, 732Vagrants, 275; enlistment of, 176, 184, 185, 192,193, 223, 420. See also Bill No. 11Vanderhorst, _____, 17Vanderhorst, Ensign _____, 617Vanderhorst, William, 781, 796, 808, 809; returned,763; takes oath, 769

INDEX 899Vann, John, 455Vansant, Corporal _____, 617Vendue house, 305, 343Vendue master, 559Venereal disease, 294Verelst, James: account, 307Vernon, Sergeant _____, 617Verree, James: account, 280, 332, 393, 486, 522,711Vessling, Abraham, counterfeiter, 280Vestries: Prince George Winyah, 87, 213, 269;St. Bartholomew, 91, 356; St. Helena, 58; St.James Santee, 78; St. Mark, 289, 414, 502; St.Peter, 302; St. Philip, 31–32, 44–46, 539Viart. See Day, Besselieu, and ViartVillard, Sergeant _____, 617Villepontoux, Zachariah: account, 86, 147, 161,219Vinegar, 41, 42, 43, 49, 52, 53, 153, 156, 210, 269,272, 302, 386, 494, 524, 702Vinsant, Sergeant _____, 617Virginia, 132, 135, 136, 175, 530, 800; aid solicitedagainst Cherokees, 431, 459, 625, 644, 645,676, 679, 748, 752, 767, 771, 775; IndependentCompany sent to, 32, 61, 211Virginia provincial troops, 14, 140, 142, 152, 209,280, 652, 748, 752; embark for New York, 128Vrauw, Jacob: account, 643, 654, 736Waccamaw River, 114; ferries over, 115, 286Wadboo estate: account for provisions, 586, 726Wadmalaw Island, 273Waggoner, Hans: account, 657, 729Wagoners: encouraged to serve military, 799;fires started by, 238Wagonmasters, 581, 640, 681, 777, 783Wagons: hire of, 77, 91, 95, 119, 148, 155, 165, 273,275, 279, 302, 311, 340, 478, 490, 492, 493, 494,503, 512, 513, 525, 595, 618, 626, 627, 628, 629,630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 640, 641, 644, 646,650, 656, 657, 701, 738, 797; impressment of,432, 443, 502, 568, 573, 584, 587, 598, 622, 632,633, 652, 655, 656, 658, 659, 687; law for impressing,500–501, 506; repair of, 580*Wainwright, Samuel, 26, 33, 39, 226, 313, 401;account, 141, 158, 167, 209; attends, 16; chairmanof house, 39; committee assignments,65, 105, 239, 325Walker, Abraham, 62, 205; account, 95Walker, Susannah: account, 86, 121, 128, 208Walker, Thomas: account, 86, 121, 128, 208, 282,312, 336, 387Wall, _____, tax collector, 145Wall, Robert, 62, 203; account, 99, 117Wall, Robert, deserter: apprehended inCreek Nation, 124, 160, 220Wallace, Richard, 90Walter, Major _____, 477, 573Walters, Col. _____, 634Wando River: ferry over, 114War, articles of, 441, 445Ward. See Ogilvie and WardWard, John: account, 488, 493, 581, 595, 597, 638,639, 640, 653, 725, 727, 728, 734, 735Ward and Leger: account, 478, 513, 596, 728Warden of the workhouse: fees and allowancesto, 63, 89, 277, 303, 390, 469, 516, 706,773Warham and Prioleau, 145, 609Waring, Capt. _____, 573*Waring, Benjamin, 344, 395, 435, 453; account,472, 473, 490, 570, 722; attends, 320; takesoath, 320, 321Waring, Richard: account, 489, 491, 555, 571,643, 654, 723, 736Warrants, 45; for impressment, 432Watch: in Charles Town, 525, 784; inGeorgetown, 296Watch house, 67, 305, 343, 516, 517, 525Wateree River, 249; petition of inhabitants on,108, 110, 182, 312, 313, 315–16, 412–13Waterees, 659, 664, 680Water passages: Black Mingo Creek, 544*Waties, _____, 33, 61, 75, 289, 662; chairman ofhouse, 61–62; committee assignments, 38,561; ordered to attend, 498*Waties, John, 23, 26, 34, 39, 282, 289, 474; account,595, 640, 651, 735; chairman of house, 474;committee assignments, 10, 56, 124, 180, 236,239, 286, 364, 467; leave of absence, 223; plantationof, 286; takes oath, 7–8*Waties, Thomas, 85, 233, 282, 289, 322, 764;committee assignments, 61, 233, 239, 286,296, 364; leave of absence, 223; ordered toattend, 162; takes oath, 7–8Watson, Sergeant _____, 635Watson, Ann: account, 86, 121, 129, 208Watson, Archibald, 687Waxhaw settlement, 182; petition of inhabitantsin, 312, 313, 315, 316Way, Ebenezer: account, 627, 730Weaver, _____, 299Weaver, Robert: account, 268, 312, 336, 389, 477,569, 721

900INDEXWebber, Northcutt: account, 469, 516, 526Webber, William: account, 469, 516, 526Weeker, Mathias: account, 512, 513, 632, 649, 733Weights and scales, 93, 202Weirsing, Abraham: account, 270, 311, 336, 391Welch, James, 61, 70, 206, 269, 297; account, 98,640Wells, Robert, 609, 612; account, 87, 119, 126,201; vendue master, 559Wells, Samuel: account, 658, 729Wells and pumps, 272, 276, 300, 309, 384, 387,486, 522, 711Welsh Tract: missing tax return from, 145West, William: account, 59, 86, 148, 161, 214, 216,274, 311, 336, 363, 391West Indies, 458, 461; British fleet in, 592Weyman, Edward: account, 125, 150, 162, 208Weyman, Edward, messenger of the CommonsHouse, 9, 768; accounts, 760; orderedto arrest members, 686, 693Wharves, 69, 269, 298, 299, 327, 386, 517; tax on,370, 397Wheat, 596Wheelwrights, 438, 446, 585, 639Whetstone, Henry: account, 494, 635, 649, 733White, Sergeant _____, 617White, Anthony: account, 470, 568, 720White, Anthony Martin: account, 471, 568, 720White, John, 546; account, 279, 311, 335, 383, 470,568, 720White, Joseph: account, 471, 568, 720White, Nicholas, 637White, Thomas: account, 472, 494, 597, 728White, William: account, 489, 596, 728Whitecotton, George: murder of, 477, 521, 696,705Whitehall (England), 556Whitesmiths, 95, 270, 306, 522, 700Whitford, Mary: account, 86, 142, 148, 157, 161,166, 216, 271, 311, 336, 391Whiting, Peter: account, 569, 721Whitten, Peter: account, 278, 311, 335, 391, 468,471, 515, 526, 570, 708, 722Whooping Island, 104*Wigfall, John, 808; committee assignments,801; returned, 763; takes oath, 796Wildermot, John: account, 86, 148, 155, 161, 206,275, 311, 335, 363, 471, 648, 731Wiles, George, 639Wilkins, William: account, 218Wilkinson, Ensign _____, 617Williams, Capt. _____, 17Williams, Daniel: account, 278, 311, 336, 390Williams, Robert, 29; account, 129Williams and Carne: account, 153, 156, 163, 165, 210Williamsburg (Va.), 625Williamsburg Township, 114, 123, 258Williamson, Andrew, 670; account, 124, 149, 151,161, 162, 206, 471, 488, 587, 593, 594, 595, 596,600, 638, 650, 663, 664, 673, 680, 682, 734;letter from, 455*Williamson, William, 780, 781; account, 584,640, 651, 735; attends, 765; committee assignments,801, 805; returned, 763; takesoath, 765Williamson’s Ferry, 114Wills. See Probate lawsWilson. See Carne and WilsonWilson, Sergeant _____, 617Wilson, Hugh: account, 488, 634, 649, 733Wilson, John: account, 488, 632, 637, 649, 650,732Wilson, Thomas: account, 268, 269, 311, 336,389, 390Wilson, William: account, 523, 552, 700Winburn, John, 699; account, 478, 520–21, 539Winchelsea, a British warship, 226, 401Winchester (Va.), 132Wine, 152, 607Winser, Joshua: account, 491, 570Winter, Hugh: account, 472, 586, 726Wintle, William: sworn as clerk assistant, 128Winyah Bay, 311, 383, 606; lookouts at, 279Withers, Archibald: account, 469, 521, 539, 701Wolf King, a chief of the Creek Nation, 76,276, 278, 301Wood, Sergeant _____, 618Wood, Adam: account, 271; accounts as provostmarshal, 271, 312, 336, 383, 389, 469, 517,527, 697, 704Wood, John: account, 490, 580Wood, Mary: account, 467, 514, 526, 707Wood, Samuel: account, 107, 120, 127, 215Woodcutters, 617, 625Woodmason, Charles: account, 275, 311, 335, 388,491, 555; petition, 542–46, 560–61, 674–75Woodmason, Charles and Company: account,470, 568, 720Woodrop, William, 263Workhouse in Charles Town, 370; insane confinedin, 64, 90; slaves confined in, 63, 277,303, 469, 516, 706Wragg, Ann: account, 124, 149, 161, 209, 276, 311,335, 387

INDEX 901*Wragg, William, 341, 347, 396, 398, 401, 464,474, 479, 480, 481, 500, 501, 506, 536, 542, 582,622, 691, 714, 753, 762, 765, 766, 781; attends,242; chairman of committee of whole,694, 695; committee assignments, 251, 253,254, 318, 319, 344, 378, 380, 412, 429, 434, 443,453, 492, 498, 504, 529, 538, 540, 550, 561, 567,574, 582, 591, 594, 663, 716, 746, 768, 776, 798,801; declares parish, 769, 772; dischargedfrom committee, 497; presents bill, 322,536, 538, 594; presents letter, 561; proceduraldispute with Upper House of Assembly,507; reports by, 322–23, 548–49, 555,667, 717; returned, 240, 763; takes oath,243, 247, 765Wright, Charles, 266; petition, 235, 237, 267,293, 313Wright, James, agent in Great Britain: accountas attorney general, 106, 121, 127;account of disbursements, 379, 380–81, 382,486, 522, 539–40, 575, 576, 578, 671; arrival inBritain, 264, 342; instructions to, 346; lettersfrom, 132, 225, 233–34, 378, 412, 486, 561,566, 574, 661; letters to, 337, 341, 342, 429, 561;memorials of, 412; money from exchequerissued to, 661; petition to Crown by,225; salary, 671Wright, Jermyn, 266; petition, 235, 237, 267, 293,313Wright, John: account, 658, 730Wright, Richard: account, 471, 568, 721Wright, Robert, 62, 82; account, 97–98, 99, 117,280, 311, 335*Wright, Thomas, 171, 762; account, 125, 153,163, 210, 491, 524, 552, 573, 702, 707, 724; allegesillness as reason for absence, 181, 590;arrested for contempt, 191, 198; attends, 31;certifies Howard’s cure, 367; committeeassignments, 35, 110, 126, 133, 288, 292, 295,415, 434, 443, 561, 599, 645, 747, 751; orderedto attend, 166, 189, 337, 498, 588, 590; petition,229–30; reports by, 344, 443–44, 674–75; returned, 27; supplies firewood, 83–84;takes oath, 33Wyly, Samuel: account, 86, 121, 127, 216, 656,729; letters from, 528Yeomans, Thomas: account, 491, 554, 565, 704Yonker, Nicholas: account, 86, 148, 161, 214Young. See Dunbar and YoungYoung, Sergeant _____, 618Young, George, 581Young, John, 269, 298; account, 512Young, Thomas: account, 486Young, William: account, 470, 492, 515, 526, 571,708, 723Young Warrior of Estatoe, a chief of theCherokee Nation, 744Zimmerman, Christian. See Simmerman,ChristianZorne, Nicholas: account, 493, 571, 723Yadkin Creek, 542Yadkin settlement: petition of inhabitants in,312, 313, 315–16Yates, Joseph, 637Yaws, 294, 360, 365–67, 394